I agree with John whole heartedly. As the saying goes: It's far better to let people "think" you are dumb, than to speak and "remove any doubt"! I may be dumber than a pail of hammers, but I sure don't want to "project" that image out in front of me. Todd (indeed, dumber than a pail of hammers) in Minnesota -----Original Message-----r than a pail From: Widiker, John D [mailto:john.widiker@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:45 PM To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] a old flame (AMX) on ebay (or TO BE or NOT TO Mark, I dropped out of high school, my grades were ummmm.... Poor at best. Despite that I also find it's abhorrent to go through life looking stupid or accepting inequities I can do something about. If I prejudge someone due to their language skills then shame on me, but I cannot help but feel it's a telling character trait. Please forgive me anyone if I offended you that was certainly not my intent. ~John -----Original Message----- From: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:14 PM To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] a old flame (AMX) on ebay (or TO BE or NOT TO Seems to me if you all judge people by their language skills your shortchanging a lot of people. I guess maybe you think you are better than they are just because you earned good grades in school? Good luck with that! Mark Price mpriceATwestco.net Morgantown, WV 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase 65 Ambassador 990H flood victim parts car! 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Neil Shaw" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:15:59 -0500 >Re: Grammar > >John and all, >I don't know about you guys, but when I read ads phrased that poorly I >immediately judge the guy and lose confidence in bidding on his item. I >figure if he can't write a sentence any better than that how can I >trust that what he's saying about the item is true. Maybe it's just me, >but the red flags really go up. > >Neil Shaw >'72 Javelin > > > > > >