The Charley entity posted thusly:

Norm isn't perfect, but some of the characters here seem to think that they
are. In my opinion, Norm is a very qualified woodworker and does a pretty
fine job of building many more projects than a lot of the characters that
seem to like bashing him on this newsgroup have ever done.

Hey, a critic doesn't have to be better that the one he is
criticizing. I watch what few woodworking shows I have access to in
order to learn something.

What Norm has really accomplished with his shows is to get a huge number of
people interested in woodworking and furniture making who probably would
never have attempted it if they hadn't watched Norm do it.

OK, so I'm interested. He did good. Now I look for other ways to
progress.