An Apology

I never liked the half full-half empty arguement, just fill the damn thing up.

I always buy the full litre so the glass is always near full.

and who are you on abuzz? Just curious. I'm not quite as polite there either.

I missed that thread.

Assuming it's a plastic glass, you slice it down the middle, making the full/empty argument moot. Better to swig straight from the bottle.

A plastic glass? What's next, glass plastics?

They got it, you know.

I'm always a step behind. Hopefully my vote for Goldwater won't go for ill...

I voted for Goldwater also.

Had I been alive, I prolly would have...

I was in the Navy - Slipped away to attend a rally. Speaking for Goldwater onstage were Ronald Reagan and John Wayne. I was thoroughly dazzled and convinced that "Extremism in pursuit of virute is not a vice." - or some such crap. We got creamed, but it was a fun year.

It was election time and I was in line to shake Reagan's hand. His secret service suddenly spirited him away...I didn't vote for him that year either.

Well, not to beat a dead horse, but the answer was there all along....



Get a smaller glass.

Sigh! I must be overly sensitive.

I'm not really sure what you were apoligizing for here p_o_m. The thread you started (that you refer to in this thread) was fine. There wasn't anything wrong with it or the way you worded it. It was very innocuous.

The problem came from others that couldn't just address the thread without sniping and rancor. I don't see how that could be your fault. *shrugs*

THIS MESSAGE BOARD... )
textI thought the same of this particular Message Board, (but I don't regret referring anyone here whatsoever), & I do believe that in the days to come there will most definately be more debating on some very serious issues here... I surely hope so! I'd like to put my 2 cents worth in myself, but as of yet, my thoughts are still a bit scrambled, but I'm workin' on it! lol Have a good 'un...
Cold Tonight In Kentucky,
Patt

P.S. This Site that you referring to as being more active, is it any more active than this one? Thanks...

What's the point of your statement plainoldme? By insulting A2kers are you looking for an argument? Trying to stoke the fires and get some responses more to your liking or that you can sink your teeth into? While there are many message boards and chat sites and a whole multitude of various people out there mixing and chatting and discussing and politiking and sharing, what makes you think that you will find everything your heart desires on any one, or even two of those sites? Each of these sites are what the participants make it. If you're not happy (and believe me, no-one ever is) with interactions then move on. I'm not saying I don't want you here, I do. I happen to like you. I guess I just don't understand why some posters bitch and moan about others responsiveness to them or the lack of intellectual, humorous, savvy, whatever responses they receive. I wonder if you would do that in real life? If you were out with a bunch of friends and the conversation was not as stimulating as you would like, would you say "okay folks, you're conversation is not blowing my skirt up here so I'm gonna go over to that table in the corner and see if they're any better". POM your pals would pummel you and leave you with the bill. We onliners, on the other hand, are more forgiving.
To each their own!

I would like to observe that in the run-up to the Shrub's dirty little war, the temperature at this site was much hotter, and the rhetoric much more hostile and accusatory. If the place seems tame now, one would do well to consider that many of the "regulars" here have a sense of community, and people have backed-off the nastiness. I applaud the move. As for a contention that discussions here are cursory, i would point out that many here are refugees from the "flamer" boards, and that many of the discussions outside the political arena are very profound and imformative.

Personally, i've tried to clean up my act. Flaming others and trollish behavior are not evidence of profundity in the political threads--if anything, they are indicative of childishness.

Gee Louise!

heeven -- First of all, I was angry that the discussion was closed.

Second, the whole idea that we commonly express as a glass being half full or empty is important to me.


Who was the wag that said, "Get a bigger glass"? I like that!

Third, I hate the notion that I started something that became unpleasant.

Fourth, I was astonished by whoever said this forum was too intellectual and was responding to that. There are many times when I prefer to with hold an answer for a period of time and think things over.