[Dixielandjazz] Mr. T's 100th birthday anniversary

[Ric Giorgi]

Dear Dick, 

I hope respect means as much to you as to me my friend. I think you are WAY
OVERREACTING! Blathering in the English I learned (English is my 3rd
language so please forgive me if it doesn't exactly match your dictionary
definition) means to "talk with little reason or just to talk" - I meant no
offence and apologise if it was taken as such. 

You incorrectly claimed that nobody remembered it was JT's birthdate. I only
wanted to point out that doing something about commemorating it was as
important as talking about it. 

But NO, "blathering" by what seems to be the take you've given to the word
is not my idea of your post. It is that your claim that nobody remembered
that it was Jack's birthdate seemed very much a put-down of the list. 

I support your right not only to an opinion but also to the right to voice
it. If you need to get hot and bothered about something, why not go and
listen to some Teagarden right now so we can both celebrate the man's innate
humanity and decency and enjoy his immense talent and craft.

I mean it pal, with all DUE respect, 
Cheers, Ric 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: d. sleeman [mailto:d.sleeman at hccnet.nl]
>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:50 PM
>To: Trombone-List; DJML; Ric Giorgi
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Mr. T's 100th birthday anniversary
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ric Giorgi" <ricgiorgi at sympatico.ca>
>To: "'d. sleeman'" <d.sleeman at hccnet.nl>; "'Trombone-List'" <TROMBONE-
>L at server5.samford.edu>; "'DJML'" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:38 PM
>Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Mr. T's 100th birthday anniversary
>
>> Don't be so pessimistic Dick, and with all due respect to you, there's a
>> difference between remembering it and blathering about it publicly. We
>> commemorated it on a gig I did yesterday, Cheers Ric
>
>Ric,
>
>I must confess that I had to look up the word 'blathering' in my
>dictionary. So that's your idea of my post. On this list I've seen many
>posts commemorating great deceased musicians, so I wondered why nobody
>thought of 20 august 1905. You call that 'blathering'? Well, you're
>entitled to your opinion (and so am I).
>
>It was not necessary for me to look up the word 'respect', I know what it
>means. I do wonder what it means to you?
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Dick
>
>
>