[modeleng] Re: Vanes Boiler Works

Ok Harry, I hear you, but be advised, that the last time, my "feelings" 
were "hurt", was in 1972, when they took
"Ben & Jerry" ice cream of the Flemish market...(it is back now)
So feel free to say what you have to say,any way you want to say it,when 
you mean you have to say it (does this make sense?)
And anyway, I believe it to be a standard way of thinking of us, 
engineering types,: first you get all wound up by your eureka-moment, 
then you start to get the idea, if what you proposed were possible or 
sensible , others would have gotten there way ahead of you.

Thanks & Regards
Patrick



Harry Wade wrote:
> At 04:51 PM 9/20/07 +0200, you wrote:
>   
>> You have to admit, that there might have been a possibility, that the 
>> idea had some merit
>>     
>
> Patrick,
>         That's why I was reluctant to say outright, on nothing more than
> general principles, how problematic I thought this proposal could be.  I
> actually had very little information to base a position on, I did not know
> your needs, the intended use, your capabilities, or the prevailing market
> conditions, etc, so under those conditions I didn't feel justified in
> making absolute statements.  (Yes, we all know people who feel free to make
> absolute pontifications unsupported by either intelligence or factual
> evidence.)  Had I specific personal experience or observation of a proposal
> similar to yours I would have said (if appropriate), Do not do this because
> X, Y, and Z will result.  Failing that, I chose to offer parameters for
> known good practice so you could weigh the drawbacks and advantages of your
> idea against these and determine for yourself what path you should take.
>
> Regards,
> Harry
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