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   Message 2,441 of 3,261   
   Stephen Sprunk to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: Drawbar Pull & Tractive Effort??   
   31 Mar 14 13:22:54   
   
   From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 31-Mar-14 13:16, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >> On 31-Mar-14 11:42, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>> Stephen, it's really special that your search worked for you,   
   >>   
   >> It would have worked for you too, if you bothered trying.   
   >   
   > You sure do have a reading comprehension problem. I just stated that   
   > I searched for the Message-ID in Google Groups and got nothing.   
      
   I searched for the Subject and the original thread was the first hit;   
   that's how I found the Message-ID in the first place!   
      
   >> I was unaware Google Groups has now screwed up even searching by   
   >> Message-ID, which used to work.   
   >   
   > There are a great many things of which you aren't aware.   
      
   I'm sure.   
      
   > What you are truly unaware of is how searching a database works, and   
   > how poorly it functions when the indexes aren't built and maintained.   
      
   I'm well aware of that, actually.   
      
   I doubt this particular problem has much to do with indexes, though.   
      
   > Since you're being an asshole,   
      
   I was actually trying to be helpful, but you seem to have a compulsive   
   need to argue with me, so who's the asshole?   
      
   > the rest snipped unread.   
      
   You complain you don't have the original text, and then when I provide   
   the original text, you throw a tantrum and ignore it.  How mature.   
      
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