-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Several people have commented about Bob Hettinga's verbosity, Thompsonesque writing style, and apparent limitless supply of bubbly energy. Sometime ago during a discussion of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) Bob told his story on the list. He explained that he had had ADD, but was now on amphetamines to counteract this, and was feeling much better. It was quite brave of him to discuss this openly. I suspect what we are seeing is that the amphetamines are more than counteracting his putative ADD problems, to the extent that he has more energy than normal to write long winded Thompsonesque rants, the content of which could be more clearly expressed in a treatise 1/10th the size. Impatience is a useful trait, because it causes one to reconsider the efficiency of approaches. Most of us simply don't have the patience to even read the voluminous posts of Bob's to locate the actual content amidst the colorful metaphors (rocket launchers, snot covered gun barrels, etc). No offense to Bob, but I think his effectiveness would improve if he let off the amphetamines a touch. Amad3us -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 6.6.6 iQCVAwUBNHLfjfKMuKFNFivhAQEcwQQAwLjYCGsg1Tq7+wuLpOpgsJb88Chf9+5a F2ZOliNb2pQ2S8/YbmOADHgfD+dWtwA1WLWNmsMFjCFEogBxExf5pJPOtxf/pK5P P+AcbEfsEx5PpSs+QCZOrVm3nG0CQCHYfeWKS7ftWsfl2NsHG5trU4g13WcFGH5M WlCKoTWad0Y= =xiE5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----