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To: coug who wrote (42523)	11/23/1999 9:33:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Happy trails, happy trades, and Happy Thanksgiving!

To: coug who wrote (42523)	11/24/1999 12:20:00 AM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I just wanted to confirm that nihil's post wasn't serious, and my agreement wasn't, either. But they weren't "serious" only in that they weren't meant to be understood literally, but rather ironically. Really, irony is often serious, though, isn't it? Nihil and I were making statements that might be described as ironical with a dark or bitter edge. I don't want you to think we were making a "joke" in the "ha ha" sense, coug. And I want to respond also about the food-with-a-click. I guess I want to say that any way it gets into an outstretched bowl is fine with me. Capitalism has some amazing mechanisms for making things happen. In this case, numbers of hits on a site, representing viewings of a sponsor's banner, and hits on the banner that convert to exposures to possible customers... well, coug, it's undoubtedly an experiment; and if, in the end, it doesn't benefit the sponsors in any way, the 2 1/4 cups of food I put into that particular bowl today won't be put there tomorrow. (Or if it is, it will be by another mechanism.) In the meantime, it's hard for me to understand why anyone wouldn't add to their "charitable giving" plans, a click, one little click a day, until this opportunity ends and others more to your liking are offered, by you or by someone else with a plan. It isn't a test, to me, to see whether I can think of a better way to give. It's just... a click, and 2 1/4 cups of food.

To: coug who wrote (42523)	11/24/1999 2:36:00 PM
From: melinda abplanalp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Hey Coug!!!! I am the same way as usual. Scary when i find someone who thinks like me...yikes!! Dar is the best coffee shop thread on SI IMHO. But everyone here is a tad different. Me being probably the most different :^(. Oh well. I like it when you show up even though someones nose usually get's out of joint. Noses are pretty flexible. I know my nose is. PS I too was a volunteer in the free Cobalt Blue task force!!! Have a good Thanksgiving.