Response from Clyde, ALSO Stumped by the Censure)

[Clyde Hollinger]

Robin,

Since you needed to post publicly to get my attention, I suppose I should reply
publicly to set the record straight.

First of all, I don't even remember responding to something you wrote, but
apparently I did, and apparently I assumed the wrong sex (a word that doesn't
bother me in the least, by the way).  I take your word for it that I used "she,"
and I apologize.  I have met both males and females with the name Robin, but in
my circles it is much more commonly a female name.

As far as my computer rejecting your private message, I am more puzzled than you
are.  I have never put filters of any kind on my computer, nor are there any
now, as far as I know.  It is unsettling for nasty guards to be so mean to you.
I don't like nastiness.  I didn't know I had any guards at all, and if I could
find them I would fire them instantly!

Now I can say I had an email problem when my ISP decided to change its address.
I contacted Andy Rudoff who manages this list.  He mentioned that my computer
had rejected a good bit of email, a surprise to me.  Whereas my address used to
be cedel@redrose.net, it is now cedel@supernet.com.  Did you, Robin, sir, by any
chance use the old address?  Have any of the rest of you had private emails
rejected by my computer?

So, in summary, I am very sorry this happened, causing you to expend energy on
the long email.  If anyone on the list can tell me how to keep this from
happening in the future I will be most appreciative.

Sincerely,
Clyde Hollinger, RPT
Lititz, PA, USA

Robin Stevens wrote:

> Hi List.
> I am posting this letter in the hope that Clyde gets to read this.
> About a week or two ago Clyde, commenting about something I wrote, called me
> a "she" instead of a "he".
> Now... being a "Red Blooded Male" I thought that I should visit Clyde at his
> Computer and quietly explain to him that "Boys are spelt Robin, and Girls
> are spelt Robyn"
> So.... getting straight  to the point I called the subject..... "WRONG
> S,followed by a letter then a X"
> Pushing the send button I thought that  was all I needed to put Clyde in the
> picture.
> But on arriving at "Clyde's" computer I was met at the door by two very
> nasty guards who promptly knocked me to the floor with the words... "Message
> rejected by Clyde"...deeply imbedded in my forhead.
> Now..... not being one to give up easily I changed the wording to...WRONG
> GENDER"...,which I thought would not offend the meekest of souls.  Then I
> waited till cover of darkness and very quietly pressed  the send button in
> the hope that I could sneak past those ever vigilant guards
> NOT SO!!
> Immediately I arrived at the guard house they were waiting for me...
> .KAPOW!!.. Straight down to the canvas with the words ringing in my ears
> ...."You are FOREVER banned from Clydes Computer".... It seems that they had
> decided that I was a site of "ILL REPUTE"  (Shame,Shame).
> So Clyde if you get this message could you please slip down to the guard
> house and explain to those "ornory" guards that Robin Aussie at
> Pianotun@Globalfree.com.au is only a "Little Ole Piano Tuner" and does not
> deserve to have his name etched deeply in the guard house wall with the rest
> of the undesirables. And if you do manage to convince them, I promise to
> never never to use the "S,followed by a letter then,X" word again.
> Robin (Who shaves every day)Aussie.