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I'm not in the mood to do battle with a person

Posted By: MQMT on 2005-07-12
In Reply to: first of all (sm) - MQgaMT

who thinks they have all the answers.  Suffice it to say that obviously you don't  have any insight or answers or you wouldn't have issues where you sit and call all others "fools" because they don't agree with your opinions/solutions/problems.  This world is just to big and interesting with so much to learn to do battle with a smug person who thinks they know it all.  Simply put, carry on in your IMAGINATION that you got all of us MQMTs and we are forever conquered by your great wealth of knowledge on the proper way to post and handle MQ problems.  In other words, WHATEVER  floats your boat queenie.


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