Yikes !
We haven't had a good fist fight here since Retired Gentleman jumped ship...
And the site is poorer for loosing him
Yikes !
We haven't had a good fist fight here since Retired Gentleman jumped ship...
Wow quite the snarl at Grizl! Sheesssshh and for what? An opinion.
IMHO, RG committed no crime.And the site is poorer for loosing him
Well, in RG's case... he did call me (and 2 others) a lair. My response to him was reasoned... without stooping to name calling. In short, I responded to him as I would I would like to be responded to. As you said, being called a liar didn't bother me and all was forgotten 5 min. after it happened. I was as shocked as the rest of you when he announced the next day that he was done. An apology would have been appropriate, but he could have just as easily stuck around either way. I'm of the let sleeping dogs be camp. It was his choice...I don't give a s**t if someone calls me a liar, cuz I know I'm not.
Well, in RG's case... he did call me (and 2 others) a lair. My response to him was reasoned... without stooping to name calling. In short, I responded to him as I would I would like to be responded to. As you said, being called a liar didn't bother me and all was forgotten 5 min. after it happened. I was as shocked as the rest of you when he announced the next day that he was done. An apology would have been appropriate, but he could have just as easily stuck around either way. I'm of the let sleeping dogs be camp. It was his choice...
You are a model of imperviousness.Aw hell, guys, my skin is thick enough to take a little abuse from a shill. It's no big deal if somebody with an ax to grind thinks raising the deck .017" won't have an effect on performance.
I guess you remember it differently than I do. What I remember is RG, out of the blue, telling 3 of us we were full of sh*t..... when we weren't. We responded. I guess you could stretch that to "ganging up"..... but when you call out 3 members, you gotta realize that you were the one who created the "gang" in the first place.What I experienced was the membership "ganging up" on him, which is a bullying tactic.
In these situations, someone has to exercise some restraint.I guess you remember it differently than I do. What I remember is RG, out of the blue, telling 3 of us we were full of sh*t..... when we weren't. We responded. I guess you could stretch that to "ganging up".....
Just re-read that old 2017 thread.Well Jeff, you got me wondering just how big an ass I was, so I went back and looked. The whole affair was actually pretty minor. RG's comments start at #33.
I honestly don't see anything there worth leaving over. I even tried to inject a little humor into it. So, I'll exercise some restraint and respectfully bow out this conversation.
Yes, RG was sometimes rude, abrasive, annoying, entitled and selfish. I didn't like him and wouldn't invite him to dinner. But he was interesting and a worthy contributor. It takes all kinds to make up this world.The only rudeness I can see in that thread was from RG, who got defensive and upped his abrasiveness in #48 instead of lightening up. The man took himself much too seriously.
Haven't thought of using a flat copper washer, I'll try it.Not in the Vesrah kit. I use copper flat washers and anneal them for reuse--cheap, long lasting, and effective. Amazon lists plenty of them.
If you're telling a story, especially one that you're telling BECAUSE it's hard to believe, and somebody doesn't believe it, what's the problem? A quality guy just laughs and says I swear it's true. You all know that.
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