Old Nick wrote:

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:43:25 GMT, Brian Nystrom
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

What unfounded assumptions? What does it natter what their intentions
were? There _actions_ were that they asked for information, have had a
lot of effort to supply it, and have not bothered to come back.

I am not sure I _want_ to make people like that welcome. If they can't
be bothered to come back to their own posts then good riddance. I
admit my post was ****y. That is all I will admit. I have posted
messages with similar intent buy softer content in the past.

You're assuming that he hasn't been back to check the thread. You're
assuming that it's intentional on his part. You're assuming that he's
not grateful for the suggestions.

Perhaps the guy's been away for a few days and unable to check the
newsgroup? Would you still feel justified in bitching at him for being
ungrateful?

You haven't been supplying any information, so why do you even care? You
got your panties all in a wad over nothing and decided to insult the guy
without cause. What's really eating you? I doubt that it's anything to
do with this thread.