Hi BJ. You will notice that Alydar chose not to repond to what you said ("Beaten lengths is irrelevant to weight carried" - bless your heart), and instead 'responded' by rehashing his points and argument with me. So it doesn't really matter what you said, Aly's just going to repeat himself again.

Alydar is having an argument with Mall. I posted. Alydar responds and say I am 'wrong' about weight (just a throwaway line). I respond and he says I am insulting him. And now I am 'confused'. Of course characterizing someone as 'wrong' or 'confused' is NOT insulting. Even now, in response to YOUR email, he remains patronizing despite the fact that several folks (including you) have pointed out the central flaws in his argument. And he repeats it again.

Given your post (especially the 'mixing apples and oranges' - that is EXACTLY what Aly was/is doing) and JB's post I can now bail out on this. Especially since there is no point in talking to a guy who is going to repeat himself, regardless of any points made, apparently by ANYONE, and then say he is offended in the bargain. This isn't an exchange of ideas, it's a one-way street.

A mark of intelligence is that you can disagree with someone and it doesn't affect whether you 'like' them or not. HP