Jerks? Just because they pointed out something kind of obvious? I don't
recall that any of those posters resorted to calling you any names for your
original post. Funny you should feel the need...

Thery are, in my humble opinion, jerks!

Why waste bandwidth with such suggestions? If one doesn't want to
help in a positive manor, or has nothing positive to add why not stay
silent? Who is helped by negative or non-helpful responses. Maybe
the sender gets satisfaction but I really don't think anyone else
finds such comments positive nor helpful to anyone.

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:04:43 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
alltel.net> wrote:

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=40648&cat=3,41427,41390

greatviewcsc@hotmail.com wrote:

greatviewcsc@hotmail.com wrote:

I didn't find the response to be too awful negative. A gentle nudge towards
google is often a good way to be encouraging. Most people that first post
to a forum like this typically later re-post about the abundance of
information they found using google. All in all, a good thing. I still
have a problem with the response that calls people jerks for doing exactly
what you are doing - expressing an opinion.

On Jun 9, 2:14 pm, greatview...@hotmail.com wrote:

I've helped in a positive manor - a small manor, I think it was a two
door. ;)

As far as the bandwidth, that is no longer a concern for anyone as far
as I can tell. People's time, however, is always in short supply, and
what you've done is to ask a group of strangers to do a search for
you. If you searched and didn't find anything, well, hell, post away,
but otherwise it just comes across as laziness.

Don't worry about the jerk comment. I don't - I've been called far
worse by far better people! ;)

R

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:14:44 -0400, greatviewcsc@hotmail.com wrote:

Have you considered that replying in the way you have might possibly
cause someone's opinion of slide down hill?

Mark

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:33:39 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
alltel.net> wrote:

I look at it as teaching a man to fish.

Myself, I'll often post a link directly to the search.

The OP can then reply with a "Has anyone used one of these?" or a
"Which of these three parts might work best?"

Well, whatever you call it, a "gas strut" is what is in use on cars, and
they come in an infinite variety of sizes (lengths) and strengths.

For instance, the one on the hood of my new KIA might support a ten (or
more) pound toybox lid as well as it supports the hood of the car.

Flash

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On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:32:51 -0400, greatviewcsc@hotmail.com wrote:

Lee Valley do one. Their viscous damper is much better than any of the
spring-based ones.