Mike Hunt wrote:
Thomas Borchert wrote:
Reef,


Tchiowa cleverly snipped



Son, no offense meant, but you're making a complete idiot out of
yourself in this thread.


Why is it that people will use "no offense meant" or "no offense
intended" right before offending someone?

Thanks Mike, for making your succinct and perceptive comment!

The answer is: This is USENET newsgroup, and the groups
that attract the most posters of that kind are the rec. groups.

rec.travel.air is notorious for its many "professional trolls" as
well as the clueless posters like Tchiowa and Thomas Borchert.

It's deja vu all over again, since I've been reading and posting
in newsgroups for nearly 20 years. Tchiowa will not survive
long -- he is battling EVERYONE in this group (from what I
could see from just reading three consecutive posts the last
time), and he is what's known in the trade as a "clueless newbie",
drifted here from soc.culture.thai where he learned to insult
people who did not know how to bite him back, and club him
hard enough. :-)

As for Borchert, he is just another "clueless newbie" in this
group, having come from de.rec.luftfahrt where as Tchiowa
came from soc.culture.thai.

That's why all Borchert knew was Hamburg, Germany when
the A380 parts and planes were made all over the world.

These are the TYPICAL "clueless newbies". Then there are
the well-known OLDIES in rec.travel.air. I am sure you've
seen several of those, constantly reminded by others. :-)

In fact, one of the best-known trolls, "Nobody" (one of his
over 100 aliases) was in this thread, but in good behavior,
compared to those two clueless newbies.

-- Reef Fish Bob.