On Tuesday 06 November 2001 23:55, you wrote:
> Here are some examples that come to mind
When I was 11 years old and a Cub Scout, I got my first exposure to a
swimming pool. One end was crowded, the other had people diving in. So I
split the difference and jumped in near the middle ... a nice, arching
dive ... right into about 7 feet of water and too far from the edge to
grab it again.
I came to in a locker room with a bunch of worried looking people standing
around looking at me. I have no recollection of reality past the point
where I was forced to breathe water. After that; only the death
hallucination. I don't recall being pulled from the water. I don't know
how I came to be in the locker room. The time between the final breath
(which burned ... but only for a moment) and that locker room bench is
simply lost.
The questions I didn't ask? What do these numbers in the tile mean? It's
too crowded here ... can I jump in over there? Or just a little kid's
"What am I supposed to do, Mrs. Robinson?" (our den mother)
I have other stories from the railroad. The story of how the chlorine tank
cars came to be on top of the propane tank cars is an interesting one. So
is the time I watched as we hit a car no where near a crossing. The snow
plow on the front end sent it flying up over some trees. As head brakeman,
it was my job to go look for survivors ... or at least the pieces. That's
an interesting tale, too. The point being that while a little knowledge
can be a dangerous thing, a little ignorance is even deadlier.
Most of us understand that abstract that "there is no such thing as a
stupid question." Sometimes, though, to drive the point home, somebody has
to go looking for the body parts.
>
> Now I have a question, how can I turn off the sig line when I do
> a send reply to a message? Anyone have a answer to that one?
>
> I am running KMail here, I have checked and can not find a way to
> turn off the sig when I do a send reply. Would be nice to have on
> this mailer.
Chuck ... why not just highlight it with your mouse and hit the delete
key? I do that with incoming mail and it works just fine. Try it out on
spam mail, first. Just open the email, highlight something and hit the
delete key. :-)
I think, though, that the sig wasn't irritating him ... just not
understanding what it referenced. People who have done things where small
mistakes can be final ones probably understood it just fine. (Did you
remember to lower the wheels, de-ice the carburetor, radio for clearance,
bring the coffee can?)
I also use Kmail ... nice program ... but I don't believe it capable of
appending the sig file selectively. It's all or nothing.
Bill
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