"My, my , my you are a distrustful soul aren't you. "

my soul has nothing to do with it

"I was rather surprised myself he suggested that right away."

so a person who thinks of everything in terms of comparative metrology is surprised

but a person who doesn't is distrustful because he shares that same surprise?

and what of the second question?

"did this Person actually speak/write the above sentence in it's entirety without you having previously introduced both inches and centimetres into the discussion? "

you mentioned having exchanged emails with this person before so it's perfectly reasonable to assume that you may have broached these comparisons previously

"Italics simply because they are the emails as they were written and received. "

nothing simple at all about having one's own way of putting things ( I should Know )

If I don't mind clarifying those points where I am vague why should you? and again ...why should my asking for clarification be seen by you as anything but 'asking for clarification?


Warwick




" I have always found that the main obstacle to free
association on these boards is the broad
misconception that what we do not know is more
significant than what we do know."

Warwick L Nixon, March 8, 2019