wrote:

From: Mike Coslo on Jun 19, 9:32 pm


wrote:

From: Mike Coslo on Jun 19, 11:13 am

wrote:



Bingo!

We cannot control Len's behavior here.

Isn't that so...so..."horrid" (as Dee once put it)? :-)

Not at all! I enjoy most of your posts.


Tsk, tsk, Michael. The "horrid-ness" wasn't about a particular
person, it was about NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER WHO POSTS!!! :-)

The PCTA desperately want to hang onto "control" of content in
here, negating any of that heretic talk of (shudder) removing
the code test! PCTA want everything in here just like ARRL
approves, like this is just "Newington South." Everybody be
nice-nice to morsemen, etc.



We can however, control our own.


See? CONTROL! :-)


Self control = bad?




I don't know about your mail reader, but mine has a couple levels of
filtering. I can filter by name, or the easy way is to simply hit "k" at
the subject line. I never see that subject again.

K

Not in the text body, but the subject line.. 8^)


'K



Working station ON the moon is partly "lunatic" thing...

Coslo reach "edge of space" yet?

The project is moving along. We've had a major change in the payload
and recovery strategy.


Consult with Bert Rutan's Scaled Composites yet? They make it to
"edge of space," win Big Money.

Different experiments. Somehow I suspect I'm a bit too much of a
dilettante' for them! 8^)


No hot air, all hot shots in aero things.

Nice cool helium!




- Mike KB3EIA -

Michael Coslo wrote:
wrote:
Snippage

If you let kids know where the buttons are, they'll push 'em
constantly.

Speaking of "buttons", it's clear that Len has the most "buttons" of
all. All anyone has to do is hit his big button (disagree with
him on the code-test issue) and then Len will respond in a very
predictable, negative, attacking, insulting way to almost anything the
person posts. If someone who has hit Len's Big Button dares to point
out a mistake (even a minor one)

Therein lies the heart of the issue. There are some in here who respond
all out of proportion to others missives. We have them on both sides of
the Morse/no Morse issue.

Yep.

Jim, you are obviously not one of them.

I hope not!

But it can get a bit odd to point out (in a nice way) that someone has
clearly
misunderstood something in Part 97, or has a couple of relevant facts
wrong,
and then be set upon as if I had desecrated a national monument.

Or to be blamed for what someone else has posted. (KH2D, a PCTA Extra
named
Jim, has obviously offended Len, so he takes it out on me, a PCTA Extra
named
Jim...)

Or to be quoted as writing things I did not write. (N0IMD's misquotes
of what I
wrote about the code test and its incentives for code use).

At least for me, when someone gets too abusive, I just don't bother to
reply.

Yep - in some cases I simply stop reading what they write.

Does that mean they "win"? Only as much as anyone wins one of
these protracted whizzin' contests in here.

The question comes down to whether or not one should allow an error of
fact
(not opinion) to go uncorrected, or to allow a misquote to go
unanswered, or
to engage in a multiround series of posts correcting the error of fact
or
the misquote.


It's all entertainment. 8^)

ARE YOU BEING ENTERTAINED?!?! (from "Gladiator")

73 de Jim, N2EY

On 20 Jun 2005 03:09:46 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 18:58:24 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 09:50:58 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 07:19:22 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 04:48:01 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 18 Jun 2005 17:30:57 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 18 Jun 2005 10:41:47 -0700, wrote:

From: Mike Coslo on Fri 17 Jun 2005 22:07

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:

Seig Heil!!! :-)

Irrelevant - Len has lost the argument.

Oh. OK then. That matters a lot.

Glad you agree!

Guess that makes you 'right', then.

Yes, it does.

That's important!

Len was 'wrong', and you were
'right'.

Yep.

That's important!

Feel better now?

Sure. How about you?

Just fine, thanks! Glad you're feeling better!

I was pretty good before. How about you?

The Fuhrer was a feldwebel in WW1

Godwin invoked.

For what? I did not use Hitler/Nazi references to anyone
involved in the discussion. I simply stated the fact
that ol' Adolf was a feldwebel in the German Army in WW1.

I see.

You just felt it necessary to blurt that out, for no reason at all?

Nope. With good reason.

I'm sure that we'd all love to hear your good reason for
resurrecting
the work history of the long departed Fuhrer back there, Jim - please share!

It shows that the word "feldwebel", when it was used in connection with
a specific person, has Godwin connections.

Oh. I see.

I was wondering, because - well, there are a couple of errors with
your statement .

Let's have a look:

1. "The Fuhrer was a feldwebel in WW1".

Well, no. According to several historical references, our friend
Adolf never achieved a rank higher than the equivalent of Lance
Corporal by the end of WW I. Several translation facilities available
on the Web (see below) translate "Feldwebel" to "Sergeant". This was
a rank senior to his.

2. "It shows that the word "Feldwebel", when it was used in connection
with a specific person, has Godwin connections."

Well, no. Even if Mr. Hitler had indeed held that rank in the German
(Bavarian, actually) Army during WW I, that was before the creation of
the Nazi party in 1920. Bu that time, he had left that rank and
entered politics.

All you would have proven was his rank in the Army during WW I - just
like thousands of other soldiers - none of whom attained the level of
notoriety that Adolf did.

Not exactly Godwin invokable stuff at all!

A few references for you:

FELDWEBEL
http://odge.info/german-english/Feldwebel+%7Bm%7D.html
http://www.silentwall.com/LuftwaffePortraits9.html
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

ADOLF
http://www.remember.org/guide/Facts.root.hitler.html
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar...ler/warone.htm

NAZI PARTY
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/...ziorigins.html

And, if one of your electives at good ol' Dreidel U was 20th Century
World History, you should give them a call and see if you can still
get your money back!


You of course realize that there is a school of thought that
invocation of Godwin's Law can be interpreted to include any
such
reference to that - um - Teutonic regime of the 1930's and
1940's? Especially the Big Guy himself?

Oh sure - but the classic interpretation is that Godwin only
applies when someone refers to another in such terms. Which
I have not done.

I see...we'll deal with that next!


