Repairman's knot

No problem - glad you found it of use. I have to admit that I have been surprised by the interest in this rather obscure subject, which is why I never bothered putting the pics up for all to see in the first place, and we all know where that well-intentioned, but ultimate folly led .... d;~}

Arfa

I didn't use any language in my reply that you didn't use in your post. I realize the tone probably came across as harsh but I meant to gently turn your words back on you. In the rough-and-tumble world of USENET I figured you'd take it the way it was intended. :)

A lot of people don't. From your responses I assumed you didn't. That's all. I'm sorry if you took that as a slight.

I never called you a jerk.

That's not an apology. "I'm sorry if you" isn't in the definition.

FBt

I was aware of sort of not-knot knots like Monky's fist eg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey's_fist and Turk's head eg members.tripod.com/~cubclub/turk1t.html similar "function" of this repairman's knot but could not find pics/instructions on the web as I knew not the name for it or what-not

-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on

Well, It's all over and sorted out now. I wasn't called a jerk directly, but if you read carefully all of the stuff that was levelled at me, you will see that I was effectively branded as one by implication - if I hadn't managed to prove that I was one of "the good guys" after being invited to do so then ....

Accepted your point that you were just " turning my words back ... " I have been involved with Usenet for a long time, and am well familiar with the "rough and tumble" as you call it. It is impossible to contribute regularly to a news group, and not get into occasional spats and disagreements that get out of hand. There are people out there who cause them deliberately.

Most of the time, I can look at them with amusement, and throw the insults right back, as they are meaningless. However, that does not mean that I will just roll over and take it, when I feel that a comment levelled at me was perfectly intentional in its meaning. Sometimes, such things are as a result of different cultures or the way a language is spoken and, again, I would cite the situation of the UK and America - two nations separated by a common language. For the most part, as I visit America frequently, and therefore speak and understand 'American English', I take the correct meaning from something that is said. Occasionally though, I get it wrong, and perhaps take offence at something that wasn't intended to be that way. The same applies, of course, the other way around. This isn't intended to have any particular pro or anti American connotations, either as individuals or as a nation, as another poster seemed to infer. This sort of thing is a fact of Usenet newsgroups where there is likely to be participants from many nations. It is something that I have commented on, on here, before.

Anyway, as I said, it's all sorted now, and hopefully, we can all get back to being friends. God knows, we've all got enough enemies now, without creating more for ourselves on here. Thanks for taking the trouble to come back and explain your position, and I hope that you now understand where I was coming from. Bad day. Got out of hand. Sorry all. :-(

Arfa

Give him a break. He has went out of his way a few times to help me.. Plus who cares taht he said "the Americans"... I don't care and I'm american.

- Mike

I'm sure he'd be happy to share the pictures if you just ask. Arfa is usually quite a nice guy.

- Mike

It was an expression of regret that my intent was mistaken.

Text is a funny thing. It makes intentions hard to make out. In one study of people's reactions to email, people didn't do any better than random chance at guessing the emotional tone of a message, but 90% of the time they *thought* they had it right.

quite

Why don't you try reading the whole thread before throwing your 2 cents in?

Why don't you try reading the whole thread before throwing your 2 cents in?