From: William Clark on 26 Apr 2010 08:26 In article <707621325293971152.430680sparky-_engineer.com(a)news.suddenlink.net>, Moderate <sparky@_engineer.com> wrote: > Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:10:29 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > > > > > and my information comes from having read several books on these > > > topics, > > > which I do out of person interest. > > > > So it's a hobby then. Good for you. I also have a hobby: barbeque. > > Now, > > where I come from barbeque is a sauce, not a way of cooking, so as you > > can imagine there has been quite a learning curve. But I care about it > > and I've improved a lot over the past couple of years. But to be > > honest > > about it, I'm pretty average. That said, I would never presume to > > explain barbeque to the Johnny Trigg's of the world. To my mind, > > people > > with that much experience and ability deserve some respect. > > > > BK spent many years as a successful musician. Do you think it possible > > that he might know more about music than you? > > > > If I have a chef serves me bad BBQ, I am able to form an opinion that > his reputation is undeserved. BK is BS from day til dark. His opinion > is nothing more than that. Having trouble with the old grammar again, are we? "If I have a chef serves me"? Tut, tut. English is clearly not your friend.
From: Moderate on 26 Apr 2010 09:43 "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message news:clark-00E149.08261126042010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article > <707621325293971152.430680sparky-_engineer.com(a)news.suddenlink.net>, > Moderate <sparky@_engineer.com> wrote: > >> Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >> > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:10:29 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: >> > >> > > and my information comes from having read several books on these >> > > topics, >> > > which I do out of person interest. >> > >> > So it's a hobby then. Good for you. I also have a hobby: barbeque. >> > Now, >> > where I come from barbeque is a sauce, not a way of cooking, so as you >> > can imagine there has been quite a learning curve. But I care about it >> > and I've improved a lot over the past couple of years. But to be >> > honest >> > about it, I'm pretty average. That said, I would never presume to >> > explain barbeque to the Johnny Trigg's of the world. To my mind, >> > people >> > with that much experience and ability deserve some respect. >> > >> > BK spent many years as a successful musician. Do you think it possible >> > that he might know more about music than you? >> > >> >> If I have a chef serves me bad BBQ, I am able to form an opinion that >> his reputation is undeserved. BK is BS from day til dark. His opinion >> is nothing more than that. > > Having trouble with the old grammar again, are we? "If I have a chef > serves me"? Tut, tut. English is clearly not your friend. Having trouble with my iPhone. It is funny that you of all people like to point out grammatical mistakes.
From: William Clark on 26 Apr 2010 10:13 In article <hr4596$kg1$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: > "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message > news:clark-00E149.08261126042010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > In article > > <707621325293971152.430680sparky-_engineer.com(a)news.suddenlink.net>, > > Moderate <sparky@_engineer.com> wrote: > > > >> Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > >> > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:10:29 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > >> > > >> > > and my information comes from having read several books on these > >> > > topics, > >> > > which I do out of person interest. > >> > > >> > So it's a hobby then. Good for you. I also have a hobby: barbeque. > >> > Now, > >> > where I come from barbeque is a sauce, not a way of cooking, so as you > >> > can imagine there has been quite a learning curve. But I care about it > >> > and I've improved a lot over the past couple of years. But to be > >> > honest > >> > about it, I'm pretty average. That said, I would never presume to > >> > explain barbeque to the Johnny Trigg's of the world. To my mind, > >> > people > >> > with that much experience and ability deserve some respect. > >> > > >> > BK spent many years as a successful musician. Do you think it possible > >> > that he might know more about music than you? > >> > > >> > >> If I have a chef serves me bad BBQ, I am able to form an opinion that > >> his reputation is undeserved. BK is BS from day til dark. His opinion > >> is nothing more than that. > > > > Having trouble with the old grammar again, are we? "If I have a chef > > serves me"? Tut, tut. English is clearly not your friend. > > Having trouble with my iPhone. It is funny that you of all people like to > point out grammatical mistakes. Yes, in your case there are so many it gets old after a while. Still, must try to maintain standards, mustn't we?
From: MNMikeW on 26 Apr 2010 10:30 "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote in message news:hr4596$kg1$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > > "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message > news:clark-00E149.08261126042010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... >> In article >> <707621325293971152.430680sparky-_engineer.com(a)news.suddenlink.net>, >> Moderate <sparky@_engineer.com> wrote: >> >>> Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >>> > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:10:29 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: >>> > >>> > > and my information comes from having read several books on these >>> > > topics, >>> > > which I do out of person interest. >>> > >>> > So it's a hobby then. Good for you. I also have a hobby: barbeque. >>> > Now, >>> > where I come from barbeque is a sauce, not a way of cooking, so as you >>> > can imagine there has been quite a learning curve. But I care about it >>> > and I've improved a lot over the past couple of years. But to be >>> > honest >>> > about it, I'm pretty average. That said, I would never presume to >>> > explain barbeque to the Johnny Trigg's of the world. To my mind, >>> > people >>> > with that much experience and ability deserve some respect. >>> > >>> > BK spent many years as a successful musician. Do you think it possible >>> > that he might know more about music than you? >>> > >>> >>> If I have a chef serves me bad BBQ, I am able to form an opinion that >>> his reputation is undeserved. BK is BS from day til dark. His opinion >>> is nothing more than that. >> >> Having trouble with the old grammar again, are we? "If I have a chef >> serves me"? Tut, tut. English is clearly not your friend. > > Having trouble with my iPhone. It is funny that you of all people like to > point out grammatical mistakes. > It's all they have.
From: Carbon on 26 Apr 2010 20:12
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:46:56 +0000, Moderate wrote: > Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > >> So it's a hobby then. Good for you. I also have a hobby: barbeque. >> Now, where I come from barbeque is a sauce, not a way of cooking, so >> as you can imagine there has been quite a learning curve. But I care >> about it and I've improved a lot over the past couple of years. But >> to be honest about it, I'm pretty average. That said, I would never >> presume to explain barbeque to the Johnny Trigg's of the world. To my >> mind, people with that much experience and ability deserve some >> respect. >> >> BK spent many years as a successful musician. Do you think it >> possible that he might know more about music than you? > > If I have a chef serves me bad BBQ, I am able to form an opinion that > his reputation is undeserved. BK is BS from day til dark. His > opinion is nothing more than that. Well, let's review: BK was a professional musician for many years. You've never heard him play. You have no idea if he's good or bad. But somehow you conclude that his grasp of music is BS. You see how you made a non-rational leap there? Good. So does everyone else. |