That school of thought reminds me of the episode of "Blackadder III" in
which two characters are superstitious about the name of
a particular play by Shakespeare - supposedly, saying the name brings
bad luck. They refer to it as "the Scottish play", and if
someone says the actual name, they have to do an elaborate ritual to
excise the evil spirits.

Of course Blackadder says the name of the play for them at every
opportunity.

Oh - I forgot - you said you use another interpretation of that
rule.......

The correct one..

Well, no. Part of it - but not all. The intent of Godwin's Law was
to provide an upper limit for the length of a Usenet thread - he
theorized that, eventually, someone would make reference to the Nazis,
and that would be that. End of thread.

I pointed out earlier that you really hadn't achieved anything useful
by invoking Godwin, as the arguement would continue - your
response,was that you had "won the arguement" because Len had referred
to the Nazis.

Mr. Godwin would disagree - if the thread continues, then the
invocation of his law has failed.

You can't use the 'correct' version if you don't use it all!


Not my job to judge that, Jim. That's apparently your role.

And apparently your role has become "defender of the Len".

How so? I have neither defended nor attacked Len.

Len can do no wrong by you.

Well, no. That just ain't so Google back a couple of years ago, and
you'll see that Len and I haven't always been at peace......

Len has done no wrong to me - giving me no reason to do any wrong to
him.

Now, if I was to get on the keyboard and tell him that his
professional knowledge and experience isn't worth anything, or that
acquiring a ham license is better than sex, or that a Ham without
Morse is like a day without sunshine - or worse - rag on him every
chance that I get that he is 'wrong' about something.......well, then
Len and I might have a problem getting along here.

Wonder why that would be? Heh heh heh.


I simply refuse to
join you in your obcessive crusade against him.

You can't join what doesn't exist.

Oh, it's there, all right. You read some of the stuff you write?

Jeez, I'll bet you dream about the guy!


Heh. "Those who ain't with me are agin' me....!"
- what movie was that from again???

Not a movie - a good description of Len's newsgroup behaviour,
though!

A pretty accurate description of your behaviour too, sadly enough.


In other words, you won't answer the question.

That is correct - I have no opinion on the subject.

That's a contradiction. You just answered the question.

"I have no opinion on the subject" is a simple, direct answer.

Thanks!

Actually, it is neither an answer nor a refusal to answer. It is nothing at all.

No, it's a valid answer. Look at the way opinion polls are
usually structured - they often have a six-choice scale, to be applied
to each statement:

Strongly agree
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree (no opinion)
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No answer

Often the last is implied - if the respondent doesn't choose any of the
first five choices, the sixth is applied.

Oh - I see - it was an opinion poll and not a question. Sorry then -
I thought is was a question!

If thaat's true, though - "no answer" is a valid answer - it's right
there on your list. But, you said that I had to have an answer, and
that 'no answer' was not an answer. Waaaah!

I'll pick that one then. No answer.


In short, I have
no answer to your (rhetorical) question.

Yes, you do! Your answer is that you have no
opinion one way or the other.

Heh heh.

Which is a valid answer.

Heh heh is never a valid answer! Heh heh.


Why should I answer the questions of others, when they don't
answer mine?

Well, that's a bit childish, but it is Fathers' Day, so I'll
help you out a bit here.

Because you should!

Why?

Because I said so! Now go outside and play!


Why should you let the behaviour of others
negatively influence yours?

It's a question of fairness and equality. Also experience with
what is done with the information provided.

If Johnny jumped in the mud, would you jump in the mud?

Not a valid analogy. Try this one:

A neighbor is always asking to borrow your tools, but won't lend
you any of his. If you get a tool back, it's dirty, broken or both.
Meanwhile he keeps his tools in perfect condition.

Should you keep lending him your tools?

Actually, my analogy was right on the money. exactly two variables
(jump / not jump) just like your option regarding the question (answer
/ don't answer). Yours has a few more variables.

In your example, the correct answer (following your logic) is: Borrow
the neighbour's tools, break them and get them dirty, and give some of
them back. After all, like you said, "It's a question of fairness and
equality. Also experience with what is done with the information
provided."


In a fit of pique? As an insult? Forgot, maybe!

None of the above.

Not true.

That claim is incorrect.

I don't think so!

If you know the answer, why ask the question?

.....now that's one question that you really should have an answer to,
Jim - that's something you do quite frequently?

Or was that another rhetorical question?



Lid-like behaviour, wouldn't you think?

Not at all.

Well, impolite at least....nah, I'll stick with lid-like.


The original meaning of "73" is "a friendly greeting
between operators". In the context of amateur radio,
this means between amateur radio operators.

In the words of Hans - thank you, Captain Obvious!

Most people don't know the original meaning.

In an Amateur Radio newsgroup? Heh heh. OK, Jim - whatever
you say.

Did *you* know the original meaning?

I did indeed - it's not exactly a secret.....didn't I quote you
something from the "92 code" a while back?

You probably got the quote from me!

Well, no. I got it on the Net - from this site:

http://scard.buffnet.net/pages/tele/...66/92code.html

As I recall, it was late last year, when you first began questioning
whether I was really me

I sent you ""134, Leo" instead of 73 - a literal Internet-era
translation of which would be "Who is at the key(board)?


It would be inappropriate to use the greeting to
someone who is not an amateur radio operator.

Which I am. And have stated many times before.

And your callsign is?

Not going to be used in this newsgroup. For reasons explained
earlier.

Then there's room for doubt. Perhaps you are an amateur radio
operator, perhaps not.

Starts with VE3, though - issued in 2002.

Maybe...

There you go again - not believing!

Perhaps I should tap my shoes together and say "there's no place like
Ontario"...

Well, if you think it would help........if you want a VE3 or VA3
licence, you'll need to come here for sure - but I'd try and find a
more efficient method of transportation. That one only worked once -
in 1939

(thinking to self: say, was that an attempt to insult me? nah,
couldn't have been!) LOL!



Poor memory? Google 'er up.....

I know what you claimed. But there's no independent
evidence.

You claim to be an educated guy, Jim, there isn't much evidence
of that either!

Zing! Was that written in a fit of pique? As an insult?

Of course not!

Heh heh.

Simply an illustration that, in the absence of
conclusive and irrefutable proof, one has no other means to ascertain
whether another individual is misrepresenting themselves other than
the evidence that they present in their posts over a period of time.

