Charles, I'll do it myself. Seems only fair. ----------- If that is your only response, you aren't interested in discussing this in a civilized fashion? I'm asking you privately. I mean not to be rude, but I am genuinely concerned and do not want to bother with flamewars or anything else. - Hide quoted text - On 10/6/06, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: --------------- I was emailing you privately, to make sure that I was understood and to try not to cause a flamewar. As you had obviously misunderstood me, and I can see how I could have been misunderstood, and I could see how others could have misunderstood me too, I took the time to clarify my position. My own poor choice of words might have been to blame for this, but it would have been very poor form of me to leave it unclarified. I am not trying to flame, or be rude, or anything else. I will tell you that I find your combative attitude rude, which is why I asked for your calm and suggested a breather might be in order. I am a big fan of civility. If I have broken that, and you obviously did take offense at my forwarding my clarification to the whole list, I apologize. I apologized for sending it out to the whole list, publicly: I do so again. I made a mistake and am sorry. I apologize for any other poor choices of words I may have made as well. I will tell you also that I had a private email from Jimbo, and had emailed him requesting his permission to send my reply to this list, and am still not doing so because I have no response from him yet, and will not do so until such time as he sends me an affirmative, or not at all if he sends me a negative. Can we please discuss the topic at hand now, without any more rudeness? Parker On 10/6/06, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:

charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com wrote: That sounds like a good way of validating everything he has been saying.