On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:16:13 -0700, justwaitafrekinminute wrote:


I just don't get why you let someones internet "psudo-persona" get to
you. Lot's of folks have "play" personalities they use in different
areas of usenet, some more affable than others I tell my kids all the
time. No sock puppet, not one, that you meet on line will truly
represent the real person behind the keyboard, they are all sock
puppets, every last one of them. If you meet off line, they "will" be
different, every single one of them, that's why I have the Vegas Rule,
so those folks can be who they want to be on line. It's a little
different for me because I do have an online business that really gives
the reader a good insight into who "is" behind the keyboard. The way I
do business makes this necessary for folks to trust enough to send large
checks to a small family business which they have never visited, or in
most cases until the time of the transaction, never even heard of. That
is a little difficult to explain to my kids, but we get by.
JustWait..., was a screen name I came here with, hoping that those who
knew me well, would recognize me, and those who did not, I could be a
little more free with. Of course my net experience was ruined by a local
net nanny who got a little ****ed at something I said, so cleverly
"outed" me, so be it, but it still was not right. Anyway, be who you
want to be on line, none of you are the same off line, as much as you
might swear you are, so think of "your nemisis" as just another annoying
sock puppet, play with it, but don't try to smash it, you can't, you
can't even reach it so you will only end up more negative and
frustrated, trust me...

That's my rant for the day.. And for those of you following, I think I
am moving toward more of a functional state healthwise for this season,
although I probably scarred another chunk of lung... so be it.. Thank
you for all of your thoughts, prayers, and concerns, on and off line..

Yup, far too many take usenet way to seriously.