With all due respect Toby, by posting this message you are demonstrating that your not a member of the "silent majority". What you describe also does not account for those people that do the work AND complain. There are a few of us. --- Toby Peterson <tmpintnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greg - In any population of people, the Pareto > Principle is alive and > well, and will never change. 20% of the people do > 80% of the work, and > 20% of the people do 80% of the bitching and > complaining. The problem > is that the "silent majority" of people who simply > want to enjoy their > lives and hobbies are just that ... silent. The > only thing that we > hear is the 20% who complain about anything and > everything, and who > elect to attack people in the "silent majority" > because they know that > there will be no real defense. At any car show, you > will have 10 > people wander up and ask some lame questions about > the car (we've heard > them all), and 1 or 2 people who will walk up and > basically attack the > car, "the man", and anybody who is "stupid enough to > own one of these > things". I used to get upset about that type of > behavior, but have > resigned myself to a tolerance of inherently > negative people, > understanding that they will be negative about > everything. The same > holds true for people on this side of DeLorean > ownership. We have our > same percentage of knuckleheads inside the community > as outside. I > just smile at some people (mostly guys for some > reason), while thinking > to myself "some poor woman wound up being married to > this idiot". > > "All great ideas are first met with violent > opposition from mediocre > minds ~ Albert Einstein" > > "A positive attitude - it may not solve all of your > problems, but it > will annoy enough people to make it seem worth the > effort" > > Toby Peterson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/