>>>>>>>>Charming as always. I did not word that as well as a should have. I was not a Sainsbury's employee but worked for a consulting firm that had them as a client.
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>>>>>>>>Articulate as always...
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>>>>>>>Maybe you two should go private.
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>>>>>>>Some arguments in this forum are interesting . this one definitely isn't
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>>>>>>Do you decide what is interesting on this forum?
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>>>>>Ah Eddie how nice to hear from you.
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>>>>>What do you mean by that question ?
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>>>>I mean Nicky that you are not the owner of this place.
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>>>FWIW I did not take offense. He didn't suggest that he is in charge, just politely requested that an increasingly unpleasant conversation be taken private. The UT is reasonably civil and one of the things that makes it so is that members will sometimes speak up when things are getting out of hand.
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>>>If you didn't see it, I posted the other day that I didn't take offense at what you said after my latest episode, either. It was maybe insensitive but not uncalled for. I am as tired of my shenanigans as anyone. It really needs to stop. Meaning mainly the drinking. I may not always be delighted with my life when sober but it's only alcohol that makes me do crazy things like that. I know you are not the sentimental type and am guessing you have good reasons for not being.
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>>For what reason would you take offense? I find nothing insensitive in what I said, moreover, it was not addressed to you.
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>I mention only in passing that others did take offense. Twit filters and "beyond the pale" come to mind. All I was saying is I did not take it that way. Jeez.
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I understood that you would take it as kind of encouragement, the worst thing that could be done, imo, in this situation.

>Nothing personal meant by this but it's probably really best if we stop talking, isn't it? I am trying to keep my head on straight and about to embark on a very important project. I shouldn't seek out aggravation by carrying on conversation with people I know don't like me.

So don't behave like a person who always promises but never does it. For example, the first sentence in the last paragraph of your reply says "nothing personal..." and then in the same paragraph (the last sentence) you do make it personal. I tend to believe that you concentrate on your own feelings and sufferings much more than on what other people may feel.