Thanks for the kinds words, Tim! I know I can at times be less than
"politically correct" with my bluntness, but I would hope that the vast
majority of my posts are on topic and cover a lot of newbie issues, as
that's what I am at this point. I'm slow and methodical (and forgetful
sometimes -- like drawer bottoms g), so I haven't got a lot of
projects under my belt yet, but what I've done so far has met my high
expectations, with a few little flubs here and there. I'm learning from
my mistakes, and more to the point, I'm learning from the kindness of
others here on the Wreck to point in the right direction so often by
sharing their collective and vast knowledge.

If everyone Googled all the time, what would they be Googling if there
were no original content created on the newsgroups???

I'm guilty of acting like a "twit" at times as you've stated, but I hope
on balance, I am receptive to learning and might once in a blue moon
provide a meager bit of helpful information or at least provoke someone
to chime in to answer someone's questions.

Don't worry, Tim, I'll keep asking questions!

dave



Tim Douglass wrote:

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:23:41 GMT, "Groggy"
wrote:


If my post seemed a little blunt, perhaps its because this thread has taken
48 posts total (13 from BAD himself) to figure out the difference 'between a
scraper that is labelled a scraper and a scraper that I "made"?'. Google has
plenty of info on this, LV catalogs have some info, books have this info,
but instead of typing 'scraper' into Google and returning over 6000 hits he
trolled the group - again.


Google it, Google it, Google it!! Man I get sick of reading that. I
guess my personal filters (the ones behind my eyes) work pretty good.
If a thread seems stupid or of no interest to me I just skip it. If a
poster says something dumb I just ignore it - I've said more than my
share of dumb stuff. But for those of you who can't do either, let me
chime in as someone who's been around on this group for quite a few
years and who has many years experience as a carpenter and a few as a
"real" woodworker. I appreciate stupid questions, even ones that have
been answered a hundred times before, because they are often things
that either inform me, inspire me or caution me. BAD posted a
reasonable, on-topic, question that has engendered a lot of
interesting and informative comment (mixed in with some truly stupid
attacks on him). I have learned from this thread, and would never have
bothered to Google any of it. If you come right down to it you can
probably find out just about anything we discuss in here with some
appropriate research, but sometimes it is easier to just holler and
see what others think about it. If you don't feel like answering just
ignore it!

So, Dave, keep asking the questions, and if you act like a twit at
times I'll just ignore that, you've got a lot of company in that
regard, here and in the rest of the world.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com