Dick,
Evidently l'm one of those crazies that naively take Brad's bait.  
Seems to me the folks who dislike the guy
spend more time talking about strategies to deal with him and are 
themselves a bit looney.  No doubt it
will improve the group for this crazy one to just say Goodbye.

tj



On Thursday 02/17/2011 at 3:37 pm, Dick Veit   wrote:
> Craig,
>
> I agree completely, and I look forward to every one of Herb's posts. 
> But people do continue to respond to Brad. If doing the same thing 
> again and again and expecting a different result is insanity, I wonder 
> who is crazier, those who keep taking Brad's bait or those (like you 
> and me) who keep trying to get others to stop taking his bait.
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Craig Hancock <[log in to unmask]> 
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dick,
>>     The idea for this most recent conversation is to come up with a    
>>  view of the past perfect that pleases the rest of us. Whether it     
>> pleases Brad is not important.  It is insanity to expect a     
>> conversation with Brad to accomplish anything new, so our goal     
>> should be to discuss it with each other. I am looking forward to     
>> reading what Herb comes up with. I expect Brad to react angrily to     
>> that, but his response is irrelevant.
>>    I may be wrong, but I think reacting to Brad has kept us from a     
>> productive discussion.
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>> On 2/16/2011 3:51 PM, Dick Veit wrote:
>>> If we would all try just a little harder, explain the       past 
>>> perfect just a little more clearly, try just one or two or       fifty 
>>> more times to get you-know-who to engage in productive       dialogue, 
>>> surely then he will see reason and all will be well and       we can 
>>> turn to other topics. We won't know if we don't try many,       many, 
>>> many more times, will we?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:24 AM,         Geoffrey Layton 
>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> Geoff Layton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:45:46 -0500
>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>>  Subject: insanity
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting             
>>>>   different results.
>>>>
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