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Old November 20th 08, 02:10 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.soc,alt.mountain-bike
JimmyMac
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Default The Dilemma of Tom Sherman

On Nov 19, 7:26*am, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"JimmyMac" wrote in message

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On Nov 18, 11:07 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
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A hermit simply prefers his own company to that of others and consequently
is alone a lot,
BULL****!!! *No matter what kind of spin you put on this, your


computer and internet connection serve as your conduit of social
contact of sorts, something a real, true hermit would shun
completely. *If your computer is as you have asserted ... stupid,
unimportant *and irrelevant (your adjectives), then you should have no
difficulty in abandoning them and become transformed into the lone
eagle (read real, true hermit) that you claim to be. *If you cannot
abandon your computer and internet connection, then it follows
that ... 1, You are not a full fledged hermit, 2. Your computer and
internet connection are, in reality, not stupid, unimportant and
irrelevant, and 3. Stating that they are is what is stupid,
unimportant and irrelevant ... and, that's that on that (read the
bottom line).

A computer is not being with people in the flesh, but only with their
printed words. In other words, with an artifact.

Artifacts like computers and the Internet are irrelevant.


INCONGRUOUS!!! *Conan the librarian ... an artifact is a man made
object of cultural or historical significance. *Why then would you
refer to a computer as stupid, unimportant and irrelevant and then
subsequently label it an artifact? *The conundrum continues!

An artifact is anything having to do with man - in short, a man made object.
The fact remains I am not with people much. Artifacts have nothing to do
with whether or not one is a hermit. If you avoid people in the flesh like I
do, then you are a hermit. I live in solitude and am quite reclusive.


A rose by any other name is still a rose ... contact is contact.

Regards,


Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota


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