O-ring Seals wrote:

What the guys need to understand is that Bill throws the alphabet soup
about degrees etc. around just to get a response.

WHY....??????????

Name one other person who is a regular or lurker in this group who
throws their degrees or accomplishments around just to get a response.

JUST ONE.....

Don't take it so seriously.

Why Not...?????

Mr. Phillips takes it seriously and makes sure we are painfully aware
of time after time after time.

What he does not tell you are things like he went into
Three Mile Island with the emergency response team, and that he
received a gold medal from the President for his part in a massive
environmental study.

Well good for him.

Nobody is detracting from the man's accomplishments in life which are
considerable but do we need to hear about them month after month
from HIS lips.

There is more, but he chooses not to share these
things with the group.

For that small consideration some in this group will be eternally
gratefull.

I know they are importent to him, and it would
probably be to painful to have people try to discredit those things
also.

O-Ring..... Name one person in this group who has ever tried to
discredit Bill Phillips for his accomplishments.

JUST ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND QUOTE THEIR EXACT COMMENTS INCLUDING HEADERS
FOR ALL TO SEE.

And while you are at it, please name one other person in this group
who has ever worn their accomplishments on their sleeve like Mr.
Phillips does on a regular basis.

JUST ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You perhaps, or Mr. Ousterhout, John Ammeter, Chuck Slusarczyk,
Barnaby Wainfan, Captain Doug, Warren and Nancy, Sidney,
Jim Weir, Unka Bob, Del Rawlings, Jerry Springer, Roger Halstead,
Pac Player, Morgans, a@aa, Ron Wantajja, Russel Kent, Larry Smith,
Juan Jimenez, Blue Skies, Ken SandyEGGO, Jay Honeck,
Corky Scott...??????

Just one O-Ring...... Just name one.

AND QUOTE THEIR EXACT COMMENTS INCLUDING HEADERS
FOR ALL TO SEE.

O-Ring every one of those names above is a regular contributor
to this group and every one of them have accomplishments in
life that they are proud of. In many cases they share stories
of those accomplishemtns which are both entertaining and informative
and in some cases thought provoking, but not one that I'm aware of
has ever rammed those accomplishments down our collective
throats repeatedly ad naseum for years on end and demanded total
subservient kowtowing and asslicking so that their personal ego
can be satisfied on a regular basis.

And if the above paragraph is NOT true and DOES NOT hit the
nail squarly on the head them name that person.

AND QUOTE THEIR EXACT COMMENTS INCLUDING HEADERS
FOR ALL TO SEE.