The plot thins:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:02:39 GMT, Dave Heil
wrote:

Leo wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:04:55 GMT, Dave Heil
wrote:

Leo wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:00:59 GMT, Dave Heil
wrote:

Leo wrote:

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:49:08 GMT, Dave Heil
wrote:

Nope - just the right of one individual to be treated equally by the
others. Plain and simple.

Do you disagree with this concept, Dave?

Yes, I'll have to disagree with it. "Bill" is a good neighbor. "Pete"
lives on the other side of me. "Pete" has a dog which he allows to roam
freely. "Pete" refuses to control the dog and laughs when I tell him
that I object to his dog's use of my lawn for a toilet.

"Bill" asks if he can borrow my lawn mower. I lend it to him. A month
later, "Pete" asks if he might borrow the mower. I tell him "no". I've
not treated these individuals equally. It is my view that I'm not bound
to do so.

No, you certainly are not.

Then what about your comments about folks deserving equal treatment?

Dave, you are jumping to confusions here

My next paragraph focusses on this statement further:


One question, though... did you put up posters all over the
neighbourhood to let everyone know what a jerk you thought Pete is?
Do you tell everyone that you meet that he is an inconsiderate boor?
Do you go to the mall with a bucket of the dog droppings and tell
everyone within earshot how wrong Pete is?

That's *three* questions, "Leo".

Oh - you're right! Thanks, "Dave"

Care to answer them?


I've never brought up Kim's inappropriate call on the air. Both "Bill"
and "Pete" are hypotheticals.

Oh - I forgot - real life is different than on the air. You only need
to act in a friendly and courteous manner when you are on the air,
right? Not here, for example. Who could possibly be listening here?

Got it.


That would be OK to do, you know - you and Pete are not on the air!


Hypothetical Pete isn't a ham. He never heard of the Amateur's Code? I
didn't lessen his operating pleasure.

This is funny. Maybe he has a hypothetical Extra ticket? Maybe he's
just ignoring you on the air cause you hate his hypothetical dog,
Dave.

But Hey, you didn't answer any of my questions yet, Dave! Bummer!

Betcha thought I wouldn't notice, huh?

BTW, speaking of questions, you accidentally cut one of my questions
out of your reply, Dave - just to help out, I listed it below.
preceeded by your comments:

Regarding:

Full figured women dealing with fallout as a fact of life...

Dave said:

Given a choice between voicing disapproval and the *wink* and
*chuckle*, your choice has been obvious.

And Leo asked:

Really - what were you thinking of, Dave? Tsk, tsk.

BTW, I can do a "smiley" OK, but what is the graphic symbol for a
"chuckle"?? And doesn't a "wink" have a semicolon in it, like this
?

LOL.


Dave K8MN

Dave, you're a funny guy! Please be careful not to step in any of the
hypothetical dog poop next time you cut your lawn!

And next time you see Hypo Pete, tell him that Leo says he should
think about moving to a new neighbourhood!

73, Leo

Alpha Mike Foxtrot