Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1) wrote to Felipe T. Dorado at 20:02 on 06 Dec 2002:

FTD> What an insistence in taking for granted that objections to something
FTD> means complete disapproval!

Carol, if I object to something, it is because I do not approve of it. 
Felipe has a different sense of English.

 CS> Felipe, some of the Z1 nodes are so tired of being told they do
 CS> not belong, that they get a bit short in the reply and perhaps, a
 CS> bit rude although the actual phrase above 'smelling the coffee'
 CS> isnt normally considered 'rude'.  It means more like 'hey, listen
 CS> to me, I have something to say and do not want to be ignored'.

I've never thought that asking anyone to wake up and smell the coffee was
rude at all.  Instead, I've considered it as a reasonably polite wake up
call.

 CS> Steven may not be right, but I do not think he was intentionally
 CS> rude.  He merely did not know how it would come across to you.

Felipe has since made it clear that he views this issue as an end user. 
Although he is an NC, he has only one node in his net that appears to be an
ION and he has not discussed his experience with that node.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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