On Oct 11, 3:22 pm, willshak wrote:
on 10/11/2007 5:45 PM PeterD said the following:





On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:35:46 -0400, willshak
wrote:

Show me where I insulted anyone.

Try:

First, let me say that I didn't ask for alternatives, I asked a direct
question about where I could get a specific product.
Although the alternate power tool suggestions were fine, with few
helpful answers, the alternatives seem to have dominated the responses.
I know about hammer drills and their uses, and I know where to buy or
rent one. Buying a hammer drill for this one purpose is out of the
question. I may not never again drill holes in concrete, and maybe I can
just throw the star drill in a drawer with my other chisels and punches
and not have another large, seldom used power tool on a shelf.
Renting one for a day is a gamble. What if I can't complete the project
in that time frame for some reason? What if I got called away for an
emergency, or it started to rain? The rental fee would be more than if I
bought a cheap hammer drill from Harbor Freight (see above about buying
and storing seldom used tools).
If I had asked where to buy a wheelbarrow, I don't want to buy or rent
an ATV (Mule), a front end loader, a Bobcat, or anything other than a
wheelbarrow.

You don't get it. You never will get it.

No! YOU don't get it. I didn't ask for advice. I asked a simple and
direct question about where to buy a tool. What I got, for the most
part, were alternatives to the tool I was asking about. So, it's an old
tool, and alternatives are available, which I know about. I don't live
in a bubble. I wanted to use the old tool.

When people try to help you
you say "Thank you!" No one will force you to take their advice, but
you say "Thank you!" to be nice. That is the price you have to pay to
get free advice.

Thank you, to all that responded.

Now, when you next ask for advice on usenet, and
don't get any responses, think back to this thread and then don't even
think about asking why...

PLONK again

I'll try to re-phrase my questions better, since this was one of my few,
if any, original questions, rather than the many responses to others I
had posted.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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Just to clarify the point that seems to have gone clear over your
head. What put the burr under our saddles was your rant about
unsolicited advice. Had you ended your post with the 'the job is done
using a star drill' - no problem. But then to gratuitously complain
about all the unwanted advice was over the top.

Harry K