On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:58:25 -0400, "Walter Maxwell"
wrote:

Why would you use 'Smith Chart' and 'anger' in the same sentence?

Hi Walt,

You've made the mistake of taking Reggie seriously for the wrong
points - but as it was by his design that you do so, you can be
forgiven. Walt, please note that all occurrences of "You" are meant
to apply to the general reader. Those general readers may now turn
their attention aside as I diverge into meaning, a dark arena few
enter fully prepared to emerge from.

As much as he rails about my "Shakespearian" language - style, nothing
else; his own - style that is - is as a Primitive. For many who have
little appreciation or training in the arts (writing being one of
them), being labeled a Primitive is not demeaning, it is merely
descriptive. As I offhandedly pointed out in another post, mine is a
Norman style to his Anglo-Saxon. The difference is not intelligence,
but persuasion. In other contexts, like religion, one might use the
word fundamentalist; hence the allusion drawn in the sentence you
responded to that ties together two disparate worlds as though the
association were an ethical choice. Reg could have as easily compared
varieties of wine to a Smith Chart - a gustatorial choice, but still a
primitive or fundamental balance. (Myself, to extend the metaphor of
religion, I would offer catholic choices.)

For either of us, if you simply divorce the style, content will
emerge, and I promise you find nothing to argue with. Unless arguing
is your only interest in posting, that is. We (Reg and I), each in
our own way, go rather the long way around the barn to say something
simple. I for one (and Reg by example, so I won't speak directly to
his motivation) are not here to simply litter facts across the board.
No you all have to suffer understanding too (as too many of you
already had the facts available before you asked any question).

So as an exercise, when you strip away style, what is left is:
But I do appreciate the love and respect you all have for it.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC