Thank you...

[Guest guest]

I tend to agree with Rob, and would like to thank him

for his contribution, and I hope he's going to stick

around for a while. IMHO, Rob has helped us a lot by

asking some important questions.

On the other hand, Hilda, she reminds me of one of my

Dad's stories. Back in the 1970's my Dad used to work for

GM's Buick Division in Flint, Mich. During the oil crisis

of the 70's there was a genius, an inventor, a likeable

fellow who invented a car that ran only on plain tap

water. He wanted to sell his invention to GM. In order

to prove his claim, he made a great many successful

demonstrations, (or road tests) before a large team of GM

engineers. He was a genius, and GM had a real need that

needed to be filled. The guy had everything working for

him. A charming personality, good story, plausible

explanation, and great many dog and pony shows. To GM he

disclosed everything, except for his true secret. The

controversy went on for many months. To the engineers

all this sounded too good to be true. At the very last

moment GM backed out of the negotiations after one of the

engineers discovered that the car had two gas tanks, one

filled with ordinary tap water, and another, hidden one,

filled with ordinary gasoline.

IMHO, the problem with us, consumers, is that we not

only do not have the resources of GM, but are also very

gullible. We want to be conned. We need artists like

Hilda, because if we're not shorn from time to time, we

start to feel uncomfortable.