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Date:         Thu, 18 May 2000 12:16:25 -0700
Reply-To:     David Raistrick <keen@LENTI.TYPE2.COM>
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From:         David Raistrick <keen@LENTI.TYPE2.COM>
Subject:      Re: To my dear brother BOZO (fwd)
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(i swear, no more fwding.;)

-- David Raistrick '66 SO-44 Westy keen@type2.com in Guyton Ga

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 11:59:00 -0700 From: James W. Lindsay <jlindsay@home.com> To: David Raistrick <keen@lenti.type2.com> Cc: doktortim@rockisland.com Subject: Re: To my dear brother BOZO

On Thu, 18 May 2000 11:27:01 -0700 (PDT), David Raistrick wrote:

> > if by chance the lists self-proclaimed fire department doesnt send this to > you as well...

Thanks Dave, but I got it-- all except that last paragraph that begins with "That closes this string for me". Funny how he didn't mention that in my p-mail post.

It was so very kind for Doktor Tim to offer to forward my p-mails to the list. He never mentioned that in his p-mail response. However, based on Doktor Tim's tendency to fabricate his own facts to support his Jihad, I don't think I would trust him to post anything I write. It appears that his delusions as your mailing list's "self proclaimed fire department" run very deep within his tiny psyche.

Anyway, here is my reply. Please post it to the list. It will probably be my last.

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On Thu, 18 May 2000 08:48:56 -0700, Doktor Tim wrote:

> At 12:39 AM 05/18/2000 -0700, you wrote: > > >This doesn't make any sense. Why does this make this whole ordeal a > >"failure" on my part? Are you somehow implying that just because it took > >me 31 months to finally get to the "truth" of the matter, that it is a > >"failure" of some sort on my part?

I'm still waiting for an answer to that specific question...

> >How was I to know *for sure* until I > >finally tore the tranny apart? > > You should have know fer sur when the shaft did not turn smooth and free.

Please explain how someone with limited knowledge of ACVW transaxles and lacking X-ray vision should have known *for sure* ("for sure" means 100.00% certain)? Can you follow that logic and provide an adequate response? No. You can't. If you think you can, you are deluding yourself.

Todd said that he had built dozens of high performance trannies in the past, and that he assembles them tight on purpose. He said mine was one of the tightest he ever assembled. Not having ever handled a brand new high performance tranny before, I had no point of reference with which to compare mine. Can you understand that? If you can't, you need to pop a valium and reread my post in an hour or so.

> >I guess if those brand new batteries that you bought (with the 2003 expiry > >date) are dead when you go to use them a year from now, *you* are a failure > >for buying poor quality batteries. It doesn't matter that the batteries > >were part of a bad batch-- *you* should have known better. > > You are a fool for thinking they won't deteriorate with non use without > setting them up to survive. You were fooled by 'maintenance free'. It's a > lie. Now you know.

Not I. *You*.

Exactly why would anyone be a "fool" for not trusting the expiry date on a product made by someone that they have no reason to distrust. I suppose you distrust *everybody*. Fine. Live in your own paranoid world. The rest of us live in the real one, were a certain amount of trust is needed to survive.

Ah, I see. You *assumed* that I meant *car* batteries. Typical knee-jerk response. FYI, car batteries don't have expiry dates. Carbon or alkaline batteries do. Figure the rest out for yourself.

You've already proved your demented paranoia above. I mentioned the perfectly valid fact that such batteries could have come from a bad batch. It happens. That possibility never crossed your mind. You skimmed over what I wrote and automatically assumed that such a company lied to you. That is paranoia. Do you have any friends?

> >> > but was unable to find out about Todd's craftsmanship > >> >>until just recently. > > You had all the empirical evidence when you turned the shaft, before you paid.

Empirical evidence <> hard evidence. Without hard (ie: physical) evidence, you don't go accusing people. I waited until now because I only recently acquired that physical evidence. Unlike you, I don't fly off the handle with bizarre knee-jerk reactions based on a single piece of empirical evidence.

> >You also can't interpret an internet post. That is very dangerous. So is > >replying to emails point by point before reading the whole thing first. > > > > I interpreted your action in shotgun posting a vial attack upon someone who > obviously was busting his ass to kiss yours and give you what you wanted.

No you didn't. You interpreted *someone's* post. You didn't even know who wrote it initially! How can you proclaim yourself the list's "Fire Dept." if you can't even distinguish the messenger from the message?

Also, what *proof* do you have that Todd Hill *obviously* *busted his ass* to kiss mine? He did what any salesman would do when trying to make a sale. Can't you see that, or don't they let you in stores anymore? I didn't dangle this job in front of Todd like a carrot. We *corresponded*. You shouldn't comment on things that you have absolutely *no idea* about.

> A > perfect tranny at less than the true time/money to insure that.

Now you're making things up to support your own arguments. Understandez vous? Stick to the facts.

The price was fair and Todd had over a month to build it. I know for a *fact* that the flat rate time to overhaul an ACVW tranny is NOT a month. My current builder took an evening to tear Todd's handywork apart and another evening to put it back together.

> You want > modest outlay with excellent results.

You're still making things up to support your righteous cause. I paid a fair price for what anyone would expect to pay for a quality rebuilt tranny-- complete with limited warranty.

> If you add your own screwups, someone > else must be responsable in your mind. It just can't be you being dumb, > 'cause your right always, aren't you.

I *never* said that I was always right. I even admitted that I might have contributed to my initial shifting problem, although Todd never said so (and he had no reason not to).

You are blind. It seems you only read what you want to see, discard facts that would work against your twisted cause, and then use what's left to attack me. Never mind that I admitted that I could have been at fault here or there. That doesn't change things. Never mind that countless others have had similar problems with Todd Hill. You seem to be working awful hard defending this guy.

My only fault was not driving the car shortly after I installed Todd's tranny. Then my problems regarding his shoddy workmanship would have surfaced a year earlier, and maybe I could have got Todd to fix it (or maybe not). But I was not in a position to do so. I was still saving up for my turbo EFI system and did not have a functioning motor to test Todd's tranny with. That does *not* make this whole thing my fault, anymore than I would claim that the above battery scenario would be yours.

> And when you aren't, someone else > still should have to pay, 'cause they never protected me from myself.

I expect a "certain" amount of honesty from *anyone*. Most people do. It's called trust, and that's how the world works. I drive on the road with a certain amount of calmness because I "trust" that those drivers heading in the opposite direction aren't going to suddenly go crazy and veer over the solid yellow line. I *don't* drive down the road white-knuckled, knowing that all that separates me and them is a few feet of pavement and a rule that says "don't cross a solid yellow line".

I relaxed my guard with regard to Todd Hill. That doesn't change the fact that he is a crook that can't seem to build a tranny-- even after multiple attempts. You, OTOH, seem to think that I somehow got what I paid for. Even worse, you seem to be defending Todd. Whatever. I'm not going to argue this point with you any further.

> If you don't want to get wet, stay o'tta da pool. Next time you feel like > throwing flames in public, don't act on your feelings, think again.

You should talk. Did you even bother addressing whatever mailing list you found my post on, or did you just email me privately so that others couldn't see how much of an asshole you really are?

> Every > community has a fire dept., internet communities included.

You're a self delusional joke of a human being. You are *not* the ACVW community's savior. You can't even get your facts straight, and make them up as you go along to support your own mysterious agenda. I think you need to spend more of your free time in alt.conspiracy. Either that, or go back to your Zen studies-- they need a lot of work.

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