So far, we haven't seen much of anything posted that would support
your claims of post-grad education - no thesis references, no detailed
insight which would require that level of training, no written
expressions of advanced theoretical knowledge.

All of which could be ghostwritten or cut-and-pasted from another
source. So they wouldn't be proof anyway.

....Patent application, published article - nah, you're right - you
can't trust anybody these days....!


A few moderately
complex calculations, perhaps - some correct, at least one not by a long shot.

In short - your word is all we have.

That applies to you as well. I can include "u" in certain words -
doesn't make me Canadian...

True. Were you as adept at the Internet as you are with your radio,
you could trace the message header to my ISP up here - wouldn't prove
my nationality, but it would certainly nail down the geographical
origin of the posts!


One can choose to doubt anything at all, Jim. You can. I can.
Anyone can.

We call it "reasonable doubt"...

Reasonable is judgemental - we just call it "doubt".


But to choose to doubt someone simply because they no longer
appear to
agree with you or support your views - doesn't seem particularly
brainy, now does it?

Nope - but that's not what I'm doing.

Not correct. Again.


73 de Jim, N2EY (I'll believe you're really a VE3)

73, Leo (nothing condescending in my sig! heh heh)

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:42:31 GMT, Dave Heil
wrote:

Leo wrote:

How so? I have neither defended nor attacked Len. I simply refuse to
join you in your obcessive crusade against him.

The word is "obsessive". Jim's treatment of Len isn't.

Thanks, Dave. You are correct - my spelling of the word "obsessive"
was incorrect. Appreciate the help!

With regard to your second point, though - 'obsessive' wouldn't refer
to Jim's 'treatment' of Len - it is in the relentless pursuit of
proving the individual wrong that we would find the true definition of
the word.

Thanks anyway, though!


Dave K8MN

73, Leo

Leo wrote:
On 20 Jun 2005 03:09:46 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 18:58:24 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 09:50:58 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 07:19:22 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 04:48:01 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 18 Jun 2005 17:30:57 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 18 Jun 2005 10:41:47 -0700, wrote:

From: Mike Coslo on Fri 17 Jun 2005 22:07

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:

Seig Heil!!! :-)

Irrelevant - Len has lost the argument.

Oh. OK then. That matters a lot.

Glad you agree!

Guess that makes you 'right', then.

Yes, it does.

That's important!

Len was 'wrong', and you were
'right'.

Yep.

That's important!

Feel better now?

Sure. How about you?

Just fine, thanks! Glad you're feeling better!

I was pretty good before. How about you?

The Fuhrer was a feldwebel in WW1

Godwin invoked.

For what? I did not use Hitler/Nazi references to anyone
involved in the discussion. I simply stated the fact
that ol' Adolf was a feldwebel in the German Army in WW1.

I see.

You just felt it necessary to blurt that out, for no reason at all?

Nope. With good reason.

I'm sure that we'd all love to hear your good reason for
resurrecting
the work history of the long departed Fuhrer back there, Jim - please share!

It shows that the word "feldwebel", when it was used in connection with
a specific person, has Godwin connections.

Oh. I see.

I was wondering, because - well, there are a couple of errors with
your statement .

Let's have a look:

1. "The Fuhrer was a feldwebel in WW1".

Well, no. According to several historical references, our friend
Adolf never achieved a rank higher than the equivalent of Lance
Corporal by the end of WW I. Several translation facilities available
on the Web (see below) translate "Feldwebel" to "Sergeant". This was
a rank senior to his.

Other references refer to him as "feldwebel" as in "feldwebel
schikelgruber. However, it appears that, in fact, he never actually
held that rank.

So it comes down to whether the original writer of the sentence "shut
the hell up, you little USMC feldwebel" knew those facts or not.

2. "It shows that the word "Feldwebel", when it was used in connection
with a specific person, has Godwin connections."

Well, no. Even if Mr. Hitler had indeed held that rank in the German
(Bavarian, actually) Army during WW I, that was before the creation of
the Nazi party in 1920. Bu that time, he had left that rank and
entered politics.

Not at all. Some people are still addressed by their rank long after
their
military service is done, such as "Captain" Peacock and "General"
Sarnoff.


All you would have proven was his rank in the Army during WW I - just
like thousands of other soldiers - none of whom attained the level of
notoriety that Adolf did.

Not exactly Godwin invokable stuff at all!

A few references for you:

FELDWEBEL
http://odge.info/german-english/Feldwebel+%7Bm%7D.html
http://www.silentwall.com/LuftwaffePortraits9.html
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

ADOLF
http://www.remember.org/guide/Facts.root.hitler.html
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar...ler/warone.htm

NAZI PARTY
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/...ziorigins.html

And, if one of your electives at good ol' Dreidel U was 20th Century
World History, you should give them a call and see if you can still
get your money back!


Dreidel U? Where's that?

I didn't take any 20th Century World History courses.

You of course realize that there is a school of thought that
invocation of Godwin's Law can be interpreted to include any
such
reference to that - um - Teutonic regime of the 1930's and
1940's? Especially the Big Guy himself?

Oh sure - but the classic interpretation is that Godwin only
applies when someone refers to another in such terms. Which
I have not done.

I see...we'll deal with that next!


That school of thought reminds me of the episode of "Blackadder III" in
which two characters are superstitious about the name of
a particular play by Shakespeare - supposedly, saying the name brings
bad luck. They refer to it as "the Scottish play", and if
someone says the actual name, they have to do an elaborate ritual to
excise the evil spirits.

Of course Blackadder says the name of the play for them at every
opportunity.

Oh - I forgot - you said you use another interpretation of that
rule.......

The correct one..

Well, no.

Well, yes.

Part of it - but not all. The intent of Godwin's Law was
to provide an upper limit for the length of a Usenet thread - he
theorized that, eventually, someone would make reference to the Nazis,
and that would be that. End of thread.

That may have been the original intent, but it doesn't usually work
that
way.


I pointed out earlier that you really hadn't achieved anything useful
by invoking Godwin, as the arguement would continue - your
response,was that you had "won the arguement" because Len had referred
to the Nazis.

And I did.

Mr. Godwin would disagree - if the thread continues, then the
invocation of his law has failed.

