Whichever you prefer.
As I have stated many times here, I rarely reply to those I don't respect. I always reply to you. And I was glad you commented as I was hoping for your perspective.
My motivations were partially busting them off on you and partially me not totally getting your intention. My bad on that. Not that Tom needs me to defend him. Far from it. I am well aware of my limitations and I am not in Tom's league.
We're cool Matt/Roland00. At least I hope we are.
Like I said before, if I did not respect you I would not respond to you. I am talking about you mookie. Makes a finger movement at my computer screen.
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Now I do not know if me and Tom are okay. I think he does not like me, and thinks I am not right in the head Now part of him is right for the very things that frustrate him about language and grammar are things I have problems with due to stuff like dyslexia.
And sometimes this irritates him.
But what I think really irritates him is he does not understand where I am coming from most of the time even though I try to telegraph my intentions but I understand why I confuse him. I bet if we met face to face and we could read each other's facial movements and talk with our hands lots of the "language barriers" would be a lot smaller.
Then again Tom is kind of an asshole and I am not sure if I want to meet him I highly respect that asshole but he may just annoy me in real life.
And I will stop being rude talking about a person who sometimes read what I post and sometimes does not.
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But yeah Mookie we are good.
And yes you are an old fart but somehow we will find that magical herb that will allow you to access eternal youth like something out of mythology. Perhaps you will be like Gilgamesh / White Snake or perhaps like Noah / Utnapishtim.
(Explaining the metaphor) Aka some how we will find to make the old man (and sometimes wise man) immortal, either via finding a fountain of youth (Gilgamesh / White Snake) or turning Mookie into a fossil / tolkien's ents.
Why will we find this immortality plot for you Mookie. Because you are special. And I am bolding this so you understand it is heart felt.