From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   Mac Breck wrote:   
   >> Merrick Baldelli wrote:   
   >> Wickeddoll   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> ...and they made a TON of money doing that, so what has the   
   >>>>> audience taught them?   
   >>>> Jealous?   
   >>> Missing the point much?   
   >>>   
   >> Ya know, Merrick, I was actually glad to see your name here, but I see   
   >> you're just as friendly as the last time I spoke with you.  I've   
   >> actually missed you; you can be a very clever, insightful guy, but you   
   >> hang on to negative feelings so long, there is no fix for it.   
   >>   
   >> I was just joking with a guy with whom I converse regularly.  He knew   
   >> I was just kidding;   
   >    
   > That was a joke?  To me it looked like you thought I was jealous   
   > about....something...maybe how much money the movie has made, or   
   > something else (I dunno.).  The attribution of jealousy to my comments   
   > is completely offbase, ....not applicable.  When it comes to Trek, I   
   > (and you can take this literally) just don't care anymore.  I have no   
   > emotional investment in it, at all. If there is a new movie, fine.  If   
   > there isn't, fine.  If there is a new TV show, fine.  If there isn't,   
   > fine.   
      
   Since this was the umpteenth post about this, I concede it was a very    
   badly done joke.  I thought you and I knew each other well enough to    
   know I wasn't accusing you of being jealous.   
      
   Mea culpa.   
      
   But at least now I know Merrick is still alive - I wondered.   
      
   Natalie   
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