Do you know Mr. Godwin?

You can't use the 'correct' version if you don't use it all!


Not my job to judge that, Jim. That's apparently your role.

And apparently your role has become "defender of the Len".

How so? I have neither defended nor attacked Len.

Len can do no wrong by you.

Well, no. That just ain't so Google back a couple of years ago, and
you'll see that Len and I haven't always been at peace......

Len has done no wrong to me

Not "to" you - "by" you. Different thing entirely.

- giving me no reason to do any wrong to
him.

Now, if I was to get on the keyboard and tell him that his
professional knowledge and experience isn't worth anything, or that
acquiring a ham license is better than sex, or that a Ham without
Morse is like a day without sunshine - or worse - rag on him every
chance that I get that he is 'wrong' about something.......well, then
Len and I might have a problem getting along here.

You don't need to do all that. I haven't done any of it.

All you have to do is disagree with him about the Morse Code test,
defend
that opinion, and then point out an incosistency or two in his
postings.

Wonder why that would be? Heh heh heh.

I simply refuse to
join you in your obcessive crusade against him.

You can't join what doesn't exist.

Oh, it's there, all right. You read some of the stuff you write?

I read all of it. Do you read the responses I get from Len?

Jeez, I'll bet you dream about the guy!

Nope.

Heh. "Those who ain't with me are agin' me....!"
- what movie was that from again???

Not a movie - a good description of Len's newsgroup behaviour,
though!

A pretty accurate description of your behaviour too, sadly enough.

That claim is incorrect. Unlike Len, I have many civil, uninsulting
discussions here with those who disagree with me on a variety of
issues,
including the Morse Code test. Google up any exchange between N2EY and
K2UNK,
for example.

In other words, you won't answer the question.

That is correct - I have no opinion on the subject.

That's a contradiction. You just answered the question.

"I have no opinion on the subject" is a simple, direct answer.

Thanks!

Actually, it is neither an answer nor a refusal to answer. It is nothing at all.

No, it's a valid answer. Look at the way opinion polls are
usually structured - they often have a six-choice scale, to be applied
to each statement:

Strongly agree
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree (no opinion)
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No answer

Often the last is implied - if the respondent doesn't choose any of the
first five choices, the sixth is applied.

Oh - I see - it was an opinion poll and not a question. Sorry then -
I thought is was a question!

It's a question.

If thaat's true, though - "no answer" is a valid answer - it's right
there on your list. But, you said that I had to have an answer, and
that 'no answer' was not an answer. Waaaah!

I'll pick that one then. No answer.


In short, I have
no answer to your (rhetorical) question.

Yes, you do! Your answer is that you have no
opinion one way or the other.

Heh heh.

Which is a valid answer.

Heh heh is never a valid answer! Heh heh.


Why should I answer the questions of others, when they don't
answer mine?

Well, that's a bit childish, but it is Fathers' Day, so I'll
help you out a bit here.

Because you should!

Why?

Because I said so! Now go outside and play!

Hehheh

Why should you let the behaviour of others
negatively influence yours?

It's a question of fairness and equality. Also experience with
what is done with the information provided.

If Johnny jumped in the mud, would you jump in the mud?

Not a valid analogy. Try this one:

A neighbor is always asking to borrow your tools, but won't lend
you any of his. If you get a tool back, it's dirty, broken or both.
Meanwhile he keeps his tools in perfect condition.

Should you keep lending him your tools?

Actually, my analogy was right on the money. exactly two variables
(jump / not jump) just like your option regarding the question (answer
/ don't answer). Yours has a few more variables.

The number of variables is irrelevant in this case.

In your example, the correct answer (following your logic) is: Borrow
the neighbour's tools, break them and get them dirty, and give some of
them back.

Nope.

The question was whether to keep lending him your tools (yes/no).

Note that it was already stated that the neighbour won't lend you any
of his, so your solution is not feasible.

You didn't fully understand the analogy.


After all, like you said, "It's a question of fairness and
equality. Also experience with what is done with the information
provided."
Note that it was already stated that the neighbour won't lend you any
of his, so your solution is not feasible.



In a fit of pique? As an insult? Forgot, maybe!

None of the above.

Not true.

That claim is incorrect.

I don't think so!

If you know the answer, why ask the question?

....now that's one question that you really should have an answer to,
Jim - that's something you do quite frequently?

Or was that another rhetorical question?



Lid-like behaviour, wouldn't you think?

Not at all.

Well, impolite at least....nah, I'll stick with lid-like.


The original meaning of "73" is "a friendly greeting
between operators". In the context of amateur radio,
this means between amateur radio operators.

In the words of Hans - thank you, Captain Obvious!

Most people don't know the original meaning.

In an Amateur Radio newsgroup? Heh heh. OK, Jim - whatever
you say.

Did *you* know the original meaning?

I did indeed - it's not exactly a secret.....didn't I quote you
something from the "92 code" a while back?

You probably got the quote from me!

Well, no. I got it on the Net - from this site:

http://scard.buffnet.net/pages/tele/...66/92code.html

As I recall, it was late last year, when you first began questioning
whether I was really me

I sent you ""134, Leo" instead of 73 - a literal Internet-era
translation of which would be "Who is at the key(board)?


It would be inappropriate to use the greeting to
someone who is not an amateur radio operator.

Which I am. And have stated many times before.

And your callsign is?

Not going to be used in this newsgroup. For reasons explained
earlier.

Then there's room for doubt. Perhaps you are an amateur radio
operator, perhaps not.

Starts with VE3, though - issued in 2002.

Maybe...

There you go again - not believing!

Perhaps I should tap my shoes together and say "there's no place like
Ontario"...

Well, if you think it would help........if you want a VE3 or VA3
licence, you'll need to come here for sure - but I'd try and find a
more efficient method of transportation. That one only worked once -
in 1939

(thinking to self: say, was that an attempt to insult me? nah,
couldn't have been!) LOL!



Poor memory? Google 'er up.....

I know what you claimed. But there's no independent
evidence.

You claim to be an educated guy, Jim, there isn't much evidence
of that either!

Zing! Was that written in a fit of pique? As an insult?

Of course not!

Heh heh.

