Date:         Fri, 12 May 2000 13:04:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
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From:         Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
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At 09:30 AM 05/12/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>Data,Data,Data.
>Yada,Yada,Yada.
>Doktor,Tim,
>Have you ever, broadened your horizons and, ventured out of your bubble
>and experimented, with any thing new, and improved?

Yes, indeed. Rule of thumb, if data is not available, you must either run
the experiment your self or accept repeated experience that proves there is
great risk in acting upon claims and testamonial that have no basis in
unbiased facts. The other extreme is, you buy into every wizbang claim and
apply it, then convince yourself of your wizdom and seek justification from
others with an unreasoned argument. In the most extreme examples, you get
Jim Jones and Adolph Hitler.

>Blow out the candles, knock down the out house, and get rid of the horse
>and carriage !

Yes, and throw the baby out with the bathwater while your at it.

>It's the year 2000, not 1900!!!

The principles I speak of have been basically unchanged since Adam. Truth
does not change with public opinion. Only the perception of false as true
changes. We are definatly in a downward course as we ignore more values of
universal nature.

>I've also been using these plugs and they work fine.

As I asked someone else, what problems were you having with the stock plugs
that compelled you to change.

Are you demanding that I validate what I know to be irrational behavior?
Spending three times the money for something that can in no way give three
times the value is anti-thema to me. I am happy to allow you your contrary
opinion. I can remember so long ago when my ignorance would have allowed
such so I'm not casting stones, unless you perceive facts as stones. How
about some reciprocity for me? You can demand all you want but without
reason, I remain steadfastly unconvinced of the validity of your economics
(value).





T.P. Stephens
San Juan Island, WA