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Subject:Foot in mouth disease, or I'm sorry! From:Melissa Hunter-Kilmer <mhunterk -at- BNA -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:02:37 EST
On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, I stupidly wrote:
Subject: holy wars revisited
> Is this amazing? <snip>
Ohmygosh. Is my face red! I'm very sorry, gang. That was meant to be a
private message.
While I do not agree with Mr. Jessup, I would have been a heck of a lot more
polite about my disagreement had I realized that I was addressing the entire
list.
Melissa Hunter-Kilmer
mhunterk -at- bna -dot- com
(standard disclaimer, especially considering that my company does not want to
eat my words or have my foot in its mouth)
