Originally Posted by
Union Jack
....and thank you, Hans Brinker, for the unintended consequence of highlighting Gums's outstanding record!
Jack appreciates.....
What I (quite unsuccessfully apparently) tried to say was that gums use of the words opines/salute/suggest took away (for ME) from his opinion, not that his opinion took anything from the thread. I think part of the Dutch way of talking is always be direct to the point of impolite, so that doesn't help....