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Subject:Re: Get a Life! From:Bill Amos <bpa1 -at- DEV1 -dot- OSI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:02:25 +0800
Regarding Sonja Draeger's question/comment about using "task" as a verb, Geoff
Davis wrote:
> I have a brilliant idea for you. Look it up in your dictionary before
> you send a message out like this! While *you* may not like it, the
> usage of task as a verb was perfectly valid. Do something more
> worthwhile with your life than critiquing e-mail messages. STOP
> ASSAULTING MEMBERS OF THE LIST WITH YOUR WORTHLESS RHETORIC AND YOUR
> STUPID PET PEEVES!!
Whoa, pal. I and a lot of other people on the list found the thread interesting.
This flame is totally inappropriate.
Bill Amos
Objective Systems Integrators
Folsom, CA
