Hi All,
Appologies all around. I was wrong on many counts. I shouldn't have tried to be
so
"cute" with my vocabulary. Public appologies are extended to Bill, W7TI
(ex-W7LZP)
wrt@eskimo.com- for my implying he did anything wrong when I improperly used
the word
"snookered." In this case I was too cute for my own good. Bill certainly had no
intent
to mislead or missinform anyone. His effort was sincere and I shouldn't have
depricated
that effort with that unfortunate choice of vocabulary.
I was also wrong for believing that there couldn't be a non-magnetic form of
stainless
steel and that testing for the quality of that stainless steel with a magnet
was in
error. As it turns out, I did know beans about stainless steel but... I'm not
to old to
learn. I especially want to thank all those people who contributed to clearing
up the
confusion and educating us all. They deserve a tremendous hand for their
efforts in
bringing light to a subject where before there was a good deal of ignorance-
and I am
speaking mostly for myself here.
Since I am a newly retired science teacher- I always look for "the lesson in
things" and
in this experience Bill had found some appropriate words of wisdom that I don't
think
he'd mind if I share it with you. He said, somone once said... "It isn't the
things a
man doesn't know that gets him in trouble. It's the things he does know that
aren't
true". Recognize anyone? Well, of course. He's right on the money! I stand
corrected
and educated to boot.
Thank you all for your indulgence and for trying to keep this discussion on a
higher,
educational plane. I know there are a lot of good people out there who have
made a
substantial leap in knowledge as a result of my errors and so some good has
come of this
and of that I am especially thankful.
73 all,
Roger Elowitz, K2JAS
John Lockhart wrote:
>
> Roger,
>
> Before publicly stating an individual a "snookered" anyone, I suggest that
> in the future you check do out the facts. The fact is, short of doing a
> chemical analysis of a piece of hardware, testing with a magnet is 90+%
> effective for determining if it will perform well outdoors.
>
> I do not consider labeling individuals to be "fun", and would be surprised
> if much of the group does.
>
> 73,
>
> John W0DC
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