Scott Cable wrote: > Oscar, Joe, and KRNetters, > Your comments are certainly not appreciated and are certainly offensive...
Scott, I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Two weeks ago you got all bent out of shape over a good-natured poke that Pat Panzera took at engineers, and quit CorAircraft in a huff, despite the fact that you're just about the ONLY guy on the list that took the comments as offensive. Then you ratcheted up your noise level on KRnet by poo-pooing Corvairs, and automotive conversions in general, in aircraft, which is what 98% of KRnetters are flying. I knew it would just be a matter of before you'd be gone from here too (although I see you're still a member, despite "I'm Outta Here..." subject line). And I had to laugh when you sent me a message the other day about the viability of using a 6 cylinder Porsche engine with bored out monster-sized aftermarket VW cylinders, right after your diatribe on the fallacy of using automotive conversions in aircraft. You've just got to wonder. I pretty much just quit posting because despite the fact that I could have argued all day long about automotive conversions, and several of the other things that you've had "strong" opinions over, I didn't want to waste my time doing it. There comes a point when you just ask yourself "why bother?", and I reached that point about two weeks ago. Often when somebody starts trotting out all their engineering credentials, it's a good sign that their arguments aren't going well, and they're now relying on diplomas or job titles to add credence to their position. You had quite a list. I think the way to convince other list members of your expertise is with well-thought-out advice that makes sense, and after a while they'll KNOW who the experts are. As for the punctuation and capitalization thing, I wish I'd never mentioned it. I never dreamed that it would get blown so far out of proportion. And you were the guy that took it to extremes. When I saw that post where you corrected Mac's spelling, I knew that you'd be gone shortly, so I didn't even comment. As I mentioned earlier, I can understand the spelling problems. Some people's email doesn't even include a spellchecker, or their spellchecker may be in a whole other language. That's understandable. All I was asking for was a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end. That by itself goes a long way in making a string of words understandable. I sent it to the list in an effort to make all of the offenders aware that it was a concern, but I didn't beat anybody over the head with it! Oscar's point was basically that Mac is a flying member of the KR community, and as such is too valuable to make fun of and run off. We just don't have many of them that will post to the list. I can't think of a single soul that OZ has ticked off over the years, but we can now start that list with you at the top. My guess is that it will remain a short list. The worst thing is that you flamed Mac, but didn't bother to actually ANSWER his question! I'm sure with your background, you knew that temperature changes incurred between summer and winter months can contribute to that (see http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/tirepressure.gif ). Some people read messages to see if they can help answer them, and others looks for things to pick at or get upset about. There are diplomatic or good-natured ways of getting your point across. Face it Scott, you're a bit of a hot-head, despite the fact that you're a talented guy with some good suggestions and advice, emotionally you really don't have what it takes to participate in an internet mailing list. I appreciate your help and advice to other netters, but you'd be better off lurking. Below is a comment I got from a veteran KRnetter this morning, and I agree wholeheartedly. "I don't know how much you've been monitoring the net lately but Scott Cable is gone. I guess my only comment is he who steps in front of Mack trucks should not complain about the surgery to remove chrome bulldog from forehead". Well, there goes another perfectly good hour of KR building time down the drain... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
