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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