You are correct that I do not know Doug personally.

In other words, you make your assertions about my knowledge,
skills, activities, in complete ignorance of them.

That's a bad habit.

.... He knows just as
much about
me.

Actually, you'd be uneasy if you realized how much I know
about you.

... All either of us knows is what is presented here in usenet for
evidence. I
suspect we are probably both very wrong on many counts. But all we are
ever
likely to know of each other is what gets written here

Wrong again. Many of us have met some of the others in real
life. In fact, I would have dropped this newsgroup long ago
if I hadn't met a few of the participants and gotten to know
them better. It's been rewarding.


katysails wrote:
Yet others here have told you

Thank you very much for the vote of confidence, Katysails.
Those who know you and your high standards will consider
this a great compliment.

But a leopard doesn't change his spots, and a dog always
returns to his vomit. Lost cause probably. But Gilly also
has a point, we should try to be better people and more
charitable to Bobsprit & his pal here.

Regards
Doug King