Simply an illustration that, in the absence of
conclusive and irrefutable proof, one has no other means to ascertain
whether another individual is misrepresenting themselves other than
the evidence that they present in their posts over a period of time.

So far, we haven't seen much of anything posted that would support
your claims of post-grad education - no thesis references, no detailed
insight which would require that level of training, no written
expressions of advanced theoretical knowledge.

All of which could be ghostwritten or cut-and-pasted from another
source. So they wouldn't be proof anyway.

...Patent application, published article - nah, you're right - you
can't trust anybody these days....!





A few moderately
complex calculations, perhaps - some correct, at least one not by a long shot.

In short - your word is all we have.

That applies to you as well. I can include "u" in certain words -
doesn't make me Canadian...

True. Were you as adept at the Internet as you are with your radio,
you could trace the message header to my ISP up here - wouldn't prove
my nationality, but it would certainly nail down the geographical
origin of the posts!

Which proves nothing, since they could be remailed from that location.
Easy to do.



One can choose to doubt anything at all, Jim. You can. I can.
Anyone can.

We call it "reasonable doubt"...

Reasonable is judgemental - we just call it "doubt".


But to choose to doubt someone simply because they no longer
appear to
agree with you or support your views - doesn't seem particularly
brainy, now does it?

Nope - but that's not what I'm doing.

Not correct. Again.

Your claim is incorrect.


73 de Jim, N2EY (I'll believe you're really a VE3)

73, Leo (nothing condescending in my sig! heh heh)

73 de Jim, N2EY (I'll believe you're really a VE3)

Leo wrote:

With regard to your second point, though - 'obsessive' wouldn't refer
to Jim's 'treatment' of Len - it is in the relentless pursuit of
proving the individual wrong that we would find the true definition of
the word.

I disagree!

I am simply persistent. I offer strong opposition to some of
the errors of fact and reasoning presented here by Len and others.

Len gets all upset by that, and attacks the messenger (me).

Is it unacceptable behaviour for me to be persistent about getting some
things right (such as whether or not Novices and Advanceds can
renew and modify their licenses without retesting)?

I can't control someone else's posting of information and reasoning
that is in error. But I can refute it with facts and clear logic,
and resources permit I do just that. Hardly obsessive, IMHO.

You were quite persistent in coming up with proof that I was
mistaken about the use of the word "feldwebel". It's clear that
the person to whom that rank was attributed never held it. Was
that "obsessive" on your part? I don't think so, just persistence
in getting something right.


73 (to all hams) de Jim, N2EY

Leo wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:42:31 GMT, Dave Heil
wrote:


Leo wrote:


How so? I have neither defended nor attacked Len. I simply refuse to
join you in your obcessive crusade against him.

The word is "obsessive". Jim's treatment of Len isn't.


Thanks, Dave. You are correct - my spelling of the word "obsessive"
was incorrect. Appreciate the help!

You're welcome. I spotted it the first time you used it but didn't
comment on it then.


With regard to your second point, though - 'obsessive' wouldn't refer
to Jim's 'treatment' of Len - it is in the relentless pursuit of
proving the individual wrong that we would find the true definition of
the word.

I don't see evidence of any *pursuit* of Len by Jim, much less
"relentless pursuit".

Dave K8MN

On 21 Jun 2005 02:49:00 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:
On 20 Jun 2005 03:09:46 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 18:58:24 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 09:50:58 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 07:19:22 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 04:48:01 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 18 Jun 2005 17:30:57 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 18 Jun 2005 10:41:47 -0700, wrote:

From: Mike Coslo on Fri 17 Jun 2005 22:07

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:

Seig Heil!!! :-)

Irrelevant - Len has lost the argument.

Oh. OK then. That matters a lot.

Glad you agree!

Guess that makes you 'right', then.

Yes, it does.

That's important!

Len was 'wrong', and you were
'right'.

Yep.

That's important!

Feel better now?

Sure. How about you?

Just fine, thanks! Glad you're feeling better!

I was pretty good before. How about you?

The Fuhrer was a feldwebel in WW1

Godwin invoked.

For what? I did not use Hitler/Nazi references to anyone
involved in the discussion. I simply stated the fact
that ol' Adolf was a feldwebel in the German Army in WW1.

I see.

You just felt it necessary to blurt that out, for no reason at all?

Nope. With good reason.

I'm sure that we'd all love to hear your good reason for
resurrecting
the work history of the long departed Fuhrer back there, Jim - please share!

It shows that the word "feldwebel", when it was used in connection with
a specific person, has Godwin connections.

Oh. I see.

I was wondering, because - well, there are a couple of errors with
your statement .

Let's have a look:

1. "The Fuhrer was a feldwebel in WW1".

Well, no. According to several historical references, our friend
Adolf never achieved a rank higher than the equivalent of Lance
Corporal by the end of WW I. Several translation facilities available
on the Web (see below) translate "Feldwebel" to "Sergeant". This was
a rank senior to his.

Other references refer to him as "feldwebel" as in "feldwebel
schikelgruber. However, it appears that, in fact, he never actually
held that rank.

Well, no. That would be a reference to another person entirely.
Although "Schicklgruber" was Adolf's mother's maiden name, it was
never given to him. He went by his father's now-famous last name for
his entire time on this Earth.

Same references should yield this information.


So it comes down to whether the original writer of the sentence "shut
the hell up, you little USMC feldwebel" knew those facts or not.

That was not a part of our discussion - as such, it is irrelevant in
this context.


2. "It shows that the word "Feldwebel", when it was used in connection
with a specific person, has Godwin connections."

Well, no. Even if Mr. Hitler had indeed held that rank in the German
(Bavarian, actually) Army during WW I, that was before the creation of
the Nazi party in 1920. Bu that time, he had left that rank and
entered politics.

Not at all. Some people are still addressed by their rank long after
their
military service is done, such as "Captain" Peacock and "General"
Sarnoff.

Well, no.

Although that is certainly true in many instances, I am unaware of any
historical references which refer to Mr. Hitler continuing to use the
prefix "Corporal" (in German, of course) at any time following his
departure from the Army. I would suggest that is indeed quite
unkilely as it is a very low rank - and I would expect that anyone
addressing the man in that fashion would have had some serious
explaining to do.....



