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Sew what...
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Darn! You got me.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Jeremy Falcon
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So I'm sitting here, at my desk, which looks outward as I don't like people looking over my shoulder. An employee (i.e, not part of IT) walks by and says "Hello, how are you". They keep walking, their head turned ahead, to their actual target person. No waiting for an answer; a nod; nothing. It's no a unique event. Neither is it unique to me (I know what too many of you were thinking!)
It's as though they threw a coin in a toll-booth box. They really had no interest in how I was or wasn't. Some weird obligation as you pass any one of over seven billion people? WTF do they, then, need to bother me? At least dogs has the courtesy to smell one another's asses.
I noticed this when I lived in rural places (WV, IL). When I did offer answers, I quickly learned they weren't listening (just say a toe got chopped off: no reaction).
They say NY'ers are unfriendly. No - we're not. We just don't bother you if we don't give a damn about you. No pretense. Elephanting annoying, rude, thoughtless, and even insulting, this talking to someone so thoughtlessly.
From the wise words of Alfred E. Newman: If you have nothing to say, don't say it.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: If you have nothing to say, don't say it.
Don't be silly, Farcebook and Twatter would close in a week...
On second thoughts...
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Are you saying that's a bad thing?
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Hence the second thoughts.
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Don't you mean the 90% of the Internet would shut down!
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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That would mean no Pr0n
#SupportHeForShe
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They talk?
Never noticed ...
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In between the oo's and aa's there are e's, i's, and u's and consonants.
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Just shutting down Farcebook and twatter would boost productivity in many companies, and might even cause people to talk to each other again...
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Farcebook and Twatter would close in a week...
And the downside would be what?
Will Rogers never met me.
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Hello, how are you?
....well I am in Illinois!
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Possible venue for a response:
ILLannoys
But I won't mention that thought . . .
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W∴ Balboos wrote: hey say NY'ers are unfriendly
Where in NY are you? I'm up near Albany.
W∴ Balboos wrote: At least dogs has the courtesy to smell one another's asses.
That has the makings of a great motto with regards to those vacant "how are you" questions, I just can't figure it out at the moment.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: That has the makings of a great motto with regards to those vacant "how are you" questions,
You have made my day (at least for the moment). Thanks!
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Marc Clifton wrote: I'm up near Albany.
I live in Schenectady, near Colonie.
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Does Marc live in Clifton Park?
I work in Albany but commute from Vermont.
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Roland M Smith wrote: Does Marc live in Clifton Park?
Haha, no, in Philmont. But my gf used to go to a dentist is Clifton Park. 
Roland M Smith wrote: I work in Albany but commute from Vermont.
Hmmm, depending on where, that could be quite the commute!
I work M-W in Glenmont, if you ever want to get to together for lunch, let me know!
Marc
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I live in Proctor Vermont - it is 109 miles each way. I work at the NY State Government complex near UAlbany. I have a new job lined up starting in 3 weeks. Work from home for first 6 months then move to Virginia.
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Slacker007 wrote: I live in Schenectady
Y'all take a class to learn how to spell that? Good grief!
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Slacker007 wrote: I live in Schenectady, near Colonie.
I work M-W in Glenmont. Let me know if you ever want to get together for lunch!
Marc
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W∴ Balboos wrote: They keep walking, their head turned ahead, to their actual target person.
So, then they were not saying hello to you. You were not the target person. So?
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Reasonable supposition. Head was turned towards me when the blurted out the greeting. Looked me in the face, turned their head forward - never breaking their pace.
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