Gail wrote:
> 
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message 
> news:491b16b4@news.povray.org...
> 
>> I thought this was why we were making the backups, but perhaps I'm 
>> misinformed.
>>
> 
> I'd leave that out. It could easily be interpreted as sarcastic and with 
> a condecending tone. The rest is fine.

As I said, it's shorter than it should be, and over-the-top to make a 
point.   (It's not as over-the-top as I had expected it to be when I 
started. I guess my anti-smarmy now kicks in without me having to 
consciously rewrite things to get rid of it. :-)

Perhaps something more along the lines of "I was under the impression 
the only reason we were making backups is to deal with disaster 
recovery. Perhaps I am unaware of additional planned uses for this 
data"? That sort of thing, to express that "if what you want is disaster 
recovery, this is what you need, but what else do you want?"

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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