Greg Elmassian said:
I think the ego requirements have been telegraphed to me very accurately.
Where is your retort to not being the inventor? Give me the proof that you are the inventor of the brass guard rail shim and Bob Poli is not.
I see you have shifted the focus from you being the inventor of the brass guard rail add on to the trivial points of making some forked tools and failed to get them into production and or market them.
This is kind of like hearing you whine at regular intervals about your “super special” bracket for an alternator or something, and the problems with it. I do not think it has changed the course of history.
If you are feeling unappreciated, beating others about the head won’t fix it.
It will though, make sure that others, like me, will go to lengths to avoid anything associated with you.
Greg
Yes, we know where your ego is. If it was something I did that you hadn’t seen before, you need to belittle it so you can feel better about yourself.
Yes, I came up with the shim idea of my own accord, though there may have been others before me that used a shim in one way or another. George’s site didn’t exist at the time, at least to my knowledge, and if it did, he did not cover that until later after he saw the shim.
Also note that the other shims were “fixed” in place making their addition tedious, and when epoxied, the brass no longer has the give at the apex as the wheel goes through. Without this give, the wheel can ride up and off of the track. This doesn’t happen using the bent brass.
Also consider that if in fact other people did use this idea, previously and unbeknown to me, you can’t find it published anywhere or even mentioned other than on George’s site. And George includes no pictures of these other shims.
But George’s site became the bible of Large Scale, at least in the early days. And when people went there and saw the picture of the shim, and adopted it, even without thinking about, they were adopting MY idea. Other people picked up on it over time and never knew where it originated.
I haven’t shifted the focus on anything. It seems like if someone doesn’t want to spare with you, you think they are in agreement. Give us all a break.
But it sure sounds like you are trying to shift the focus talking about alternators and such.
I’m done with you here.
But then I remembered being accused of laughing at others expense, however … I had a good laugh anyway. It takes all kinds!