All you would have proven was his rank in the Army during WW I - just
like thousands of other soldiers - none of whom attained the level of
notoriety that Adolf did.

Not exactly Godwin invokable stuff at all!

A few references for you:

FELDWEBEL
http://odge.info/german-english/Feldwebel+%7Bm%7D.html
http://www.silentwall.com/LuftwaffePortraits9.html
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

ADOLF
http://www.remember.org/guide/Facts.root.hitler.html
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar...ler/warone.htm

NAZI PARTY
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/...ziorigins.html

And, if one of your electives at good ol' Dreidel U was 20th Century
World History, you should give them a call and see if you can still
get your money back!


Dreidel U? Where's that?

I of course assumed that you attended one of the 'top' colleges.....


(apologies for the abuse of Hebrew here...!)


I didn't take any 20th Century World History courses.

Heh...I'm pretty sure that we are all aware of that now, Jim!


You of course realize that there is a school of thought that
invocation of Godwin's Law can be interpreted to include any
such
reference to that - um - Teutonic regime of the 1930's and
1940's? Especially the Big Guy himself?

Oh sure - but the classic interpretation is that Godwin only
applies when someone refers to another in such terms. Which
I have not done.

I see...we'll deal with that next!


That school of thought reminds me of the episode of "Blackadder III" in
which two characters are superstitious about the name of
a particular play by Shakespeare - supposedly, saying the name brings
bad luck. They refer to it as "the Scottish play", and if
someone says the actual name, they have to do an elaborate ritual to
excise the evil spirits.

Of course Blackadder says the name of the play for them at every
opportunity.

Oh - I forgot - you said you use another interpretation of that
rule.......

The correct one..

Well, no.

Well, yes.

Well, no - you are not following all of it - just the part that suits
your purpose.


Part of it - but not all. The intent of Godwin's Law was
to provide an upper limit for the length of a Usenet thread - he
theorized that, eventually, someone would make reference to the Nazis,
and that would be that. End of thread.

That may have been the original intent, but it doesn't usually work
that
way.

Disagree - unless someone repealed or amended it, the law is still the
Law....



I pointed out earlier that you really hadn't achieved anything useful
by invoking Godwin, as the arguement would continue - your
response,was that you had "won the arguement" because Len had referred
to the Nazis.

And I did.

Not according to Godwin's law.....Google it up, please....


Mr. Godwin would disagree - if the thread continues, then the
invocation of his law has failed.

Do you know Mr. Godwin?

Rhetorical question, not relevant. Ignored.


You can't use the 'correct' version if you don't use it all!


Not my job to judge that, Jim. That's apparently your role.

And apparently your role has become "defender of the Len".

How so? I have neither defended nor attacked Len.

Len can do no wrong by you.

Well, no. That just ain't so Google back a couple of years ago, and
you'll see that Len and I haven't always been at peace......

Len has done no wrong to me

Not "to" you - "by" you. Different thing entirely.

Not at all. I personally deal with those who do wrong 'to' me. Doing
wrong 'by' me is subjective - not my problem unless it impacts me
directly.

In society, we have police who deal with issues where people do wrong
'by' others. in here, apparently, we have you!


- giving me no reason to do any wrong to
him.

Now, if I was to get on the keyboard and tell him that his
professional knowledge and experience isn't worth anything, or that
acquiring a ham license is better than sex, or that a Ham without
Morse is like a day without sunshine - or worse - rag on him every
chance that I get that he is 'wrong' about something.......well, then
Len and I might have a problem getting along here.

You don't need to do all that. I haven't done any of it.

I suggest that you may want to rethink that statement - you have been
telling Len (and others) that they have been "wrong", Incorrect, "in
error", etc. for at least the last eight years, with almost weekly
frequency (at minimum).

A few Google examples:

Subject: Keep the quality, lose the spectrum Jul 17 1998
"Len, you are just plain wrong here. You just don't understand the
issue."

Subject: Who Is What? Feb 9 2001
"No, Len, it is not correct. Let's look at what you wrote:"

Subject: ARS License Numbers Mar 4 2003
"So you are incorrect again, Len. Mistaken. Just plain wrong."

Subject: Wrong Again, Len! (Communicator Power) Mar 18 2004
(Hmmm - that was your thread - quote not required for that one at all!

You don't think that eight years of "you're wrong, you're wrong..."
wouldn't be deemed by a reasonable man to be a bit excessive?

LOL!


All you have to do is disagree with him about the Morse Code test,
defend
that opinion, and then point out an incosistency or two in his
postings.

An inconsistency or two? For eight years?
Do you actually believe that, after all of this time, that you are
going to change anything by whining on?

Jeez, you'd make somebody a great ex-wife....


Wonder why that would be? Heh heh heh.

I simply refuse to
join you in your obcessive crusade against him.

You can't join what doesn't exist.

Oh, it's there, all right. You read some of the stuff you write?

I read all of it. Do you read the responses I get from Len?

I certainly do. Do you think that will ever change?
Or do you enjoy being used for entertainment - laughed at, not with?


Jeez, I'll bet you dream about the guy!

Nope.

Yup. In Technicolour.


Heh. "Those who ain't with me are agin' me....!"
- what movie was that from again???

Not a movie - a good description of Len's newsgroup behaviour,
though!

A pretty accurate description of your behaviour too, sadly enough.

That claim is incorrect. Unlike Len, I have many civil, uninsulting
discussions here with those who disagree with me on a variety of
issues,
including the Morse Code test. Google up any exchange between N2EY and
K2UNK,
for example.

Agreed. So why bother ragging on for eight solid years about issues
that the folks you are arguing with will never agree?

Jeez. Even Ghandi would have taken up golf by now.


In other words, you won't answer the question.

That is correct - I have no opinion on the subject.

That's a contradiction. You just answered the question.

"I have no opinion on the subject" is a simple, direct answer.

Thanks!

Actually, it is neither an answer nor a refusal to answer. It is nothing at all.

No, it's a valid answer. Look at the way opinion polls are
usually structured - they often have a six-choice scale, to be applied
to each statement:

Strongly agree
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree (no opinion)
Disagree
Strongly disagree
No answer

Often the last is implied - if the respondent doesn't choose any of the
first five choices, the sixth is applied.

