Mike Rinken wrote:

> Ok chill. I agree he was a bit off the track, but give him a break.

Oh, please! He's a jerk and he's getting his due. I kill-filed him a while
back when a polite request of mine was met with a stupid, snide reply. This
NG does so well because it doesn't suffer fools lightly. :-)

> And just as long as we're on the topic, I've been lurking here for
> about a year now, picking up tid bits, doing some rudimentary
> studying, learning which grill and smoker to buy....

What took you so long to show up

> Hell I researched Usenet for a year before buying one
> tool. But several dickhead users start posting crap and start
> ruining it for everyone. It's in-evitable that it will happen, but
> let's keep it civil.

Newbies -- including lurkers who suddenly decide to jump in -- are always
welcomed. But it really grates the wrong way when they presume to lecture
those who have been here quite a while.