Thank you TJ. Im glad someone sees it from my point of view.

I apologize for those that were offended by my use of a non-pc word. I was
unaware that so many people were so sensitive about it. I assure you that
the context was not intended to be offensive to anyone. Apparently, you
cannot please everyone all the time.

John, I appreciate your interest in how my use of said non-pc word can
possibly affect my business. I would also point out that I work on cars. I
am not an English professor. Although, I do have a good grasp on the English
language. I personally would take no offense to someone choosing to not
bring their car to me for work based solely on my use of the non-pc word.
After all, people generally take their cars to a shop to have it
repaired/tuned; not to formulate opinions on the techs based on their use of
a non-pc word. Generally people bring their cars to me because I do good
work. Not because I use non-pc words.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: price for a tune-up
>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:43:51 -0800
>
>Personally, I didn't notice the language until you reposted the <censored>
>message; I had to go in my trash can to see what he said. I guess where I
>grew up and lived my life (US Navy) has made me somewhat immune to this
>type of 'language', so I didn't see any problem with it. The info he had in
>his post was 'right on' and, IMHO, wasn't diminished by his choice of
>adjectives.
>
>There are any number of software programs out there that can search your
>incoming email for 'key' words and automatically delete those messages from
>your in box so you are not exposed to them. Or you could choose to
>automatically delete any message from him quite easily if his language
>continues to offend. Asking him to change his language (publicly) seems a
>bit puritan.
>
>Just be thankful he didn't expose one of his br**sts.
>
>TJ
>Anonymous Digest <jbrush@AROS.NET> wrote:
>I could certainly live without the foul language, and I can say that as a
>representative of your company in a public forum, you may want to consider
>how that might reflect on your business.
>
>John
>
>TJ Hannink
>Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
>Winter Park, Florida
>http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
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