On 1/26/2014 12:47 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:30:19 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>> I'm always teasing whenever I sound mean, Jill. I do take it a little
>> too far sometimes though. It's very harmless and meant to make you
>> laugh but again as my daughter told me once, "You can't say that to
>> people, Dad. They don't know you're just kidding." I suppose that my
>> assuming everyone knows me well is my big social flaw.
>
> The problem with the internet is there is no real tone of voice except
> the words you've written and no facial cues... when someone deadpans,
> they can always throw a wink if no one "gets it".
>
>
That's why emoticons were created. :-D

I notice Gary sometimes includes a wink or something. When he's
deadpan, it's sometimes hard to tell if he's kidding.

Jill