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What prattel is a Thumper?</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A Thump(er) is =
a person who is
as passionate about his beliefs as he is about his work -- often quite
outspoken, but always genuine. We should all be =
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PS The secret identity =
of this
mysterious character can be found in the "from" field of each =
of his
emails, for those who can't figure it out.</span></font></p>
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Last
point first, Yes it is possible to find true identity in the =
“from
“field, but a more forthright technique would make ownership less
uncertain.</span></font></p>
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; Secondly,
Mr. Stetler has the right to his beliefs, but his recent contributions,
outspoken -yes, passionate –certainly, in my opinion would be best =
expressed
elsewhere. </span></font></p>
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Are
my postings always “on –topic” ? No---This response an
example I’m afraid. but when the rhetoric becomes as inflammatory =
as Gordon’s
, the implied intent of this list seems corrupted.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Does it have to be butts and flanges all the time? =
Probably not.
But some valued members have left the list, citing the level of =
extraneous
content for a reason and I for one have regrets if my reactions to Mr.S. =
and
Mr. B. have contributed to the “noise” and their =
departure.</span></font></p>
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Speaking
only for myself I will restrict my future contributions however modest =
to the technical
and convivial and use private postings otherwise.</span></font></p>
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&=
nbsp; Sincerely</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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RPT</span></font></p>
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