Re: [bolger] Expert advice and expectations
Larry Barker wrote:
- It seems that several of our discussions of late have gotten more heated
than they need to be. I suggest that we should try to offer and accept
differing opinions without the heat that has been generated lately.
I hope no one took our discussion about polyurethanes as 'heated'. I never
intended my remarks to offend anyone. If anyone was/is ticked off at me for
my comments, then please accept my apologies.
I promise my next post will have Bolger content. Really.
JB
- It seems that several of our discussions of late have gotten more heated
than they need to be. I suggest that we should try to offer and accept
differing opinions without the heat that has been generated lately.
I hope no one took our discussion about polyurethanes as 'heated'. I never
intended my remarks to offend anyone. If anyone was/is ticked off at me for
my comments, then please accept my apologies.
I promise my next post will have Bolger content. Really.
JB
Greetings,
(warning - soap box mode on)
After following some of the recent threads I have a
couple of thoughts:
- I agree with Jamie that we should qualify our
advice so that others who are not familiar with us can better judge our
expertise.
- I also think everyone has the responsibility to
use their own common sense. Anyone who uses the internet (or listens to
advice at the dock) should take everything with a grain of salt. They
should then do their own check with reality and gather other opinions.
When testing some dubious technique or product, do it one something small and
inshore.
- It seems that several of our discussions of late
have gotten more heated than they need to be. I suggest that
we should try to offer and accept differing opinions without the heat that
has been generated lately.
- One of the best things about this group is
the variety of opinions that are tossed about, many of them off the
top of someone's head. Sure, many won't fly or won't work
for some/most of us but it helps get us to think outside the box, so to
speak. I don't think that the purpose of this group is to come to
some final answer, it's to look at the many sides of an issue. I
would hate to see a group that is supposed to discuss Phil Bolger's designs
discourage discussion because we have less that an open mind.
Y'all are, of course, welcome to differing
opinions.
(soap box mode off)
Larry Barker (in sunny Southern Oregon where the
water's pretty thin because it forgot to rain last
winter)