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> From: Jim Loudon <jloudon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Oly resurgent/NY Show/IPIX
> Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 10:06 PM
>
> I see I picked the wrong weekend to step away from the computer...
>
> I realize that in a cosmopolitan group such as ours that
> idiomatic expressions, no matter how well-intentioned
> or well-known, will sometimes fail to bridge the cultural
> gap.
>
> My paraphrase of Mark Twain was meant to place the remainder
> of my posting in a light-hearted context. I publicly apologize
> to those who may not have seen it that way.
>
> jim
>
It is okay, there were lots of members that mentioned the story about the
phase "lies..." and I agree it is due to cultural gap because I know
nothing about the "Mark Twain", may be I am over reacted.
C.H.Ling
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