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Scuba Forum / General / August 2008Welcome to rec.scuba
Sound familiar? ;-) http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080822 -Don > Sound familiar? ;-) > > http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080822 He's -your- fellow countryman, don't blame us.  Signature-- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com >> Sound familiar? ;-) >> >> http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080822 > > He's -your- fellow countryman, don't blame us. Huh??? The author's Canadian. I'm a dual US and Aussie citizen. -Don >>> Sound familiar? ;-) >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -Don And? Signature-- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com >>> "Don" <aussie.import2@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>> >>> He's -your- fellow countryman, don't blame us. ^^^^ Clearly some confusion about the pronoun -- who's "he" as in "What you mean, 'we', white man?" Tonto to Lone Ranger ;-) >> Huh??? The author's Canadian. I'm a dual US and Aussie >> citizen. >> >> -Don > > And? I was only quietly commenting about the S/N ratio -- rather politely, I thought. Think of me as the quiet guy at the bar who's trying to suggest to people that, whatever the discussion, it's probably not worth getting tossed out on the street over it. (Yeah, I know the analogy breaks down since nobody gets thrown out here, but it's close.) -Don > I was only quietly commenting about the S/N ratio -- rather > politely, I thought. Think of me as the quiet guy at the bar > who's trying to suggest to people that, whatever the discussion, > it's probably not worth getting tossed out on the street over > it. (Yeah, I know the analogy breaks down since nobody gets > thrown out here, but it's close.) Actually, several have been so thoroughly disliked that they were all but forced to leave. A few didn't quite reach that point, but withdrew anyway. One is believed to have committed suicide. Lee > One is believed to have committed suicide. You thinking of Black? For whatever reason, I never thought of his disappearance as being self-destructive in that particular fashion. Perhaps I missed something after the fact, but I'm of the opinion that he had gone out for a dive for the contest, but never came back due to something unplanned and/or poor judgement (eg, got caught by weather, etc). Occam's Razor. -hh >> One is believed to have committed suicide. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > unplanned and/or poor judgement (eg, got caught by weather, etc). > Occam's Razor. Yes. As I recall, the suicide idea came from those that investigated his death. It surprised me quite a bit until I heard of other issues including a history of depression on top of employment and financial issues. Not having known him personally, it's a coin toss for me whether it was deliberate, semi deliberate or an accident or, for that matter, whether it was a convenient way to disappear and start over. Lee > >> One is believed to have committed suicide. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > deliberate, semi deliberate or an accident or, for that matter, whether it > was a convenient way to disappear and start over. In other words, you had no more basis to speak of Black's death as a suicide than I did of the Wave Dancer's hurricane party. In other words, you're yet again proven a hypocrite. >>> One is believed to have committed suicide. >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > it was deliberate, semi deliberate or an accident or, for that matter, > whether it was a convenient way to disappear and start over. Just like those Americans on the GBR ;-) made into whatever that movie was >>> One is believed to have committed suicide. >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > it was deliberate, semi deliberate or an accident or, for that matter, > whether it was a convenient way to disappear and start over. I never figured anyone that narcissistic for it, but there was information afterwards about big trouble at work (he was an opthalmic surgeon). But two things- He was quoted as having made statements elsewhere in Usenet about being able to dissapear and not be caught, which would require extensive preparation. And he was the dipshit that bragged about doing semi-deep solo diving on the Great Lakes without fins (because he forgot to bring them). But it was odd that no scrap of the boat was ever found. > Lee Signature-- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com > I never figured anyone that narcissistic for it, but there was > information afterwards about big trouble at work (he was an opthalmic > surgeon). Perhaps a lesson learned. Those that are narcissistic tend to rely rather heavily on their self image and their ability to convice themselves that all rational others share it. Take that away from them and they tend to go way down, really quickly. > He was quoted as having made statements elsewhere in Usenet about being > able to dissapear and not be caught, which would require extensive > preparation. And he was the dipshit that bragged about doing semi-deep > solo diving on > the Great Lakes without fins (because he forgot to bring them). But it > was odd that no scrap of the boat was ever found. I was about to say that maybe he did intentionally dissapear and was now back as dechucka, but not even Black was that bad. Lee >> I never figured anyone that narcissistic for it, but there was >> information afterwards about big trouble at work (he was an opthalmic [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I was about to say that maybe he did intentionally dissapear and was now > back as dechucka, but not even Black was that bad. <cough> Signature-- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com >>>>> Sound familiar? ;-) >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Clearly some confusion about the pronoun -- who's "he" > as in "What you mean, 'we', white man?" Tonto to Lone Ranger ;-) Ah. When you mentioned prattling onward mindlessly pointless, I assumed you were talking about STUPID David Frank. Sorry. >>> Huh??? The author's Canadian. I'm a dual US and Aussie >>> citizen. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I was only quietly commenting about the S/N ratio -- rather > politely, I thought. Or persistantly, perhaps. >Think of me as the quiet guy at the bar > who's trying to suggest to people that, whatever the discussion, > it's probably not worth getting tossed out on the street over > it. That's the great thing about this place. Other than that one guy we killed, people mostly stick here by their level of self esteem. The exceptions are obvious, of course. >(Yeah, I know the analogy breaks down since nobody gets > thrown out here, but it's close.) > > -Don Signature-- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com [ previous mutual confusion snipped ] >> I was only quietly commenting about the S/N ratio -- rather >> politely, I thought. > > Or persistantly, perhaps. Maybe a little bit... :-) I'm admittedly rather new here, but I was using USENET nearly 20 years ago in various other groups. I can remember the days before AOL got USENET access and the level of literacy and almost courtly manners that prevailed. (awww s**t I'm getting nostalgic, a sure sign of aging and creeping senescence. :-( ) Can we just leave it at that? OK? -Don >>Think of me as the quiet guy at the bar >> who's trying to suggest to people that, whatever the discussion, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >> -Don > [ previous mutual confusion snipped ] >>> I was only quietly commenting about the S/N ratio -- rather [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Can we just leave it at that? OK? I can see that. But I will note, when I got here (on AOL) in '98, that there was a much higher level of silly dungeon&dragons bullshit and anonymity from posers ( "Kaptain Kourageous The Cyber General" types) who came to the internet to try and be what they couldn't in real life. I tossed all that bullshit, gleefully breaking as many "Usenettiquette" rules as I found inconvenient to expressing myself, and organized the first newsgroup dives where we could meet and hang out. What ever else it is, this is the most functional and expressive newsgroup I've ever seen (28,000 posts later). I can assure you, I've met almost everyone you've seen post recently, and they all are what they seem like IRL. Signature-- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com > I can assure you, I've met almost everyone you've seen post recently, and > they all are what they seem like IRL. More or less, mostly more. Lee On 26 Sie, 17:55, "Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Frederick" <Pop...@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote: > > [ previous mutual confusion snipped ] > >>> I was only quietly commenting about the S/N ratio -- rather [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > I can assure you, I've met almost everyone you've seen post recently, That's a lie ! Janusz > Sound familiar? ;-) > > http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080822 > > -Don :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Janusz |
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