On 3/17/2012 6:54 AM, bobm46 wrote:
On 3/16/2012 1:07 PM, Richard wrote:

I don't forget. And I try to keep the attitude and approach alive.
Call it ego if you will.


While I sometimes enjoy a cute turn of phrase, it's hard to
respect a man who talks too much.

I'll pass on the ego justification from way back.
Right now you rate somewhere between Plimpton and Gunner...


1: George Plimpton .......................... : 224
2: RD Sandman ........... : 189
3: "Scout" ..... . : 123
4: Ed Huntress .................... : 77
5: Gunner Asch ....................... : 75
6: Peter Franks ............................. : 63
7: ..................................... ....... : 52
8: jk .......................... .... : 49
9: Too_Many_Tools ................ : 48
10: Hawke .................... . : 47
11: "Stormin Mormon" ..... : 45
12: Josh ................................ .. : 38
13: "Wild_Bill" ................. : 36
14: BeamMeUpScotty 35
15: Gray Guest .................. : 34
16: "ClintWarwick" ..................... : 33
17: Jeff M ........................... .. : 31
18: JohnJohnsn ........................ : 31
19: "Michael A. Terrell" ........ : 21
20: LURKER ............................... .. : 20

I think your "talk too much" list is somewhat misleading. The total
amount of posts by Ed and Gunner include a lot of on topic posts about
metalworking.

You are correct, of course. They do.
But then there is a lot of pontificating in there too.
(not that I can claim total innocence)