[pct-l] Switchback's Operation Results Announcement

[Reinhold Metzger]

OHHH  GOOD,.....IT  REALLY   WORKS
EVERYBODY  WILL BE  MUCH  HAPPIER  NOW.

REINHOLD
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g l wrote:
> REINHOLD-
>
> THANK YOU.  I CAN HEAR YOU MUCH BETTER NOW.
>
> I WONDER HOW MANY OF THOSE FORTUNE 500 PANSIES HAVE EVER DONE A THRU 
> HIKE???
>
> WHEEEW
>
> */Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>/* wrote:
>
>     DONNA,
>     I AM SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION.
>     I OFTEN WONDERED WHY SOME OF MY E-MAIL WAS ALL CAPS.
>     I USED TO THINK IT WAS FOR CONVENIENCE PURPOSES, BUT NOW THAT YOU
>     HAVE
>     EXPLAINED TO ME THAT ALL CAPS IS REGARDED AS SHOUTING IT EXPLAINS
>     EVERYTHING.
>     ALL MY FRIENDS KNOW I HAVE A SERVICE CONNECTED HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING
>     LOSS ( TO MANY BAZOOKA ROUNDS
>     IN VIET NAM), SO TO CONVEY THEIR MESSAGE LOUDER THEY USE ALL
>     CAPS....VERY INGENIOUS...I CAN BUY THAT.
>     LET'S SEE NOW, WE HAVE MANY SENIORS AND FORMER MILITARY MEMBERS
>     WHO MOST
>     LIKELY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME FORM OF HEARING LOSS THEREFORE I
>     THINK, FROM
>     NOW ON, I WILL SEND MY POSTS IN A SHOUT FORMAT (ALL CAPS) TO
>     ACCOMMODATE
>     OUR HEARING IMPAIRED MEMBERS.
>
>     CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME BETTER NOW?
>
>     JMT REINHOLD
>     THE SOFT SPOKEN ONE
>
>     --------------------------------------------------
>
>
>     Donna "L-Rod" Saufley wrote:
>     > Ahh, dear friend Reinhold. Apparently you have not had the
>     pleasure of working for a major Fortune 500 publicly held
>     corporation bent on political correctness and diversity
>     sensitivity as I have. They put you through training seminars and
>     coach you on all sorts of things including what's acceptable in
>     how you speak, write, and what is okay and not okay to say and do.
>     >
>     > Your friends are not necessarily humorless, although I hope they
>     were understanding once they knew your situation. FYI, writing in
>     all caps is viewed in the so-called politically correct world as
>     shouting. So is writing in red. Writing in all caps and red is
>     screaming at the top of your lungs.
>     >
>     > Hope that helps.
>     >
>     > L-Rod
>     >
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     >
>     >> From: Reinhold Metzger
>     >> Sent: Dec 8, 2007 4:40 AM
>     >> To: pct-l at backcountry.net, hiker97 at aol.com
>     >> Subject: [pct-l] Switchback's Operation Results Announcement
>     >>
>     >> SWITCHBACK,
>     >> Nice to have you back and hear you are doing well.
>     >> I am very surprised that you are walking already and seem to be in
>     >> little or no pain.
>     >> When I had reconstructive surgery on my left shoulder in 2006
>     and right
>     >> shoulder in 2007 recovery was very slow and painful and I could do
>     >> nothing with either shoulder for some time.
>     >> But, I guess, you are a tougher breed of a cat.
>     >> I remember catching a lot of flack from our humorless friends
>     for typing
>     >> in caps only (it was easier one handed).
>     >> Seems our humorless friends did not enjoy the humor as much
>     when typed
>     >> in caps only.
>     >> I was always puzzled by that , thinking if our humorless
>     friends don't
>     >> read our posts because they don't like our humor, why does it
>     matter if
>     >> it is all caps?
>     >> I guess what I am trying to say, don't ever type in caps only
>     for you
>     >> would only lessen the pleasure and sheer enjoyment our
>     humorless friends
>     >> get from reading your humorous posts.
>     >> Don't change anything, we love you just the way you are.
>     >>
>     >> JMT Reinhold
>     >> The serious one
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