TURTLE writes:

Richard , Your a Hack Maginet if i ever saw one or heard one reply on the
newsgroup. All the Hacks out there listening to what is said and they are
smilling like a mule eating briars.

Spoken by a rare gentlemen among scoundrels.

It appears by "hack" you mean "do-it-yourselfer who knows what he's doing".
And I do like to make them smile, mules as we may be.