Subject: Re: Subject: [Harp-L] Sorry Vern /jason ricci

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Ken "Mojo Red" writes:
 
:Hey  Elizabeth,

I'm going to quote you out of context to show how
dang  ~easily~ things can be taken the wrong way
around here, in our beloved Online  cyber forum.
Ready? Here we go...

You  wrote:
<<snip>>
> ...there are many  chromatic players  here (me 
> for one, lol) who know full well the  instrument 
>  isn't going anywhere..."
<<snip>>

Hrrrmph!!! Exactly  ~what~ do you ~mean~, young
lady, when you say "The chromatic isn't  going
anywyhere"??? 
Haven't you heard Randy Singer play a  chromatic?
Robert Bonfiglio? Chris Bauer? I'd say it's going
places you've  never even ~imagined~... blah, blah,
blah, with the rest of the flame...  

Can't you just ~see~ my offended expression, my
arched eyebrow, my  foot tapping impatiently as I
await your no-doubt ~groundless~  defense...

Yup... words without body language, facial
expression and  voiced inflection can very easily be
misconstrued in our fledgling onlilne  society. 

I knew Vern's post was tongue-in-cheek, you knew
that  Jason's response was in teasing... but the
words by ~themselves~... well...  they're simply
words. And like many written words, can be taken
every  whicha-way.

Jason's public appology was honorable and well
done. I've  made such appologies on more than
several occasions myself... it's waay too  easy to
step in it around here. :-)

So, be careful out there! And  remember (me too!)
sometimes we just gotta cut each other some  slack.

Harpin' in Colorado,
--Ken


.....LOL Ken -- you did that very well,  and you're right, I  never thought 
of that.  However... I had responded to the Australian  dude who got ticked off 
at JR and specified in my letter to him that the  "chromatic wasn't going 
"away" or "becoming extinct", lol.  I probably felt  I'd used those words once 
too often and therefore failed to make  myself clear in my subsequent post here. 
 You got me.  Oh, and  many thanks for the "young lady" - took a bit of 
creative license there  <VBG>
 
Incidentally, Robert Bonfiglio and Randy Singer are two of my chromatic  
favorites, but I haven't yet heard Chris Bauer play.  Now he's on my "to  listen 
to" list, as well --SO little time, SO many musicians to catch up  with!
 
Elizabeth