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Old 11th August 2012, 09:38 PM   #1
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Got an email at SSB from a man asking permission to put one of my site's banners up on his blog.

A bit more...confrontational than my site, but a link is a link!
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Old 11th August 2012, 10:04 PM   #2
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It has to be said: he's not wrong.....
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Old 11th August 2012, 10:34 PM   #3
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No, he's not. It's just a different approach than mine is all.
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Old 11th August 2012, 11:00 PM   #4
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No, he's not. It's just a different approach than mine is all.
You're not all that different really. He sounds like you, if you were being followed by a midget who constantly kicked you in the nuts :-)
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Old 12th August 2012, 02:21 PM   #5
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She really is a horrible person.
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Well your link is up. Will help in the Google rankings.
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Old 12th August 2012, 06:45 PM   #7
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You're not all that different really. He sounds like you, if you were being followed by a midget who constantly kicked you in the nuts :-)
That would be one high-kicking midget!
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She really is a horrible person.
No argument here, Carl.
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Well your link is up. Will help in the Google rankings.
Yup.
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The correspondent and I have emailed back and forth three or four times now.

In his most recent email he noted that he was "on to" Browne from the first time he had seen her on the Montel Williams Show, many years ago.

That sparked this reply from me:

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I find it interesting that some people (such as you and me) recognize Browne for what she is (most likely a fraud, but at minimum, a not-very-nice person) from the first time we see her, while others evidently take much longer to see it, or never see it at all.

I suppose that seeing the "most likely a fraud" part right away is likely based on the observer's opinion of psychics and psychic powers in general, so an observer who believes in such things may take her claims at face value, at least initially. Far harder for me to understand is someone, regardless of their opinion on psychic powers, not seeing her behavior towards the people she gives "readings" to for what it is: boorish, rude, dismissive and uncaring.

Ah, well.

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Some guy starts a site saying that everyone is a ****, and sylvia is the horrible person?

Cool logic bro
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Originally Posted by RSLancastr View Post
That would be one high-kicking midget!
Well, you _are_ in a wheelchair.
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Old 14th August 2012, 07:17 AM   #13
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Some guy starts a site saying that everyone is a ****, and sylvia is the horrible person?

Cool logic bro
... and what site would that be?
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the site you started a thread about?
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Old 14th August 2012, 07:25 AM   #15
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Well, you _are_ in a wheelchair.
true, but a midget "following me around" would be behind the chair.

And, even were he/she in front of my chair, he/she could not get within kicking distance, as my chair's footplate sticks out too far.

And, even were the footplate not there, have you ever tried to kick someone in the nuts whilst they were seated in a chair, with their knees pointing forward?

Sorry, a nut-kicking midget is just not on my list of worries.
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the site you started a thread about?
And where exactly on my site do I say that anyone is a ****, let alone that everyone is?
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Ah, wait, mushy. It finally dawned on me that you are referring to the guy's blog. Did he say that everyone was a ****? I did not read more than the one page, and did not notice him saying that.

Sorry for the confusion.
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Originally Posted by RSLancastr View Post
true, but a midget "following me around" would be behind the chair.
Yeah, but s/he might run and get under it, and then kick from below?

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And, even were he/she in front of my chair, he/she could not get within kicking distance, as my chair's footplate sticks out too far.
Midgets are small, s/he might just climb up it?

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And, even were the footplate not there, have you ever tried to kick someone in the nuts whilst they were seated in a chair, with their knees pointing forward
Well, midgets are small, they might get in between?

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Okay, okay, you win.

And it's nice that this guy linked to your site.
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Originally Posted by RSLancastr View Post
Sorry, a nut-kicking midget is just not on my list of worries.
What about a midget that followed you around punching you in the nuts?
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What about a midget that followed you around punching you in the nuts?
Good point. I would be forced to show said midget that both my right arm and my right leg are still fairly strong. A YouTube video of it all would go viral: "GUY IN WHEELCHAIR ATTACKS MIDGET".
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Okay, now this is odd:

A couple of hours after making that previous post I left our apartment on my daily trek to our mailbox (about 100 yards away in our apartment complex).

As I was making my way in my chair out to the sidewalk in front of our apartment, I saw some movement behind a bush at the end of our entryway.

As I passed the bush I looked to see what the movement had been, and there stood a midget, staring at me.

Seriously - a midget! I had not seen him before and,after our discussion here, it was just...odd.

I briefly considered asking him to try to kick me in the nuts, but decided it would take too long to explain why, so we just exchanged "good mornings". I asked him if I could help him and he said that he was just waiting for me to clear the entryway so that he could use the stairs there.

Hmmm....
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Originally Posted by RSLancastr View Post
Okay, now this is odd:

A couple of hours after making that previous post I left our apartment on my daily trek to our mailbox (about 100 yards away in our apartment complex).

As I was making my way in my chair out to the sidewalk in front of our apartment, I saw some movement behind a bush at the end of our entryway.

As I passed the bush I looked to see what the movement had been, and there stood a midget, staring at me.

Seriously - a midget! I had not seen him before and,after our discussion here, it was just...odd.

I briefly considered asking him to try to kick me in the nuts, but decided it would take too long to explain why, so we just exchanged "good mornings". I asked him if I could help him and he said that he was just waiting for me to clear the entryway so that he could use the stairs there.

Hmmm....
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Was he actually a midget, or was he a dwarf? You have to be careful these days...
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Ha ha, picturing that interaction gave me the chuckle that I needed this morning!
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Was he actually a midget, or was he a dwarf? You have to be careful these days...
I get the two confused, but, as I understand it, midgets are built in the same proportions as tall people, just smaller, whereas dwarves are much stockier, with very short legs.

If I have that right, this man was a midget. He was slender and looked very athletic (another reason I did not issue the Nut-Kicking Challenge).
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I tried to not look like that smilie as I rode past him.
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Ha ha, picturing that interaction gave me the chuckle that I needed this morning!
Glad I could be of service!
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I tried to not look like that smilie as I rode past him.
And now I have a mental picture of a athletic midget and a bearded wheelchair user trying very hard not to stare at each other.
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And now I have a mental picture of a athletic midget and a bearded wheelchair user trying very hard not to stare at each other.
It was a living scene from an Albee play.
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It was a living scene from an Albee play.
Or an episode of "Twin Peaks".
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Or an episode of "Twin Peaks".
Naaw, this midget did not dance in a creepy way in front of Rococo wallpaper.

At least, not that I saw.
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