Ray Sandusky wrote:
Dave
I do not think it is very becoming of this NG for people to scream "You
Suck" at newbie or to even scream such profane comments at anyone - newbie
or expert.
Just think if someone said that to you - how would you feel about posting a
future question - huh?

I think you misunderstood horribly. Alloww me to requote the OP
and myself.

Sherfey's wrote:
I just started turning and I am hooked now. I have an endless supply of
black walnut that was given to me and all I have to do is go out to the
woods and cut it to lengths and bring it home.

Me: Nice drive-by, allow me to state: YOU SUCK!

Now if that doesn't constitute a major GLOAT, I don't know what
does. That is why I started it out with Nice drive-by. Because
his was a concealed gloat rather than an out-and-out gloat. I'm
sorry if you aren't used to seeing gloats, neeners and drive-bys
posted on the Usenet, or weren't aware that the appropriate
response to a gloat like that is: You Suck. Frequently much more
descriptively, but that is the way it was meant.
The remainder of the message was my guess on what he meant by
"fuzz" and how to deal with it.
If I posted that I had an endless supply of Black Walnut and that
all I had to do was go and pick it up, I would expect to have
people inform me of my suckage; tell me that I was in grave danger
and that they would help save me by removing the dangerous wood;
and any of a number of other things.

If Sherfey misundertood my message, then I certainly apologise.
It was meant as a major compliment. I see that he's already been
informed of how badly he's treating the wood, and had an offer to
save it from him. Somehow I suspect that offer was given in the
same light as my response.

Dave in Fairfax
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