On 21/03/2012 21:31, Miles Bader wrote:

writes:
On 21/03/2012 00:11, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:05:03 +0000, "
wrote:
Probably also because O'Leary tried to bid for the equipment at an
unrealistically low level and, when the equipment provider declined, he
became verbally abusive.

"Became" ?

Yes, you are right.

Became extremely verbally abusive.

I think Charles was saying that O'Leary is _always_ that way...

[I dunno whether that's true, though O'Leary does seem to be a
full-time douchebag.]

-miles

Yes, I was absolutely acknowledging what Charles was saying. Only, I was
saying that he became extremely verbally abusive, as compared to his
normal verbally abusive.