QUOTE(bym @ Sep 19 2006, 10:25 AM)
Greetings MSM3391!
No...I was directing this at you but also indirectly at all you people who want, want, want with never a thank you or even an acknowledgement of the time and energy it takes to learn and compile this kind of knowledge. Tough about the baby thing. The emoticons are there to use and I thought I did so APTLY. You may be an extremely intelligent human being but you have a long way to go in the social graces. Me, I'm just an old curmudgeon as the title advertises.
You may wish to ask about the making and use of a thermo-nuclear device... it doesn't mean that I'm going to give you the plans and resources to do so...and it would be impertinent for you to ask! Since you've joined the Forum you have shown a remarkable array of interests over a very broad knowledge base. You haven't had the time to absorb it all....which is an educated guess on my part,,,am I wrong? Before you run off and do yourself an injury please take the time to research. You must have internet access? You must have a library? All too often people of your age are in such a hurry to learn but never take the time to ponder. I don't think of you as an idiot. Do you actually think that anyone who has taken over fifty years studying some of these things are going to drop everything so that your needs are met...when you want them? I didn't have the resources that you have available to you now. It took me years of reading and experiencing to arrive where I did. You may not care for the brusqueness of my reply but I'll chance your hurt feelings if it helped get the point across that we have to work for what we have...in more ways than one. Don't worry about this scolding, LOL, there are quite a few members that agree with you and I'm sure that you'll get answers to most of your questions. Hell, have I ever refused to answer you when asked? (please refer to your initial PM's) To quote an old Simon & Garfunkel tune..."slow down, you're going too fast, you've got to make the morning last; just kicking down the cobblestones, looking for fun and feeling groo-vey!"
Here here Bym my good friend and fellow 'older magi'!!! The young and eager ones MUST realise how essential it is to learn the art of patience. I was once like they eager ... foolish .... naive .... an empty vessel making the most sound with a frequency of total chaos ... NOTHING WORKED. No spells, nothing. It all rebounded. Now ... decades on, my magical workings are built on slow, firm foundations through patience and diligence to detail. The more the detail, the better. Detail comes from snail's pace. Like on earth, buildings with shoddy shallow narrow foundations fall down. Deep foundations built consistently and patiently provide buildings which stand the test of time. Aaaah the youth ..... if only they would learn a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! The consequences of servitors created quickly is deadly! The comeback can last an entire life time or life times .... (IMG:
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