On 9/14/15 8:33 AM, philo wrote:
Actually Oren and I do not typically agree much here...at least when it
come to politics.


Basically you can here to ask a question and are simply waiting for the
answer you are looking but not the right one.


I'm not going to waste any more time with you.

bye

Philo must be shy. This is the first time he has spoken to me, and he
tells me he has to run and hide.

I described a particular problem with a particular brand of PEX fitting.
I described the solution that a man highly experienced in plumbing
didn't have time to explain. I asked if anyone could explain further and
if all brands had this problem.

Big O told me to learn to install PEX. In other words, "I'm not going
to tell you anything because you are a fool."

That's the only answer I got, so it must be what Philo calls the right
answer. That's the height of arrogance.

From the chat between Philo and Big O, I learned that Philo's total
experience was a single Shark Bite fitting. On that basis, he called the
"clerk" an idiot and said he'd sold me a defective fitting. That's the
height of arrogance.

I'd researched Shark Bite fittings because the hardware store has
stocked them for years. Unlike Philo, I know they are unlike other
fittings.

I learned that the sum of Big O's experience was two connections in a
bathroom, using unspecified fittings. I had asked if another brand would
solve my problem, but he was too arrogant to answer me.

He told Philo I would have to research it. If he'd answered me that way,
it would have been fine. "Sorry, nobody here knows much about PEX.
You'll have to research it." Instead, he took the position that he was
an expert and I was a fool for asking.

So I researched the properties of PEX. It bears out the hardware man's
advice and shows me how much heat I'd probably need. 50C would give me
6 per 1000 expansion and reduce the elastic modulus from 850N/mm2 to
600N/mm2. 80C would give me 12 per 1000 expansion and reduce the
elastic modulus to 300N/mm2. It would be safe because PEX doesn't deform
until 120C or higher.

I remember now that I've gotten great connections with plastic tubing
that way in the past, whether or not it can be found by googling.

I've found the answer I was looking for, and Philo doesn't like ethat.
He says the right one was that I was a fool for asking. That's the
height of arrogance.