<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> A refreshing offering. Thanks Bob. RicB BobDavis88@aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>.................................. I don't agree that the factory is cavalier. I mildly or seriously disagree with them on occasion like everyone else, but I can't tell you the amount of invaluable, cheerful help they have given me. It's true they are slow to change, but there are reasons for this, some good and some bad. Their reluctance to change does not necessarily equal deaf-eared stonewalling. I don't think we owe them reverence, but a certain amount of respect for what they have accomplished, and are trying to accomplish, is reasonable, and certainly conducive to two-way conversation. I think that even their choice of Directors of Education (Scott Jones, John Patton, Eric Schandall) speaks volumes about the factory's desire to communicate with us in the field. I have the highest regard for their technical ability, but more important, their friendly attitude and obvious ability, and desire, to teach. I don't intend to stop criticizing the factory, but the larger my skill set becomes, the more respect, rather than less, I have for them. Bob D</blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>