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[B <beeline AT mindspring.com>]

OK ok, so I was pressed by the arrival (at long last) of the veterinarian and 
didn't give my Subject line a final out-loud copyediting read before clicking 
Send. However, the last time *I* corrected a poster's language (on another 
list, way back in the last century), I was bitched out for stepping on 
someone's heartfelt mini-screed. I was told then that pointing these things 
out was bad netiquette. Do I now assume that this is an old-fashioned rule 
that no longer applies? I'll smile and thank you kindly for publicly noticing 
_all_ of my typos if this means that I get to parcel out some grief rather 
than just cringe the next time I see "it's" used to mean "belonging to it" 
and "its" to mean "it is." As well, I'll take the opportunity to correct 
those who misuse "their," "there" and "they're," and "to," "too," and "two." 
The next time someone uses "mute" when they mean "moot" will bring a chuckle 
from my corner, instead of a sigh. Oh boy! I might even branch out into 
punctuation!     ~B\


-----Original Message-----
From: Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
Sent: Aug 11, 2004 3:45 PM
To: 
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<internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: moral morale [was Re: [internetworkers] Help with Moral]


I'm thinking this will help troop **morale** quite a bit.  If you want to
fix the **moral**, yer probably barking up the wrong meme.

--s

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B wrote:
>
> An old friend whose son is fighting in Afghanistan has written to ask if I
> can help get the word out that our soldiers in the Middle East are
> homesick and love to get and watch tapes of hometown high school (and
> possibly college) ball games. ... I said I'd try to start a meme.... Any
> suggestions or pointers?  (The first email quoted below was originally to
> a mutual teacher friend; the second is in response to my "sure, I'll give
> it a go" reply.)  ~B
>
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Mike <...>
> Sent: Aug 11, 2004 3:12 PM
> To: B
> Subject: Re: Football
>
> Hey Girl,   I was thinking, yeah I know sometimes that can hurt.   You
> being a teacher an all. When you get back to school , maybe you can talk
> to
> the football coach and ask him if he knows any alumni that played football
> for the school that's in the service over seas. I sent my son over in Iraq
> the home games from last year here. Plus the coach here is going to send
> him all the games as they play this year. These's guys ate it up. It was a
> taste of home. Iam trying to get the local paper to get the word out so
> other schools will follow suit. I think its a great idea. Football ,
> basketball,  what ever. My son told me he and about 15 guys sat and
> watched
> the games and for a time was able to be home. Even the guys that didnt
> play
> there had a ball. And cant wait for the new ones to come.  Let me know
> what
> you think.    Mike    P.s.  Sorry about the skinny dipping crack. I  had a
> moment of lack of class
>
> -----------------------------------------
> <...>
>
> Great   Great    Great      Think of what this can do for moral.  I was
> talking to my son last night and moral is really bad. Especially with the
> guys that are getting extended. My son included. He was to come home
> around
> the middle of Jan . 05. Now its sometime in March or April  there not
> saying. That sucks..  What ever you can do would be greatly appreciated.
> Mike
> <snip>
>
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