On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, Liam Proven wrote:
Given that the message to which he was replying was a
comment *to me*
and Tony and I have exchanged many private emails -- on the subject of
me trying to pay him to repair some classic computers for me -- I took
his comment as a dig at me. He has often criticised me, publicly and
privately, for my lack of ability to solder, my board-swapping
approach to hardware repairs and so on.
I was merely replying to that. I did not expect it to be taken so very
negatively by all concerned, and I have already apologised.
I mistook that whole battle for friends chiding each other!
What more would you have me do?
Show up on his doorstep with an offering of a boot-load of classic
skipware? If Tony were in USA, we would inundate him with vintage
crap^H^H^H^H goodies.
Ask him to teach you how to solder
[in exchange for teaching him to drive?]?
(Solder for somebody, and his project is done;
teach him to solder, and he can make burn-scars on his fingers for the
rest of his life;
drive somebody somewhere, and he will be there;
teach somebody to drive, and . . . )
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at
xenosoft.com