> I prefer to hope the poster hasn't learned how to read replies. But, I
> could be wrong -- I've always preferred to side with the guarded optimists.
So you're saying that even the optimists should be kept under guard?
Oh, you cynic!
> The cynical pessimists may be right more often, but I just don't like their
> world.
But Bill, it's a wonderful bright place. To a confiremd pessimist, all
surprises are pleasant ones.
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Steve Rindsberg - 30 Jan 2007 19:09 GMT
> But Bill, it's a wonderful bright place. To a confiremd pessimist, all
> surprises are pleasant ones.
And typos? It just figures.
Bill Dilworth - 30 Jan 2007 20:04 GMT
> But Bill, it's a wonderful bright place. To a confiremd pessimist, all
> surprises are pleasant ones.
"Glass half empty ... glass? When we were young we didn't even have
glasses, just dirt. And we were grateful to have that."
Steve Rindsberg - 31 Jan 2007 01:42 GMT
> > But Bill, it's a wonderful bright place. To a confiremd pessimist, all
> > surprises are pleasant ones.
>
> "Glass half empty ... glass? When we were young we didn't even have
> glasses, just dirt. And we were grateful to have that."
You had dirt to fill the holes with? We just fell into 'em.
And we LIKED it.
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Bill Dilworth - 31 Jan 2007 03:11 GMT
So, when you were in the hole was it still half empty?
>> > But Bill, it's a wonderful bright place. To a confiremd pessimist, all
>> > surprises are pleasant ones.
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Steve Rindsberg - 31 Jan 2007 19:10 GMT
> So, when you were in the hole was it still half empty?
I thought you were the Anti-Pessimist. Wouldn't the hole be half full?
The optimist would be half in, half out, feet first.
As would the pessimist, only head first.
> >> > But Bill, it's a wonderful bright place. To a confiremd pessimist, all
> >> > surprises are pleasant ones.
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