Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I did follow them. Where in my post did I insult you? And, yes, there were 'mistakes' in your post. I actually work in a chemical laboratory and I've visited many other chemical laboratories. It is not 'common' practice to use alcohol burners. I've checked with other chemists in my laboratories and, with the exception of one guy who used one in his garage when he was a kid, no one else has used one. The most common response from anyone under the age of 40 was "What's that?"
LOL Maybe the better question might be - in how many threads HAVEN'T you insulted me.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Ooh! Ooh! I'll be Burton: (Switching on Burton mode) "Don't buy it because you haven't taken out a 30 year mortgage on the light and it doesn't have a millennial warrantee...way better than lifetime. It may be out of date in a year but if you want quality you have to spend the GDP of a good European country. Otherwise you've obviously bought crap and don't know anything .
Anyway I think I was pretty specific: "In the lab it was common practice to use a simple alcohol burner to bend glass tubing." A bunsen burner puts out too much heat to be useful for bending flint glass tubing and if the labs you work in don't need to do that - it changes nothing.
And Mr Black, I didn't 'call into question' your intellect and grades - I posted some specifics.
Your behavior and treatment of my postings hasn't changed since I joined this forum about a year ago in spite of my requests that you stop and invitations to collaborate rather than compete - and quite frankly - I'm really getting tired of it.
Have a nice day.