On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:36:12 -0400, rickman wrote:

On 10/9/2014 5:03 PM, Steve wrote:
On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:38:36 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:

He has nothing better to do, the rest of us have.

It seems to me that he is between a rock and a hard place. You say that
your desire is for more technical postings on usenet but when one is
presented, you immediately try to shoot the messenger rather than
offering any useful input yourself!

I think the problem is that instead of participating in a rational
discussion, regardless of who started it, the one in question just spews
nonsense.

I think you have said that to Gareth, but have continued to debate the
subject with others and it does not seem that you were doing this under
duress. It would seem that you have enjoyed participating in the
discussion. I have enjoyed your considerable input along with that from
the other contributors. Should Gareth be criticised for starting
interesting threads in a quiet newsgroup? I think not.

Brian is right when he says some here have nothing better to do.

That is saying that you and the other contributors had nothing better to
do ;-)