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Need professional opinion (or at least somewhat informed)
On , in rec.crafts.jewelry "Neil" wrote:
Much? not in volume, no. Abrasha has often rightly accused me of taking two pages to say what he says in two sentances. Or as they say around here - "why use one word when a thousand will do!" Oh, I agree completely. Though I should learn to remember to use the spell checker, or learn to spell "sentence". correctly the first time. There are benefits to being exhaustively long winded too. Good exercise for the typing fingers, especially for those who can no longer play the piano well. Spending longer on typing a reply gives you time to reconsider the wisdom of replying at all. More time to change your mind and hit the "cancel" button instead of "send". Spending more time on replying also gives you more time to try and organize the reply, remember the facts that are lurking just beyond the edge of your brain that you'd like to include even if they're not needed, or to just realize, halfway through typing some tome, that you're being a total idiot and giving a completely wrong answer. Unfortunately for me, usually this realization often still does not hit me until well after I've sent the thing. But for some folks, the added time delay might work. And if one is trying to sell something, but knows that advertising on this group isn't allowed, trapping the poor readers with your messages for a longer time gives them more time to subliminally absorb your tasteful URL in your sig file. Whether this triggers a greater avoidance factor, or a greater likelihood of actually clicking the link, of course, is debatable. Depends on how tired they've become of your long winded answers... Was that long enough? :-) Hoping all of you have a safe and happy New Years. Peter |
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Need professional opinion (or at least somewhat informed)
"Peter W.. Rowe," wrote in message ... On , in rec.crafts.jewelry "Neil" wrote: Much? not in volume, no. Abrasha has often rightly accused me of taking two pages to say what he says in two sentances. Or as they say around here - "why use one word when a thousand will do!" Oh, I agree completely. Though I should learn to remember to use the spell checker, or learn to spell "sentence". correctly the first time. There are benefits to being exhaustively long winded too. Being a non jeweller, but reading this group as I would aspire to be one (only in my dreams), I can say that I find your lengthy and informative replies of great interest. Now, if only I could get to the stage of putting some of it into practice... snip "lengthy and informative reply" Was that long enough? Aye, that's fine! Hoping all of you have a safe and happy New Years. And you - slainte! clink! Neil |
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