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Re: Battery power



In a message dated 4/2/2003 11:19:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM writes:

Justin Parke retorted,
It seems to me that if the answer was obvious the question would not
have been asked.

*** Not necessarily, Justin. It often happens that the obvious is not
always obvious to everyone, all of the time. Haven't you ever
kicked yourself for overlooking something that should have
been obvious to you, and wasn't?

Herb Gottlieb from New York City


Perhaps I should have said, if the answer was obvious to the one asking, the
question would not have been asked. It simply seems a bit harsh to me to use
the word "obvious" when it is not obvious to the person with whom you are
communicating.

anyway...