A.P. patronized me with:
Cmon guys! You're making a big deal out of nothing!
I also told you I had got a lunch comp --- but failed to tell you exactly which eatery and what menu items I consumed. That should be irrelevant to you folks (and so far is --- although perhaps this thread isn't over yet!) as should be whether or not I placed in this particular minor tournament.
You understand the purpose of food --- and there are dietary "rules" for intelligent eating. That's not my specialty and for the most part I ignore that subject. My specialty is teaching people how to gamble intelligently. What some of you do not seem to be grasping is that intelligent gambling depends on MAKING APPROPRIATE BETS and does not depend on the RESULTS of any one particular bet.
1. A writer emphasizes what he/she thinks is important
2. A writer necessarily ignores irrelevant stuff
3. A writer gets to make his/her own rules about what he/she includes --- subject to certain libel, plagiarism and other laws.
4. A writer gets to choose when a particular story is over
As a reader, you should know better.
My goal is to make my columns informative and entertaining. If you find they fail to meet that standard, you certainly do not have to read them.
This will be my last post in this particular thread. If you folks care to continue the thread without me, knock yourself out!
Bob
The reason some people want to know is because it ends the story.
Let me try to explain that premise to you.
1. You mention a tournament.
2. You tell why it would be good to enter it.
3. You tell that you entered it.
4. You end the story.
5. You leave people hanging for the ending.
You could have made your point without saying that you entered the tournament and then nobody would have cared.
BUT you did, so you should end the story.
You are a writer and should know better.
Cmon guys! You're making a big deal out of nothing!
I also told you I had got a lunch comp --- but failed to tell you exactly which eatery and what menu items I consumed. That should be irrelevant to you folks (and so far is --- although perhaps this thread isn't over yet!) as should be whether or not I placed in this particular minor tournament.
You understand the purpose of food --- and there are dietary "rules" for intelligent eating. That's not my specialty and for the most part I ignore that subject. My specialty is teaching people how to gamble intelligently. What some of you do not seem to be grasping is that intelligent gambling depends on MAKING APPROPRIATE BETS and does not depend on the RESULTS of any one particular bet.
1. A writer emphasizes what he/she thinks is important
2. A writer necessarily ignores irrelevant stuff
3. A writer gets to make his/her own rules about what he/she includes --- subject to certain libel, plagiarism and other laws.
4. A writer gets to choose when a particular story is over
As a reader, you should know better.
My goal is to make my columns informative and entertaining. If you find they fail to meet that standard, you certainly do not have to read them.
This will be my last post in this particular thread. If you folks care to continue the thread without me, knock yourself out!
Bob
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