Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> "At your age, sheesh...." is what I was responding to.  And I was having 
> a bad day, apologies all around if I read it wrong.

  It was a joke. I was just continuing the pokemon references.

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                                                          - Warp

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> Warp, if that wasn't your intention, my sincerest apologies.  It sure 
> looked that way to me - not a question of reading things "in the worst 
> possible light" - I just can't see a "best possible light" to read that 
> comment in, even in context.

  Maybe you didn't get the pokemon references in the original post and
my reply to it? I was just continuing the joke.

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St. wrote:
>    I wish I could switch the world off like a light.

Oh, that's easy. It's switching it back on again afterwards that is 
really difficult.

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

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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:12:56 +0100, St. wrote:
>
>> Heh, YOU are ME, and I am YOU!
>>
>>   That was my life too. Still is unfortunately. :o/
>
> There are days it feels that way as well, but it helps for me that I
> moved about 1500 miles away from my tormentors, got married, raised a kid
> (well, for the last 12 of his nearly 21 years now), and became
> successful.  Now when people try to bully me, I just laugh at 'em.  Had
> one guy who tried to bully me (even threatened a lawsuit) and tried to
> impress me with his experience "in his field".
>
> I just laughed.  I didn't even point out the books I've published or
> other accomplishments I had that far exceeded his self-proclaimed
> achievement.  Not worth the time.

     I know what you're saying. I understand and I'm the same. I've done 
some things that could be recognised but even in this group, I wouldn't say 
what it was that I did in a newsgroup. It's nothing sensational that I feel 
should be said, but I do feel priveledged to have done it. And that puts a 
smile on my face.  :)

   It's my only real accomplishment in this world.



>
> Some say that being successful is the best revenge.  I have to agree with
> that....I look at some of my classmates - many of whom were my tormentors
> - and they haven't done so well.  I'll admit to a little schadenfreude
> about it now and then, but generally, I don't even think about it.
>
>>    I wish I could switch the world off like a light.
>
> Even still, there are days.

    True.

 The last couple of weeks have been pretty
> rough for me....

   I feel for you Jim, because, trust me, I DO understand. The last eight 
years for me have somewhat aged me beyond my years. (Well, you might not 
think so if you looked at me, but inside, I don't feel good anymore, and 
feel really 'old').

    ~Steve~



>
> Jim

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On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:02:23 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> "At your age, sheesh...." is what I was responding to.  And I was
>> having a bad day, apologies all around if I read it wrong.
> 
>   It was a joke. I was just continuing the pokemon references.

Oh, not having played around with it myself, it went right over my head.  
My most sincere apologies. :-)

Jim

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On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:20:23 +0100, St. wrote:

>> I just laughed.  I didn't even point out the books I've published or
>> other accomplishments I had that far exceeded his self-proclaimed
>> achievement.  Not worth the time.
> 
>      I know what you're saying. I understand and I'm the same. I've done
> some things that could be recognised but even in this group, I wouldn't
> say what it was that I did in a newsgroup. It's nothing sensational that
> I feel should be said, but I do feel priveledged to have done it. And
> that puts a smile on my face.  :)
> 
>    It's my only real accomplishment in this world.

That's the best way, I think, isn't it?  It's nice to be able to walk 
into a room where nobody knows me (some of the stuff I've done has given 
me a sort of "celebrity" status in some circles, but outside those 
circles I'm virtually unknown - most common comment people outside those 
circles make to me is some sort of joke about me being "the Muppet guy", 
as if I'd never heard *that* before) and just blend in.

I've never thought I knew anything really special - I just followed an 
interest and grasped concepts which seemed really simple to me.  Then I 
co-wrote a couple books about it because a friend of mine thought I could 
contribute to the project he was starting.

But when it comes right down to it, I feel the same way about what I've 
done as you talked about up there ^^^^.

>  The last couple of weeks have been pretty
>> rough for me....
> 
>    I feel for you Jim, because, trust me, I DO understand. The last
>    eight
> years for me have somewhat aged me beyond my years. (Well, you might not
> think so if you looked at me, but inside, I don't feel good anymore, and
> feel really 'old').

A very good friend of mine in the UK is fond of saying "it ain't the 
years, it's the miles".  Oddly, he's one who - while maybe 10-15 years 
older than me - exudes a wisdom that feels like it's hundreds or 
thousands of years old.

Jim

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