kaz said:
Sir Tom Barr,
I am new to this and just posted a curiosity (1. the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness. ) that has been in my mind, there is absolutly no need to 1st get defensive about it, 2nd insult anyone and 3rd its all for the reasons of education and not to be taken to offensive levels.
I attack the issue, not the person.
I hope you realize the difference.
You say you are curious, then focus on that.
Sorry if you thought I was saying it directed at you personally, nope, I'd never go after someone personally on line or in person. I would not do and help folks for 15 years in this hobby if I was really a mean old crochety guy
Whiners are certainly not folks like you, sorry if you thought that(implied or otherwise), newbies in general never are, they are hearing the myth from some other source and that causes them confusion and conflicting advice, which often frustrates them to no end.
I try to help folks realize the various management methods and cut through the chaff, and there's a lot. Folks have a wide array of myths to muddle through. This hurts the hobby realistically.
Over about a decade on line I've manged to help form a group of folks that think and question things for themselves, then they can think about it and make their own assessments.
I do not ask folks to believe or trust me, I ask them to trust their own abilities and test.
Set up a test and see if this really works and matches the hypothesis.
They learn a lot this way, we all do.
Then the conflicting advice is less of an issue.
Ask the right questions.
Then test to see what the results are.
Then see if you can draw some conclusions from that.
I do not take things personally on line, I have very thick skin, others might not. That's fine also.
A lot is missed when typing on the web that is apparent and obvious in person, I keep that in mind when folks respond grumpy to me, and I will think if you research me, you'll see I have infinite dogged patience. I'm much more light hearted about things than most assume.
I also try not to judge and assume too much about others, the world is a big place and it takes all types.
Regards,
Tom Barr