To: Kaena™ who wrote (71373 ) 6/9/2001 5:31:31 AM From: d:oug Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116767 Kaena, Sign of low self-esteem "Hutch just doesn't like being wrong..." My assessment of Hutch was quick and accurate over a year ago when I joined this GPM thread searching for a cafe of an Lee Metro next to a pole. There are lots of men like Hutch in that small group of people that have an extra extra high IQ that places them in a position sometimes that prevents them from the growth others obtain in their struggle to learn stuff. Many of them i have talked to, and most hit this tall solid dark unmoving wall that prevents them to acknowledge confusion since they equate not the utility of it to learn using trial & error. Outside a narrow field of knowledge, they remain ignorant not for lack of ability but because they will not let themselves enter places of thoughts that require a process of learning that can not be obtained from text reading or quick mental formulation of available data. There really are dumb questions, but if not asked and accepted as a way to learn certain types of knowledge, then understanding for usage can not be obtained. From this the Hutch(s) of the world remain limited people, afraid of certain situations that identify them as not(s). But Hutch is a very good and honest person, and i'm sure that after a couple beers he would lossen up and unlease himself. Not sure what value he supplies on this thread since the mining markets business and financials etc i have no interest in except that i have to keep my head stuck into this thread so that i can monitor the price of gold a.k.a. battles between good & evil. So yes Hutch does supply knowledge few if none else here can supply, so yes whatever he does is good & needed, but does not apply for my focus. Well, not absolutely really since Hutch does give me a unique window into those battles of Good v Evil, but thats a slant to the price of gold eventhought on topic, not wanted on this thread. Hopefully above is not taken as a personal attack towards Hutch, or if it is, then it only equals Hutch's personal attacks towards me, so that they cancel each out. Also hopefully above was on-topic if only because i used word gold. off-topic "... most likely Hutch will just slip through the cracks to be heard from no more." To me that would be the "Silver Lining" to a gold bull market. Additional Info: F-105 "Thunderchief" Pilot (Two tours in Vietnam) Since we are the same age, then might your tours happened when my single tour did? Dec 67 - Jan 69 up north, close to DMZ (rice patties) west side, close to Laos (mountains/jungles) USMC in private out corporal What is the F-105 ? Many a nights next to Laos those big bomber dropped those biggest of big bombs that shook the earth. Also that slow flying plane called Poof the Majic Dragon that would lay every 10 seconds a bullet into each square inch of a football field. Sounded like a monster with a deep bad cry. In the sky, from way up from the plane to the ground, a solid red line waving like a death line to whatever it touched. doug