DanielW
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Sigh... I knew I'd start a fight by posting that. And perhaps I should tone it back: Going back over some of your posts, I can't find an example of where you called someone that 'directly', so I apologize for saying you did. But even if not said 'directly', you certainly imply it about folks who may have different opinions. And you have a penchant for turning even the mildest mechanical discussions opinionated. And I know full well I'm not the first (nor twentieth) poster on here to note this. I'm just maybe the first one to post about it. And you've made more than a couple comments making fun of or criticizing Canada. Which is an opinion you're certainly entitled to, but I'm not sure why you need to post it on here - especially when the discussion/thread is completely unrelated.
I don't want to start a fight. And maybe I'll get kicked off for escalating this. But I find it irksome on such a polite and friendly friendly forum when simple, friendly, and intelligent discussions are suddenly be derailed by 'sissy', 'jailbait', and biased talk. To try and diffuse things a bit, I'll say 95% of the time I agree with your views and opinions. But I don't agree with how you post or express them, or bring them into what should be civil and (most significantly) unrelated discussions.
I didn't dig too deeply here, just a few examples. Consider not only the tone/wording, but also how completely unrelated to the topic at hand these comments were:
From a discussion about tire longevity:
A reply to someone casually saying on their Craftsman vacuum was good quality and lasted a long time:
From a chap asking about his impact driver:
From a chap asking why he can't post pictures:
From a discussion about the value of a Massey 555. This one rankles, as us Canadians on here (more than a few) would take great exception to Canada being called a 'Welfare State'.
From a discussion about usability of old tires:
From a discussion about contacting a buyer:
From a discussion about TV aerial reception:
From a discussion about oil types for an 8N. Here you were criticizing TOH, who's one of the most frequent and helpful contributors on here.
And of course, there were your comments above which (as Russ from MN pointed out) were far more pointed than what was called for in a discussion about bulk oil. And yours about Tony's son's thesis work.
I don't want to start a fight. And maybe I'll get kicked off for escalating this. But I find it irksome on such a polite and friendly friendly forum when simple, friendly, and intelligent discussions are suddenly be derailed by 'sissy', 'jailbait', and biased talk. To try and diffuse things a bit, I'll say 95% of the time I agree with your views and opinions. But I don't agree with how you post or express them, or bring them into what should be civil and (most significantly) unrelated discussions.
I didn't dig too deeply here, just a few examples. Consider not only the tone/wording, but also how completely unrelated to the topic at hand these comments were:
From a discussion about tire longevity:
A reply to someone casually saying on their Craftsman vacuum was good quality and lasted a long time:
From a chap asking about his impact driver:
From a chap asking why he can't post pictures:
From a discussion about the value of a Massey 555. This one rankles, as us Canadians on here (more than a few) would take great exception to Canada being called a 'Welfare State'.
From a discussion about usability of old tires:
From a discussion about contacting a buyer:
From a discussion about TV aerial reception:
From a discussion about oil types for an 8N. Here you were criticizing TOH, who's one of the most frequent and helpful contributors on here.
And of course, there were your comments above which (as Russ from MN pointed out) were far more pointed than what was called for in a discussion about bulk oil. And yours about Tony's son's thesis work.
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