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Subject:Re: The Big Deal (was Re: No Time to Read) From:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>, Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> Date:Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:30:50 -0700 (PDT)
Gunny Sacking is bringing up old complaints with a current complaint.
Richard Lewis
Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
Gunny Sacking is akin to bottling up your anger. You take all the
negativity you experience and tuck it away (in a gunny sack, like what
Johnny B Goode kept his guitar in) and over time it loads you down.
This is why I didn't understand what Richard meant by saying Dan and
Connie were "gunny sacking".
On 8/13/07, Nancy Allison wrote:
> Ok, no fair, the repeated knowing references to "gunny sacking" are driving me mad, and not so slowly either. And for once Google is not helping.
>
> WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
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