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johnfowles · 10-27-2006, 10:49 AM

Further to my unswise and quite uncalled for outburst above in vhich I tried to inject some Brit humour into the matter of David having a go himself at displaying his pictures.
In my haste to let him know that I had been in correspondce with another member of his large family,I completely overlooked the fact that he had already sent me a Private Message giving me his email address and a suggestion that he could send to me the pictures that he had sent to Char.
I have emailed him in the affirmative and tried to apologise for my unintended insult, but have not yet received a reply or any pictures.
In my email I had said that I would "reply to the forum" and publicly apologise to him for being insulting and that "In retrospect I should not have used either term" and would use "some of the text for all to see" so here it is:-
Not for the for the first time I have offended somebody unintentionally by my attempt to make light of a matter.
I agree calling you dummy and wimp was insulting, it was my silly way of trying to get you to have a go at posting pictures yourself which can be a lot of fun and I had initially tried to make a simplified guide to doing so, for which I had already borrowed the "dummy" term used for many computer related books.
In my defence you had not said you did not understand my guide or why you were not going to try to use it.
I did in my first draft for my latest reply initially call you a straight wimp but had thought better of it and combined wimp with the dummy tag I had already used. In retrospect I should not have used either term and for that I apologise and will post a reply to the forum to that effect next, using some of the text above for all to see,
I also said that I "thought I would reply to your offer to email me the pix direct first which I was also remiss in overlooking before opening my big mouth as I did.If you would now do so I will be glad to display them for you."
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Once again sorry for what I said
John
I very much appreciate Steve's understanding of why I do these silly things
and will conclude by saying that as part of a major revamp of muy own website I have been planning a "Mission Statement" of how I see my role in the worlds of Lightfoot,web page design and computers in general
This in a nutshell is that I am very impressed by the many thoughtful inhabitants of the WWW
and the huge quantity and range of free facilities and advice/help that are available and in my own way I wish to give back as much as I can while I have the time and energy
I also many years ago remember getting much joy from the Reader's Digest series entitled
"Laughter Is The Best Medicine"
and will continue to be always on the lookout for ways to try to demonstrate the tradition and joys of my native British Humour.
OK I know that there are many North americans who get it especially young Rex "the rez" who has just sent me a number of joke pictures about Lady drivers such as one that I was very tempted to display here.But then I had second third and even fourth thoughts and concluded:-
"Oops I guess that is insulting to half the readers hereabouts"
I just cannot win can I???
for the males here this is the URL of that picture
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/funthings/parking.jpg

[ October 27, 2006, 11:13: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

10-27-2006, 10:49 AM	#11
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Further to my unswise and quite uncalled for outburst above in vhich I tried to inject some Brit humour into the matter of David having a go himself at displaying his pictures. In my haste to let him know that I had been in correspondce with another member of his large family,I completely overlooked the fact that he had already sent me a Private Message giving me his email address and a suggestion that he could send to me the pictures that he had sent to Char. I have emailed him in the affirmative and tried to apologise for my unintended insult, but have not yet received a reply or any pictures. In my email I had said that I would "reply to the forum" and publicly apologise to him for being insulting and that "In retrospect I should not have used either term" and would use "some of the text for all to see" so here it is:- Not for the for the first time I have offended somebody unintentionally by my attempt to make light of a matter. I agree calling you dummy and wimp was insulting, it was my silly way of trying to get you to have a go at posting pictures yourself which can be a lot of fun and I had initially tried to make a simplified guide to doing so, for which I had already borrowed the "dummy" term used for many computer related books. In my defence you had not said you did not understand my guide or why you were not going to try to use it. I did in my first draft for my latest reply initially call you a straight wimp but had thought better of it and combined wimp with the dummy tag I had already used. In retrospect I should not have used either term and for that I apologise and will post a reply to the forum to that effect next, using some of the text above for all to see, I also said that I "thought I would reply to your offer to email me the pix direct first which I was also remiss in overlooking before opening my big mouth as I did.If you would now do so I will be glad to display them for you." ...... Once again sorry for what I said John I very much appreciate Steve's understanding of why I do these silly things and will conclude by saying that as part of a major revamp of muy own website I have been planning a "Mission Statement" of how I see my role in the worlds of Lightfoot,web page design and computers in general This in a nutshell is that I am very impressed by the many thoughtful inhabitants of the WWW and the huge quantity and range of free facilities and advice/help that are available and in my own way I wish to give back as much as I can while I have the time and energy I also many years ago remember getting much joy from the Reader's Digest series entitled "Laughter Is The Best Medicine" and will continue to be always on the lookout for ways to try to demonstrate the tradition and joys of my native British Humour. OK I know that there are many North americans who get it especially young Rex "the rez" who has just sent me a number of joke pictures about Lady drivers such as one that I was very tempted to display here.But then I had second third and even fourth thoughts and concluded:- "Oops I guess that is insulting to half the readers hereabouts" I just cannot win can I??? for the males here this is the URL of that picture http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/funthings/parking.jpg [ October 27, 2006, 11:13: Message edited by: johnfowles ]