[TheForge] Rule of thumb (was Guesstamating)

Fri Mar 29 10:38:01 2002

Roy,
         Is this a blacksmith forum or a place for you to offend my
religious beliefs because you want to?  Is it acceptable here to make
SEVERAL salacious and slanderous remarks about my faith, which are have been
proven untrue, just because of your hatred?  I guess my point here Roy, is
that this is not that kind of forum and your remarks have offended me.  They
are false and proven so.  I will not be silent while you insult me and my
faith.

A. Christian Kilpatrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Wilson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 7:08 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Rule of thumb (was Guesstamating)


> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:52:47 -0600, Dave Brown wrote:
>
> >The "largest size rod" is in the realm of legend.  There is no known
> >factual reference to this.  Use Google, or other search engine, and enter
> >"rule of thumb" (with the quotation marks) and you will get more
references
> >than you need for this.  As I said earlier, the only conclusion is that
the
> >source of this phrase is clearly unclear.
>
>   I like the biblical-times one.  It's something I could easily see
> some Aramaic or Persian gymnosophist coming up with and having
> hundreds of people believe.
>
>   As to Google and such, YES, you'll find a bazillion debunking
> links - to a dozen or so Snopes-like sites.  Who tend to reference
> each other as well.
>
>   Who does *their* error checking?
>
>   Someone just mentioned that Snopes or Debunk stated that it was a
> myth and didn't come into use until the 1950's.  I KNOW that's
> wrong, because I've seen the phrase used in books printed between
> 1880 and 1910.  Where did they get the 50's date from?
>
>   It all comes down to "sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?", which
> almost nobody ever correctly attributes - it was FIRST used in
> Juvenal's _Satires_.
>
>   Sorry for the rant, I just hate it when some source is given as
> the definitive last word "just because".
>
>
>
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