Re: The Rantings of Harold Hislop

[harold.h@genie.com (Harold Hislop)]

Charles Plater,

Please excuse the extensive quoting in this msg... I try to avoid that when
possible, this is an excption...

>>Sam Ismail (dastar@crl.com) wrote:
: Harold Hislop (harold.h@genie.com) wrote:
: : 'Dr' Tom,

: : FWIW, I've been receiving a fair bit of email about this flaming... it
: : has so far been running at least 10 to 1 in MY favor. mostly from people
: : around the world whom I have repaired hardware for, or assisted in such
: : repair by supplying missing tech info.

: So?  All you're saying is that people who you have done favors for are
: re-paying the favor by patting you on the back for some stupid flaming.
: You're the jerk here for letting them get off so easily.

||I would think that what he is saying is that since Harold is not the
||person who has been shown to sector edit commercial programs and then try
||to release them as freeware, and since Harold has helped many legitimate
||users with very difficult hardware problems, that he is more respected in
||the legitimate Apple II community.

Exactly so!

: : Also, all of your email to me is immediately forwarded to Richard
: : Bennett, for review and potential inclusion in his TURKEY.HTML (that's
: : HyperText Markup Language... I figure an explaination is due you)

: : That page is regularly updated, and can be quickly and hilariously

: Gee, isn't that subjective, since you're the guy who did the page?

FWIW I did NOT do RIchard's page, nor do I have any direct control over
what he posts there. I do however regularly feed Richard copies of my
incomming email, CSA2 posts, etc. Note that it is RICHARD's decision
(and NOT mine!) as to what gets added to that page though!

:I'm sure Chevy Chase thought his talk show was hilarious too, but
: that didn't keep it from being cancelled only four weeks after it
: started.

||That's the great thing about the internet, pages usually arent canceled
||for their content.  I have not seen this page, and I don't even have the
|| URL, but I can only imagine that it is funny.

The URL for Richard's "Turkey" Page is:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kashum/turkey.html
(Some of the language is 'blue' but hey, it fits well!)
 

--
-Harold Hislop
My comments are my own, if you don't like them then don't read them.
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