Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende View Post
That's why I often use the question, "How do you mean?" (or some variation) when I feel that I might go off half-cocked on something someone says to me. It gives me the chance to listen a second time to be sure I understood what the speaker was saying, and to re-evaluate my gut reaction to the first thing.

Regards,
Rex.
I try to do so as often as possible. Sometimes folks just say something that they meant one way and it came off another. I'm guilty of that alot .