Marc,

on the second point, ie my being "critical" I meant it as just the common
sense of examining statements and claims made by those with a vested
interest. I don't mean "critical" in a derogatory sense.

Alistair

--
'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
albell@uvic.ca
http://members.shaw.ca/albell

on 5/3/03 10:06 am, Marc Perdue wrote:

> I feel the same way about the first point and usually the same way about the
> second
> point, with this qualification: The people that actually DO the work, even if
> they
> provide the parts to do a particular thing, are often the people that have a
> great
> deal of experience and can provide proper answers to the problems we're
> having.
> When they start saying that their particular way and parts are better, then I
> defer
> to the experience of others who have used their parts and/or process.  That
> way I
> can usually get a good, balanced view on the subject.
>
> Marc Perdue
>
> PS--Jon's treatise was pretty amazing, irregardless of whether I will ever do
> a
> Tiico conversion or not.  I love that kind of stuff.