I, Michael Sutherland, am the dirty rat fink in Chris Hullinger's story. I sent an apology to Chris right away and he has been gracious enough to give me one last chance. I thank Neil for posting his story and I thank Chris for his response. I apologize to everyone on the list for my nastiness. I do think the list is full of good people, and I sincerely regret lessening that fact in anyone's eyes. I think that the life lessons from the nice people are best, but I will offer three more life lessons from an admitted dirty rat fink, which may have some small value: 12) The buyer: never assume that you have any inkling of what it might cost to ship anything, anytime, anywhere; just ask - before you receive. 13) The receiver: don't punish the nice guy who sent the stuff for your mistake in #12. 14) The guilty: never pass up a last chance if someone is nice enough to give you one. Believe it or not, I think I actually learned #13 before Chris sent his reply out. However, it took me one more time to learn #12. This dirty rat fink is a slow learner. P.S. Ted, if you had a '57 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer in Grand Island, Nebraska about 20 years ago, I am also the self-same dirty rat fink who lost the pictures! I am very sorry for that; another bit of nastiness I truly regret. I still don't know what to do about that - but let me know, and I'll try to make it right. Mike P.P.S. dirty rat fink bum is better, thank you Ray ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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