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"...Gisterme , I haven't responded to every point you've
made, .... But though I can only guess about your
staffing,..."
No need to guess Robert. I've told you directly, many
times, that I have expressed only my own opinons with no help,
communication or consultation with anybody else. In fact,
nobody else that I've ever spoken with is aware that I
post on any forum. Why would they care?
"...I know mine. I'm working alone, with telepone
support..."
You have more going for you than I do in that department,
Robert. What do you mean by "telephone support"? With whom?
Dawn?
"...So I can only plod along slowly..."
It's a cruel world, Robert.
"...Gisterme , I know you say it is only a game, but
sometimes it is fun for me to imagine that you are Bush-Rice .
Maybe it is fun for others, too..."
I'm glad you can have fun at my expense, Robert. Your
public claims that I represent those whom I don't aren't fun
for me. I haven't hesitated to say so in the past as I'm sure
you've noticed. I take no pleasure in that. I am
glad that you're addressing the topic directly though, like an
adult. It is very seldom that you make any sort of a
direct statement that is not qualified into nothingess by
other adjoined statements. I thank you for your candor on this
one point. It has certainly been a long time coming.
"...'The Poster' uses 'Sir' re Gisterme but not re
Showalter..."
Perhaps it's because Showalter is the one who exhibits
gender confusion in such a disrespectful way, lchic. "Sir" is
a respectful way of addressing a man. Apparently "The Poster"
has more faith in what I say about myself than Robert does.
Also, could "Robert Showalter" be a pseudonym in itself,
similar to "George Sand"? I suppose it could. It really
wouldn't matter to me so I haven't said that before; but, just
perhaps, "The Poster" wouldn't want to accidently show that
same gender-confused disrespect to Robert that Robert shows to
others.
If truth were known Gisterme ... RS might actually be CC as
in Chris Cringle .. or .. IN as in Issac Newton re-incarnate
... or ... Soloman back from the mines of wisdom ...
Perhaps "Robert" is the pseudonym for one person, and
"Showalter" for another ... one often wonders how Bob reveals
so much from just a single brain ... here's a way to check ...
Showalter tick one of the following :
unicycle bicycle Pennyfarthing Tandem
If the last box gets ticked that would indicate that ......
Tandem
......the pseudonym "Robert Showalter" is actually two
people!
Shoppers have the option of keeping a 'list' in their heads
.... or writing down items in list form ... (checkboxed -
ticked as completed) ...
So following the logics above ... if they write down a list
of bikes .. then that does not mean that the bikes are real
because they are on the list ... the words/drawing 'unicycle,
bicycle, pennyfarthing and tandem' are representations for the
brain rather than actual 'real' bikes.
So there is a difference between real and virtual ... yet
the virtual can be picked-up by the brain for improved
understanding and appreciation of a thing under discussion
....
virtual here represents something that could have been real
but isn't ...
- VIRTUAL
FRIDAY - The last working day before an extended
weekend, that is, a holiday that falls on a Friday. There
are also Virtual Mondays, for example, when a holiday falls
on a Monday and the first working day is actually Tuesday.
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