Ed Mc wrote:
I clicked on a thread "cordless drill not working" and got a lot of
mindless drivel about social issues and smoking vs. non-smoking. I
wonder if anyone here ever heard of Netiquette, and more precisely,
"Hijacking a thread". It's a shame some people have to waste their time
scrolling through numerous useless messages, trying to get some help.
Just vetting. Thanks for listening.

I couldn't agree with you more. Thanks to the misleading subject line,
I was unaware of the smoking discussion.

I've traced the problem back to the OP. If he didn't know what the
thread was supposed to be about, he should not have posted.