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Major Softie wrote:

Duane Ausherman wrote: How can anyone confuse boring with honing?

Yeah, how can some non-mechanic not experience with the process confuse one name for spinning something around inside the cylinder to remove material with the name for another process of spinning something around inside the cylinder to remove material?

Nicely played, Major.

I too believe the idea on this forum is to assist and help, rather than degrade or insult people. <hand salute>

Major Softie wrote:

Duane Ausherman wrote: How can anyone confuse boring with honing?

Yeah, how can some non-mechanic not experience with the process confuse one name for spinning something around inside the cylinder to remove material with the name for another process of spinning something around inside the cylinder to remove material?

If they are posting here in order to ask that question, then I assume that they have a computer. With that computer, they could just Google these things and LEARN something.

Do they really need for us amateurs to type it out again when it is probably better described on a variety of websites?

What is happening to our culture that we need to be spoon fed everything?

I hope when I get old, I don't get grumpy.

Duane has finely honed computer skills. However, his repeated statements demanding that others should do the work to develop these skills is a bit boring.

Ba Boom.

In Duane's defence, I suggest that there is a context. He has put in a huge amount of work publishing a valuable body of hard-earned knowledge on his website. I can imagine that he has also received far too many emails and calls from people who want him to solve their BMW problems, at a distance, for free. Snowbum and Anton have indicated the same.

On the other hand, in this thread the OP made a simple noob mistake due to a lack of knowledge. This probably caused him some embarrassment and Duane's comment after the event would do little to ease that. Boxerworks needs its new members. We need people to ask questions to keep the forum alive and well.

So, I think Duane deserves a re-posting of this:

It was a total brain fart. I definitely know the difference between boring and honing but, well, 3 jobs, a 13 yr old daughter, 5 month old son, and pursuing my love of rebuilding and riding BMW's is a total juggling act.
It wasn't a question of what is the difference between honing and boring. I am simply looking for somebody locally to do the boring. And probably honing someday too.

I respect Duane and his knowledge. And everybody else on this forum. You guys have led to my rebuilding addiction.

But I love how on a keyboard, thousands of miles away, people can be arrogant, gruff, tough, combative, men (when you think they are women) and all sorts of other personas because face to face conversation isn't there.

If we all sat down over a cup of coffee or a brew, with our motorcycles parked outside, I'm sure the tone would be civil, fun and enlightening.

Indeed JJ. I also have great respect for Duane's knowledge and know that he will take what I wrote with good humour. Boxerworks is that sort of place. Best of luck with the juggling act.

By the way, I paid $150 per jug for first oversize boring about 6 years ago.

jjwithers wrote: But I love how on a keyboard, thousands of miles away, people can be arrogant, gruff, tough, combative, men (when you think they are women) and all sorts of other personas because face to face conversation isn't there.

If we all sat down over a cup of coffee or a brew, with our motorcycles parked outside, I'm sure the tone would be civil, fun and enlightening.

You're right I reckon, but sometimes the written word is written as it's spoken but without the other stuff that goes with spoken language. Things like tone, facial expressions etc that make a comment a tease amongst friends might come across a little sharp on a forum. Even stuff like in jokes (bowels v bowls) might alienate a new poster...that was a mistake I made once!

jjwithers wrote:It was a total brain fart. I definitely know the difference between boring and honing but, well, 3 jobs, a 13 yr old daughter, 5 month old son, and pursuing my love of rebuilding and riding BMW's is a total juggling act.

It was a mistake. Everyone makes them. Why, Duane's post would be an example right there...


...and not his first.



I'm just glad that I managed (I think) to keep any big ones of mine out of this thread.

I suppose you could read them some accounting text books.

When I had an airhead, I found my cylinders to be rather boring as well.

George inMinneapolis wrote:I suppose you could read them some accounting text books.

Accounting boring?

Two accountants are in a bank, when armed robbers burst in. While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers, including the accountants, up against a wall, and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc. While this is going on accountant number one jams something in accountant number two’s hand. Without looking down, accountant number two whispers, “What is this?” to which accountant number one replies, “it’s that $50 I owe you.”

Accountant jokes