Oh - I see - it was an opinion poll and not a question. Sorry then -
I thought is was a question!

It's a question.

X Strongly Disagree


If thaat's true, though - "no answer" is a valid answer - it's right
there on your list. But, you said that I had to have an answer, and
that 'no answer' was not an answer. Waaaah!

I'll pick that one then. No answer.


In short, I have
no answer to your (rhetorical) question.

Yes, you do! Your answer is that you have no
opinion one way or the other.

Heh heh.

Which is a valid answer.

Heh heh is never a valid answer! Heh heh.


Why should I answer the questions of others, when they don't
answer mine?

Well, that's a bit childish, but it is Fathers' Day, so I'll
help you out a bit here.

Because you should!

Why?

Because I said so! Now go outside and play!

Hehheh

Why should you let the behaviour of others
negatively influence yours?

It's a question of fairness and equality. Also experience with
what is done with the information provided.

If Johnny jumped in the mud, would you jump in the mud?

Not a valid analogy. Try this one:

A neighbor is always asking to borrow your tools, but won't lend
you any of his. If you get a tool back, it's dirty, broken or both.
Meanwhile he keeps his tools in perfect condition.

Should you keep lending him your tools?

Actually, my analogy was right on the money. exactly two variables
(jump / not jump) just like your option regarding the question (answer
/ don't answer). Yours has a few more variables.

The number of variables is irrelevant in this case.

Not true.


In your example, the correct answer (following your logic) is: Borrow
the neighbour's tools, break them and get them dirty, and give some of
them back.

Nope.

The question was whether to keep lending him your tools (yes/no).

Note that it was already stated that the neighbour won't lend you any
of his, so your solution is not feasible.

You didn't fully understand the analogy.

Who didn't understand what, Jim? You avoided my question, threw in
your own to obfuscate the issue, and blamed it on my understanding?

Not gonna happen, Bud!



After all, like you said, "It's a question of fairness and
equality. Also experience with what is done with the information
provided."
Note that it was already stated that the neighbour won't lend you any
of his, so your solution is not feasible.

You're absolutely correct.

You should steal the tools instead.





In a fit of pique? As an insult? Forgot, maybe!

None of the above.

Not true.

That claim is incorrect.

I don't think so!

If you know the answer, why ask the question?

....now that's one question that you really should have an answer to,
Jim - that's something you do quite frequently?

Or was that another rhetorical question?



Lid-like behaviour, wouldn't you think?

Not at all.

Well, impolite at least....nah, I'll stick with lid-like.


The original meaning of "73" is "a friendly greeting
between operators". In the context of amateur radio,
this means between amateur radio operators.

In the words of Hans - thank you, Captain Obvious!

Most people don't know the original meaning.

In an Amateur Radio newsgroup? Heh heh. OK, Jim - whatever
you say.

Did *you* know the original meaning?

I did indeed - it's not exactly a secret.....didn't I quote you
something from the "92 code" a while back?

You probably got the quote from me!

Well, no. I got it on the Net - from this site:

http://scard.buffnet.net/pages/tele/...66/92code.html

As I recall, it was late last year, when you first began questioning
whether I was really me

I sent you ""134, Leo" instead of 73 - a literal Internet-era
translation of which would be "Who is at the key(board)?


It would be inappropriate to use the greeting to
someone who is not an amateur radio operator.

Which I am. And have stated many times before.

And your callsign is?

Not going to be used in this newsgroup. For reasons explained
earlier.

Then there's room for doubt. Perhaps you are an amateur radio
operator, perhaps not.

Starts with VE3, though - issued in 2002.

Maybe...

There you go again - not believing!

Perhaps I should tap my shoes together and say "there's no place like
Ontario"...

Well, if you think it would help........if you want a VE3 or VA3
licence, you'll need to come here for sure - but I'd try and find a
more efficient method of transportation. That one only worked once -
in 1939

(thinking to self: say, was that an attempt to insult me? nah,
couldn't have been!) LOL!



Poor memory? Google 'er up.....

I know what you claimed. But there's no independent
evidence.

You claim to be an educated guy, Jim, there isn't much evidence
of that either!

Zing! Was that written in a fit of pique? As an insult?

Of course not!

Heh heh.

Simply an illustration that, in the absence of
conclusive and irrefutable proof, one has no other means to ascertain
whether another individual is misrepresenting themselves other than
the evidence that they present in their posts over a period of time.

So far, we haven't seen much of anything posted that would support
your claims of post-grad education - no thesis references, no detailed
insight which would require that level of training, no written
expressions of advanced theoretical knowledge.

All of which could be ghostwritten or cut-and-pasted from another
source. So they wouldn't be proof anyway.

...Patent application, published article - nah, you're right - you
can't trust anybody these days....!





A few moderately
complex calculations, perhaps - some correct, at least one not by a long shot.

In short - your word is all we have.

That applies to you as well. I can include "u" in certain words -
doesn't make me Canadian...

True. Were you as adept at the Internet as you are with your radio,
you could trace the message header to my ISP up here - wouldn't prove
my nationality, but it would certainly nail down the geographical
origin of the posts!

Which proves nothing, since they could be remailed from that location.
Easy to do.

Oh yeah. Forgot.

Let's see...Rebranding of published articles...fake
references...newsgroup postings spirited across the ether to foreign
countries...clandestine Amateur Radio credentials......

Um, wouldn't that be an awful lot of effort just to fool you?

ROTFLMAO!




One can choose to doubt anything at all, Jim. You can. I can.
Anyone can.

We call it "reasonable doubt"...

Reasonable is judgemental - we just call it "doubt".


But to choose to doubt someone simply because they no longer
appear to
agree with you or support your views - doesn't seem particularly
brainy, now does it?

Nope - but that's not what I'm doing.

Not correct. Again.

Your claim is incorrect.

Really? Most of the things that you posted in this thread are - to
use your word - incorrect.

Sunnavagun! (Sorry again, Hans - stole that too!)



73 de Jim, N2EY (I'll believe you're really a VE3)

73, Leo (nothing condescending in my sig! heh heh)

73 de Jim, N2EY (I'll believe you're really a VE3)

73, Leo (trying hard to believe you're educated - but I promised I
would so I will!)

