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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 545458, member: 17753&quot;]<b>another possibility</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me, Tom, that one possibility that you&#039;ve left out -- and it might be the simplest explanation -- is that some people here, very genuinely, have different opinions on the matter.&nbsp; There&#039;s no secret handshake, there&#039;s no conspiracy against newbies . . . it&#039;s just that some people have different views than others.&nbsp; If you&#039;re Bud is so experienced, then perhaps he&#039;s right, and most of the other people on this forum are wrong, but that doesn&#039;t mean there&#039;s a conspiracy.&nbsp; In fact, not all the folks on the forum agree, either.&nbsp; (I&#039;ve been on this board just a week, and I&#039;ve seen strong disagreements on, e.g., whether to keep coins in Albums or not)</p><p><br /></p><p>You know, sometimes the vast majority of experts are wrong about something and the lone wolves are correct -- but, on the whole, more often, the lone wolves are wrong and the majority is correct.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But not always.</p><p><br /></p><p>(A long time ago I had a professer who used to say that he generally disbelieved conspiracy theories, preferring to believe in the &quot;mistake&quot; theories.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I find that you live a longer, healthier, happier, life giving the benefit of the doubt to folks.&nbsp; Keeps the blood pressure down, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>OTOH, that&#039;s just my opinion <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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