well, i guess i will contribute a #1-type post here...lol.

i can see where Muzz is coming from.

but...

i, personally, believe that if Danny is arrogant, so be it. he's certainly deserved it. when i started here at FTR, i dont think ISF was much more experienced than i was. however, one has shot up with meteoric speed, compared to me. hmmmm, we are both arrogant. we can both come across as douchebags, yet one is CLEARLY a better thinker than the other. (i'll let y'all decide who is who) so, i'll take whatever bone ISF decides to toss my way. and, douche or not, i will try and absorb it the best i can.

that said, Danny, i think your frustration with some of us not being "able to absorb" your writing resides in HOW we think. i tend to memorize everything. it has been easier, in life, to do so. i just think that way...naturally. is it right? probably not. i have an autistic son (who is 6 now), and i can tell you first-hand that the "apple doesnt fall far from the tree." you can trace it right up to MY father. my son will never read "phonetically." he will always memorize letter combinations...and never understand that the words MEAN something. that "drill" where you can jumble up the letters in a word, but as long as you keep the first and last letter in the correct place, you can still read just as fast? my son is the only person i know that cant even attempt it. hasnt a clue what those words are. never will.

point is: most people simply THINK differently than you do. hmmmm, perhaps that is why you have shot up faster. perhaps work ethic. perhaps talent. i, for one, will give you all three. but, it doesnt change the way a brain thinks. take all the $$ in the world and divide it equally among every person...and in a year, or faster, the same 3% will have all the money right back in their pockets. why? they think differently. period.

the nice part is, unlike my son (unfortunately, so far), the rest of us SHOULD be able to recognize we dont think like you. and, we SHOULD work like a dog to absorb what you put on paper.

i, for one, am doing so...hard as it may be. and, will continue to do so. i can only hope that Muzz, and others thinking the same things, will do so, too.