Hola Carol  :)

Friday December 06 2002 20:02, Carol Shenkenberger decˇa a Felipe T. Dorado:

 SH>> You might consider waking up and smelling the coffee.  The future of
 SH>> Fidonet is not in POTS nodes but in IP nodes and the sooner you
 SH>> started

 FTD>> What an insistence in taking for granted that objections to something
 FTD>> means complete disapproval!
 FTD>> As if we were all blind ... as well  };)

 CS> Felipe, sonme of the Z1 nodes are so tired of being told they do not
 CS> belong, that they get a bit short in the reply and perhaps, a bit rude

:)  Don't worry. My answer could be seen a little rude also ;)
In fact it was not really directed at him personally because of what he said.
One also gets tired of being told that inet is the future. ­C ramba!  I
knew that since the eighties even before I knew anything about Fido and
modems. IP only advocates are not the only ones who think on this planet.

If those nodes are told that so much I think they shpould find out the
reason why. If just about everyone blink their car lights at you one would
eventually wonder why.

 CS> although the actual phrase above 'smelling the coffee' isnt
 CS> normally considered 'rude'.  It means more like 'hey, listen to
 CS> me, I have something to say and do not want to be ignored'.

Thank you for the explanation. It actually confirms what I
"smelled" it meant ;)  It was the first time I heard/read it and
I didn't see it as rude.

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

Thank you very much. I hope he and I have no problems understanding each
other's views, ... and then disagree };))

Felipe  :)

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