Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site gloria.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!gloria!colonel From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: wise guy Message-ID: <905@gloria.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 19:26:34 EDT Article-I.D.: gloria.905 Posted: Sun Jul 7 19:26:34 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 00:45:41 EDT References: <1476@utah-gr.UUCP> <1560108@acf4.UUCP> <521@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: Jack of Clubs Precision Instruments Co. Lines: 20 > In personal relations whether one is showing off or not is a matter of > perception and interpretation. One person's show off is another's > knowledgeable authority. When asked a question, how is one supposed to > know where to draw the line between answering and showing off? Some people take pleasure in knowing answers, and some in knowing _more_ answers than the other guy. Either way will show. So will any other motivations. > The question I raised was "Why be insulted at all?" One factor is talking style. If you tend to talk for 30 seconds or longer at a stretch, without letting the other fellow speak, that's a discourtesy. (Caveat: some people I know who lecture for a living are nevertheless good company in private!) -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva