From: themend@gmail.com   
      
   Oh Andy,   
      
   While I understand that both contributing things, however minor, and admitting   
   when one is wrong are both foreign to you, I still marvel at your continued   
   attention to the form of trolling you have so perfected over the years.   
      
   While I seem to have gotten it wrong about others, and admitted it, it saddens   
   me to say that YOU are the reason why I approach this forum with such   
   trepidation and anonymity.  I have seen you personally attack and malign many   
   people, some of whom I know    
   personally, and some of whom I even worked for.  I'll leave you to do the   
   guesswork.   
      
   At any rate, it is people of your ilk who have driven this forum into the   
   ground.  When I first arrived here, I got friendly help from lots of people   
   here who showed me the ropes.  You weren't one of them.  Sure I read your   
   (even then) decrepit "Jute on    
   Amps" and I watched in stunned silence as you took on one after another honest   
   contributor to this forum; attacking their businesses and impugning their   
   reputations.   
      
   Fuck you if I made a mistake by lumping somebody who's a bit prickly but   
   actually knows what the fuck he is talking about and is willing to share it in   
   the same heap as the likes of you.  I admit it was a complete mistake to   
   assume that everyone who is a    
   bit brash is just a complete asshole like you.  You set that tone over a   
   decade ago pal, and I came in here on the defensive.  I'm sure my mistakes   
   have been enjoyable, but they are honest mistakes and on the table for anyone   
   to see.   
      
   You on the other hand have no honesty to your mistakes whatsoever.  Your sole   
   purpose on forums is to bring them to their knees.  I have seen other forums   
   that actually post an Andre Jute F.A.Q. and describe your antics to a tee,   
   substituting the word    
   amp for bicycle.   
      
   You can continue to badger me all you like.  The fact is that knowing a lot   
   about tube amps and pretending to know a lot are two different things.  I   
   admit areas where my knowledge is lacking and I have nothing to prove by being   
   here.  I wish to share    
   what I do know, and learn what I don't.  That simple.  Please do continue to   
   show your ass in my threads.  If limerick and haiku aren't enough I shall   
   sharpen my iambic pentameter.   
      
   You are neither the arbitrator nor the spokesman for this forum.  If any folks   
   have a claim to that, they have names like Carlson, Bench, McShane, and more   
   recently the stalwarts who routinely post informative links hoping to spark a   
   conversation.  Your    
   presence here has been and appears to always will be malignant.  Anyone with a   
   search engine can see that.   
      
   As to my audio credentials, let me just say the following - I have mixed,   
   either FOH or monitors, more famous acts than you have ever seen live.  I   
   don't even have to know you all that well to know that is likely to be a true   
   statement based on sheer    
   volume, unless you REALLY get out to shows.  I re-commissioned a 72 channel   
   Neve console for George Clinton at his studio.  I've shared the stage with   
   Grammy award winning artists as a performer.  So you can basically eat my ass   
   if you think that you're    
   impressing me with any of your make-believe bullshit.  I do happen to know the   
   difference.  I'm here to learn from people who know what the hell they are   
   talking about, and everybody knows that ain't you.  If I have something to   
   share, I'm gonna post it    
   and if people *who know their ass from a hole in the ground* correct me, then   
   I welcome it.  You can go kiss the blarney stone.   
      
      
      
   -forkinthesocket   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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