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No one said anything about spelling, or correct punctuation or grammar. I take that back--the ones that brought up correct punctuation, grammar, spelling etc are the ones who are complaining about the self-appointed forum police. My comments were directed at splitting up a long run-on post with absolutely no breaks by using any punctuation or even just spaces to make it readable. WOULD ANYONE HAVE SAID ANYTHING TO HIM IF HE TYPED IN ALL CAPS (ie. shouting)? People have corrected others doing it without being called "forum police."

I must be one of those forum cops. I enjoy reading most post, specially the ones in the technical section. Most times I try and help if I can, providing I can help that is.

Tim certainly brings up a good point around holding the caps on,, For some, it can be inferred that the other is shouting or something like that, for my tired eyes, caps help me read better, and probably, able to respond better to the queries. Run on sentences do make it a bit more difficult to understand that's for sure. Hopefully, whenever I have a problem, my question is easy to understand, "I hope so". For me, personally, I want to get the best response as possible to my question. This really applies if it's a technical issue that I'm having problems with. Does this "Canadien" make errors in spelling and grammar,, you bet, so many that I've lost count. Really upsets me, when I've made a post and looking after the fact, I've got a bunch of errors in it. The next time, I just try harder, out of respect to anyone reading my posts,,

Hope this doesn't offend anyone, if it does, let me know. I can go do my thing somewheres else,, Thats my personal decision.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread, seemed like a good one till we all got on the ride.

I agree. He was asking for help and I couldn't get 1/2 way through the first post without getting lost. Now his posts are easy to read and he's still here sharing the details of his project. He'll probably get more answers to his questions now. People are making a big deal out of nothing.

Nobody called it offensive or said anything condescending about it. I just asked that he break it up into something that resembled sentences and paragraphs. Hardly sounds like being the "forum police". I was just trying to be helpful.

I'd expect to be corrected if I was asking for help and my post was unreadable. I don't think that was the first time someone was asked to break it up a little. Maybe it never happened to a new member before.

Alan will go look at it and take some photos tomorrow ... we'll let you know what he finds.

Terry

Cool, Terry. I'll be standing by. Gotta get the 150 back together for the trip to Tulsa. It's not that far from Arlington. Shoot, I might even take an engine crankcase I have up to Divco for evaluation. It's from an IO-360C1C6 Lycoming. It's bound to be worth something if it's not beyond economical repair.

No one has considered that not all internet communications devices are created equal. Websites are now routinely accessed by cell phones, PDA's, and other devices, most of which do not have full keyboard capability, or some even the capability for lower case letters or punctuation. Even when capability is available, it may be difficult or impossible to use. I myself have experienced partial or intermitent keyboard failure on full sized 101-key PC keyboards causing loss of punctuation, certain letters, caps, numerals, etc. No one asked if there was a technical problem before assuming the worst, and it shouldn't matter anyway. Even posts with perfect grammar and punctuation are often misunderstood, sometimes because of the grammer or punctuation.

If you wouldn't correct a person's verbal statements in person, you shouldn't correct their written statements from behind a keyboard, either, unless asked by that person to do so!