Re: On My Bike

Lee Page (megjac@prodigy.net)
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:18:35 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Actually - Larry is a pretty nice guy - and a hell of a sailor.

"The difference between genius and stupidy is that genius limits." (Albert
E.)
Lee Page in Sacramento, CA
WWP #602, "Archaeopteryx"
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> From: Forrest Brownell <forrest@slic.com>
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: On My Bike
> Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 9:02 AM
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Dear Mr. Smith,
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> "Hostility"? Buncombe! Nothing could be further from the truth. I
> have no feeling at all for (or against) Mr. Costa personally. I
> deplore his want of courtesy to Mr. Longstaff, to be sure, and I don't
> feel compelled to endorse it by my silence, but I know nothing else of
> Mr. Costa except what he chooses to reveal to me through his letters.
> If he chooses to play the fool, I'll think him foolish; if he acts the
> man, I'll think him a mensch. It's really no more complicated than
> that.
>
> This said, let me suggest that if you wish to continue your amateur
> analysis of my motives and character, you do so in private
> correspondence, and not on a public list. Others may not share your
> interest in the subject.
>
> On the other hand, if you prefer to play to an audience, you'll compel
> me answer you in kind. What a dull couple we'll make then, rowing
> endlessly in public. The choice is yours, of course, as it was Mr.
> Costa's before you, when he decided to vent his spleen about all
> things British, with a few gibes at Mr. Longstaff thrown in for good
> measure.
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> And now, it's time for me to get on my bike and peddle away.
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> Best wishes,
>
> Forrest Brownell
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> South Colton NY
> forrest@slic.com