On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:34:52 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In article , Torsten Brinch
writes

I was following up your claimed national ability for *fixing things* and
asking for help.

You were not.

I may have avoided saying please but the request was genuine.

Your attitude fails the pattern of genuine request for help. On the
floe, you could have got yourself killed coming on like this.

I was following up your claimed national ability for *fixing things* and
asking for help.

You still were not.