On 21 Jun 2005 09:13:41 -0700, wrote:

Leo wrote:

With regard to your second point, though - 'obsessive' wouldn't refer
to Jim's 'treatment' of Len - it is in the relentless pursuit of
proving the individual wrong that we would find the true definition of
the word.

I disagree!

There you go - you've finally got it! You've been disagreeing to no
avail for eight years here, on and on and on - that's the problem!

Just 11 more steps to go!


I am simply persistent.

Or persistently simple. Time will tell!

I offer strong opposition to some of
the errors of fact and reasoning presented here by Len and others.


Oh, that's nice. How's that working out for you? Changed anybody's
mind lately?

Len gets all upset by that, and attacks the messenger (me).

You don't really believe that, do you? You're not the entertainer -
you're the entertainment! He pokes and prods, and you sing and dance
- been that way for 8 long years now.


Is it unacceptable behaviour for me to be persistent about getting some
things right (such as whether or not Novices and Advanceds can
renew and modify their licenses without retesting)?

I submit that those who need to know the correct answer to those types
of questions probably already do - if they are actually interested in
the answer, then they would listen. The rest might just be pushing
your buttons.....for fun.....y'think?

Let me guess - you opted out of Psych 101 at good ol' Dreidel U too,
didn't you?


I can't control someone else's posting of information and reasoning
that is in error. But I can refute it with facts and clear logic,
and resources permit I do just that. Hardly obsessive, IMHO.

You can only control your own postings. You may also refute and argue
points. That is not obsesssive.

To do so fruitlessly for eight years, on a nearly weekly basis, is
very likely just - weeeelll - a tad obsessive.....! LOL!


You were quite persistent in coming up with proof that I was
mistaken about the use of the word "feldwebel". It's clear that
the person to whom that rank was attributed never held it. Was
that "obsessive" on your part? I don't think so, just persistence
in getting something right.

In a way, yes.

I asked you several times if being correct was important to you.

You replied that it was.

I asked if being correct was very important to you.

You replied that it was.

I confirmed this again, and you agreed that it was very important to
you.

So, I spent about 20 minutes on Google and provided you with the
correct info and a few references for you to read.

That's what you said that you wanted - and that's what I provided.

Obsessive? No. Persistent? Not really - it wasn't a lot of work -
and I knew the correct answers before Googling the references - so I
wouldn't say persistent exactly.

However - If I kept doing it every week or so for eight years, with no
success, over and over again - yup, that might be a problem - I'd be
wondering if some parts fell off the ol' brainpan on a curve a ways
back there or something.....



73 (to all hams) de Jim, N2EY

73, Leo (is it just me, or is there a diss aimed at me again in ol'
Jim's sig above? heh heh)

From: Leo on Jun 21, 6:54 pm

On 21 Jun 2005 09:13:41 -0700, wrote:
Leo wrote:

With regard to your second point, though - 'obsessive' wouldn't refer
to Jim's 'treatment' of Len - it is in the relentless pursuit of
proving the individual wrong that we would find the true definition of
the word.

I disagree!

There you go - you've finally got it! You've been disagreeing to no
avail for eight years here, on and on and on - that's the problem!

Just 11 more steps to go!

Antabuse might be quicker...? :-)


I am simply persistent.

Or persistently simple. Time will tell!

Obsessively persistent? :-)


I offer strong opposition to some of
the errors of fact and reasoning presented here by Len and others.

Oh, that's nice. How's that working out for you? Changed anybody's
mind lately?

:-) [with all that "parenting" he implies he's had you'd
think he changed SOMETHING at one time...]

Len gets all upset by that, and attacks the messenger (me).

You don't really believe that, do you? You're not the entertainer -
you're the entertainment! He pokes and prods, and you sing and dance
- been that way for 8 long years now.

"Poke, poke, prod, prod, oh what a fun it is," sang Seltzer.


Is it unacceptable behaviour for me to be persistent about getting some
things right (such as whether or not Novices and Advanceds can
renew and modify their licenses without retesting)?

I submit that those who need to know the correct answer to those types
of questions probably already do - if they are actually interested in
the answer, then they would listen. The rest might just be pushing
your buttons.....for fun.....y'think?

Nahhhhhh..... :-)

Let me guess - you opted out of Psych 101 at good ol' Dreidel U too,
didn't you?

?

I can't control someone else's posting of information and reasoning
that is in error. But I can refute it with facts and clear logic,
and resources permit I do just that. Hardly obsessive, IMHO.

You can only control your own postings. You may also refute and argue
points. That is not obsesssive.

To do so fruitlessly for eight years, on a nearly weekly basis, is
very likely just - weeeelll - a tad obsessive.....! LOL!

Nahhhhhh..... :-)

You were quite persistent in coming up with proof that I was
mistaken about the use of the word "feldwebel". It's clear that
the person to whom that rank was attributed never held it. Was
that "obsessive" on your part? I don't think so, just persistence
in getting something right.

In a way, yes.

I asked you several times if being correct was important to you.

You replied that it was.

I asked if being correct was very important to you.

You replied that it was.

I confirmed this again, and you agreed that it was very important to
you.

So, I spent about 20 minutes on Google and provided you with the
correct info and a few references for you to read.

That's what you said that you wanted - and that's what I provided.

Obsessive? No. Persistent? Not really - it wasn't a lot of work -
and I knew the correct answers before Googling the references - so I
wouldn't say persistent exactly.

However - If I kept doing it every week or so for eight years, with no
success, over and over again - yup, that might be a problem - I'd be
wondering if some parts fell off the ol' brainpan on a curve a ways
back there or something.....

I suspect it could be summed-up simply: "They are always right!"

[that kind of says it all...maybe...]

Or: "Leggo my ego!" [and I'm not 'waffling' around :-) ]

Twenty years doing this kind of computer-modem communications
and it is endlessly fascinating to watch the egos jumping up
and down in high agitation! Everyone always "right" and
everyone else always "wrong!"



73 (to all hams) de Jim, N2EY

73, Leo (is it just me, or is there a diss aimed at me again in ol'
Jim's sig above? heh heh)

Heh heh heh heh heh.....