On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:45:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 6:14:26 PM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote:

He runs that little LinkedIn group with the
amazing g membership of 3,000, some of whom share his
proclivity for slandering other's products, and others who
are just there to promote their own.

No "one" person can describe some group of 3,000 + or - people along with each of their individual purposes.

Nobody did, Lightnin'. Learn to read more carefully.

I have known a couple of those people myself, during my 40 years of
reporting on metalworking manufacturing. I know a lot more about them
than you do. The ones who really are in leadership positions are good
promoters of their products and services -- as they should be. That's
what they're using Jon and his "group" for. He's a free source of
promotion for them.

Some of the little people, on the other hand, tend to like slamming
others' products. That's what Jon does. In his case, though, he
usually has no idea what he's slamming, as you'd know if you followed
the numerous quotes that we post here. He's a provocateur. There is no
possible way that he really understands all of the products about
which he makes these sweeping condemnations. The real experts know
this, as you'll see if you search on "jon banquer" in Google and read
some of the threads. Over the past decade, they've torn him a new
asshole at least 20 times.

Jon can't survive in an open forum without turning into a vicious,
biting little animal. That's why LinkedIn is so good for him. As you'd
learn if you checked some of the threads on alt.machines.cnc, Jon just
deletes any posts that criticize his pronouncements on LinkedIn.
That's what he needs. And that's where he should stay.

Slam jon if you want, but leave the other people out of it, OK?

Up yours. You don't know what you're talking about.

Especially when talking to trolls who could care less about/ and may as well have never addressed the group's topic.

Lightnin', there is no one in this thread whom Bonkers hasn't
slandered, belittled, or otherwise attacked first. He's emotionally
disturbed in a vicious way, and the only way to keep a lid on him is
to throw it right back at him.

Speaking of expertise, have you found any examples of wrought aluminum
burning in air lately? g

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Ed Huntress