In article , "Mark Cooper" wrote:
My post, admittedly sharp and fully intended to be so, was a response to his
post, where he apparently felt the need to chide me about being able to
measure accurately.

And you apparently felt the need to respond with a series of obscenities.
[snip]
I guess in the short few months I've been here

That's part of the problem...

, I've seen nothing but this kind of crap. This newsgroup is one big
flamewar because people don't seem
to be able to get along

... and here is the rest of it. If you've "seen nothing but this kind of crap"
it's because you've deliberately been looking for crap, and ignoring the rest.
This NG is one of the most civil ones around, most of the time.

But I'm tired of it, and I'm tired of a lot of the participants around here.

I'm sure that goes the other way, too.

Too many of them spend too much time by themselves...no longer know how to
relate to people...just their tools.

I suppose that calling someone "****wit" or "dip****" illustrates your ideal
of "how to relate to people".

It's a shame, too. Usenet has the ability to be a great forum.

Yes, it is a shame. And you're part of the problem.

It's just that this one isn't. I've got better ways to get good
information...ways that aren't so damn tiring.

Don't let the door hit you in the butt on your way out.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?