On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:50:42 -0500, dave
wrote in ::

Nothing unusual. Both pilots were polite and both
offered to get out of the other guy's way. My daugher heard the
exchange differently. She wanted to know why those guys weren't being
very nice. I explained that they were just trying to communicate with
each other clearly but in as few words as possible. Funny how kids or
maybe any non-pilot interprets the way we talk on the radio.

Such terse communication can be a problem when it overflows into
social settings. I've been accused of being impolite by my spouse
while just attempting to be understood; I think 'robot' was the term
she used.