Hi Charles.

28-Jul-03 03:27:10, Charles Angelich wrote to Bob Stout


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 CA> Hello Bob -

 CA> Your messages are being posted "To: Tomtorfs{at}village.Uunet.Be" so
 CA> if I miss one that would be one reason why.

 >>> He's hiding from people who want freebies?

 BS>> If I wanted a freebie that might be germane. What I'm interested
 BS>> in, though, is a mutually beneficial business arrangement.

 CA> When someone mentions "a mutually beneficial business arrangement"
 CA> I hear "freebie".

how would that be mutually beneficial?

 >>> Find an American author.

 BS>> He used to work for an American company - HP. Does that satisfy
 BS>> your sense of chauvinism? In this case, I look for the best
 BS>> regardless of national origin.

 CA> There is no "sense of chauvinism" here

look it up.  (why did you mention american?)

 CA> You said you can compress your writing to three pages by making
 CA> references to the book by page and chapter. How useful is that to the
 CA> reader if even _you_ can't buy the book?

That would be why he wants to buy the book...

 CA> If it was an American (recent) author referring to the book might
 CA> make some sense although I personally find that 'style' arrogant
 CA> and too pushy about what books I should own.

What difference does the nationality ofthe aithor make?

 -=> Bye <=-

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