On Friday 03 November 2006 11:17, Claude Jones wrote: >On Fri November 3 2006 9:55 am, Gene Heskett wrote: >> With that "use gnome" attitude having been so prevalent >> historicly, can you blame a few of us for running out of >> patience? I think not. Sometimes its the squeaky wheel that >> gets greased you know. So based on that theory, we do tend >> squeak a bit from time to time. > >Well, I was hardly accusing you of being a testosterone-laden >whatever... You fit more neatly into the curmudgeon slot, and >one you wear well. > >Personally, I prefer Rex's approach to the whole matter. You see >a problem, you take personal responsibility, and you fix it - >and through patient acts of competently excuted accomplishment, >and patient persuasion over time, you change things. Yes, I can see that Rex has had a positive influence, much needed IMO. >A few posts after yours, poo, I mean roo, hits the fan again - >that approach yields nothing, gets nowhere, and excites the >other adolescents running around with their nether-parts firmly >transplanted on their noses, to ever greater, hysterical fits of >poking at their preferred windmill - in the end, no matter how >much you incite a windmill, you only end up with hot air I saw that. Chuckle. :-) Thanks for the flowers Claude, and you do seem to have a good grasp of how things "just are". Particularly the hot air reference, thats choice, & smells better to boot. :) >-- >Claude Jones >Brunswick, Md, USA -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.