Fitting a 35mm muffler to a 32mm pipe

[SIR REAL ED]

Surreal Ed doesn't read threads before posting, so deserves no response.

That is an accurate statement!   

I usually start reading at the beginning and if I think I can contribute based on questions or information in post # 3, I will chime in after reading post # 3.

Same for after I read post # 6, I will post, and again for post # 8, etc.

If the problem gets solved in post # 12, and my three posts are all redundant BS, so be it.  That's what makes forums fun, at least for me.  I like the half-baked, shoot from the hip, brainstorming format of many forums.  Especially this one.  Great fun to interact with knowledgeable, creative people.  Especially when they turn off their filters.

I hope others do the same on threads I start.

Or I might get yanked away from my computer before getting to post # 12 or the end of the thread, so I don't know the problem was solved before my half-vast wisdom is posted.

Shirley, though, it is good to know great minds think alike! 

Right?   

[Huzo]

Your angry use of profanity

Profanity…?

[DoubleGuzzi]

Profanity…?

You're gonna get struck down by a thunderbolt, Huzo! I know, it's strange what upsets 'muricans yet other phrases/words are acceptable. It sucks. 

[SIR REAL ED]

You're gonna get struck down by a thunderbolt, Huzo! I know, it's strange what upsets 'muricans yet other phrases/words are acceptable. It sucks. 

Yep, it is amazing.  Humor, like all aspects of culture is very localized and time dependent!

I've told dozens of the Furrenners I've worked with that "You will never understand America until you watch the movie My Cousin Vinnie at least 3 times.

I cherish the fact that I was raised in a time and place where if anyone EVER said they were OFFENDED by something another person said, it became an open invitation for everyone who knew that person, and everyone who ever meets that person, to try to pluck at that nerve for the rest of that person's life.

Even at age 4, your grandmother would admonish you with: "Don't get upset! When the other kids pick on you, you say to them: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me!"

You rapidly learned, the other half of that game is to NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER give your antagonist the satisfaction of knowing they got your goat!!!  If you did, you lost!

Thanks to all the gruff, nasty old timers who played that game with me when I was a kid!

It was great fun then, and still is now!

Everyone I have ever met over the age of 60 understands the rules of that game!  The yutes, not so much.

The very idea of being offended by the words of another person makes me and everyone I grew up with chuckle!

"Hey Bill, did you hear about Fred?"
"No, what?  Did he die?"
"No! He was on the internet the other day and got offended!"
"NO WAY! Hahahahahahaha!"

Ahhhhh!  The good ole days!

[Huzo]

You're gonna get struck down by a thunderbolt, Huzo! I know, it's strange what upsets 'muricans yet other phrases/words are acceptable. It sucks. 

Sure is…
I’ve gone over every word of my post and if someone can highlight where the profanity is, I’ll own it.

[SIR REAL ED]

Sure is…
I’ve gone over every word of my post and if someone can highlight where the profanity is, I’ll own it.

Just like beauty is ALWAYS in the eye of the beholder, being "offended" is ALWAYS a choice made by the receiver.

The receiver is responsible for their own thoughts, emotions, and interpretations.

How can it be otherwise?

I think it was Dwight Eisenhower's wife who was credited with the quote:  "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent!"

Almost exactly what Gramma taught.

[DoubleGuzzi]

Sure is…
I’ve gone over every word of my post and if someone can highlight where the profanity is, I’ll own it.

Goddammit, Huzo! Don't ya geddit?   

[SIR REAL ED]

Goddammit, Huzo! Don't ya geddit?   

Amen!

If you're not offended, you can't own the offense!!!