My dear Nancy:

I'm fully prepared to follow you on the tack you seem to have decided to
take.

Believe it, or not, I have not been reacting to you personally.

I have no interest whatsoever in you as a person--I am sure you're as fine a
scholar as any, although it's impossible to imagine a scholar of any
significance wanting to waste time and energy on participating in a forum of
this kind--harmless, but fundamentally useless.

My problem is with the haughty snottiness that you display and, if you're
honest, you'll note that I'm not the first, last, and/or only "participant"
to have commented on your attitude.

Jacek


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Gish" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: WORDS AND AGE


> My Dear Jacek,
>
> Your problem is deeper than I thought.  Such vicious animosity
> against someone you do not know is a cause for deep concern.
> Obsession is unhealthy, as I am sure you know.
>
> I realize you are not a colleague, but I meant in the sense of a fellow
> Eliot reader.  It was a form of courtesy.
>
> I think my intellect is not at stake, but I was not trying to be witty
> but to be concerned about your problem.
> My sincere good wishes for your recovery,
> Nancy
>
>
>
>
> Date sent:              Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:45:27 -0400
> Send reply to:          "T. S. Eliot Discussion forum."
<[log in to unmask]>
> From:                   Jacek Niecko <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:                Re: WORDS AND AGE
> To:                     [log in to unmask]
>
> My dear Nancy:
>
> At YOUR level of intellectual endeavour you should be able to come
> up with
> something wittier and/or more impressive than this.
>
> And, for the record, I am not your colleague, whatever that means.
>
> And you can jog yourself into eternity, so far as I am concerned.
>
>
> Jacek
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nancy Gish" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: WORDS AND AGE
>
>
> > My Dear Jacek,
> >
> > You really must try to curb this unnatural, obsessive concern with
> > my ideas.  It's not healthy; you need to have some thoughts on your own,
> > or you might try meditating.  I do worry about you--but not much, as I
> > do not ever think of what you say at all except when you exhibit this
> > nervous tendency.  Have you considered jogging? Camomile tea?  Soothing
> > music?  Reading T. S. Eliot? Believe me, your concerned colleague, Nancy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Date sent:              Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:14:46 -0400
> > Send reply to:          "T. S. Eliot Discussion forum."
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > From:                   Jacek Niecko <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject:                Re: WORDS AND AGE
> > To:                     [log in to unmask]
> >
> > And all this crap has something to do with Thomas Stearns Eliot
> > and/or his
> > work?
> >
> > It's astonishing that Ms. Nancy Gish of Maine hasn't waded in yet
> > with her
> > typical finesse and charm.
> >
> > Jacek Niecko
> > Washington DC
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rickard A. Parker" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: WORDS AND AGE
> >
> >
> > > "Rickard A. Parker" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Visit http://world.std.com/~raparker/temp/age.html and then click on
> > > > the link that represents your age.
> > >
> > > So far I've gotten only 20 hits (out of about 250 list members!)
> > >
> > > I'm keeping the average secret so you can keep on sending in
> > > your age and your guess as to the average age.  Gunnar will have
> > > to set the time and date for the contest's end.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >     Rick Parker
> >