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[Nolan Cooper]

On 09/07/2010 06:32 PM, Michael Haney wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Christopher Chan
> <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>  wrote:
>> On Wednesday, September 08, 2010 08:55 AM, Nolan Cooper wrote:
>>> +1 Zorch
>>>
>>> I have thought many, many times if the ones on this list would talk to or about their own
>>> fathers or mothers in the way they do Karl.  NO!
>>>
>>> I do have empathy for the ones suppling the quality help on this list, as Karl has many
>>> wrong answers.
>>>
>>> My problem is that I cannot make my mind up as to whether Karl has problems because of his
>>> advancing age, or truly is a "troll". I suspect it is both.
>>>
>>> Therefore would it not be the kind thing to do, to just correct the *misinformation* and
>>> let it go at that. In other words, no attacks against the individual who makes the wrong
>>> statement. In any shape or form?
>>>
>>> That is what a professional does, is it not, that is 'DoTheRightThing', after all that is
>>> what makes one a *professional*.
>>>
>>> That said, if Karl's problems stem from advancing age, then 40 lashes minus 1 for me for
>>> having a _little_ bit of fun in my two prior post. And I mean that Karl.
>>
>> I doubt it. He is not senile at all if you ask me. We are helping keep
>> his wits and not letting his brain rot to vegetable state. Is there a
>> problem when certain ones of us don't feel appreciated for our efforts
>> in keeping his mind active?
>>
>
> My uncle used to be a very nice man.  When I was younger he looked
> exactly like Alice Cooper, minutes the face tattoos, and thought that
> was pretty cool.  He's gotten senile now and my aunt is afraid of him
> because he's turned pretty mean.  My uncle's driven off a lot of the
> family due to his behavior, but its not his fault his mind is going.
> It'll happen to the best of us when we get that old, or we'll get
> lucky and evolve to a higher plane of existence when December 21st,
> 2010 comes along.
>
> Hey, you never know. ;-)
>
> Assuming Karl is old, its pretty neat that an old guy is using Linux.
> A friend of mine believes adamantly that Seniors won't be able to
> understand Ubuntu especially if they've been using Windows.  He's a
> former Windows User turned Mac User, BTW.  But, he's slowly coming
> around though as he discovers his knowledge of Linux is woefully
> out-of-date.
>

I understand about your uncle, as my wife and myself are caring for her mother, and she is 
an only child, who is to be 88 in Nov. and believe me I know what you are saying about you 
uncle.

And if I have kept abreast of Karl's blogging he is 77 Years old or will turn 77 yet this 
year.

best to all
Nolan
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