On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 04:15:58 -0700
Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:

> Quoting Rowland Penny (rpenny@???):
>
> > Certainly:
> >
> > [quote]
> > Steve, please stop helping. As you often do, you are just adding
> > noise. [/quote]
>
> I remain unclear on how politely asking my friend to stop 'helping' in
> this case prevents him from ignoring my request, if he prefers to
> continue nonetheless. Perhaps I've developed awesome mind-control
> powers without noticing?

Probably because you don't want to see it, your tone seemed to say
'Butt out Steve'

Don't bother replying any further, I wont reply again.

Rowland