On 8 Jan 2004 13:12:40 -0800, (Nick) wrote:

You have the write to decide how much you are willing to reveal about yourself
personally.

Does Nick believe the poster to be only a read, but a thinking read?
Well, nobody would ever believe Nick ignorantly confused "write" and
"right".... Never? .....Well, hardly ever. Probably just the spell
checker and fast typing led him astray.

Evidently, Nick has yet to learn that behaving like a pompous ass and
picking at such finger-fehlers on the part of other posters leaves him
open to similar petty corrections.

(For the record, Nick made a fuss over a similar error in an earlier
post by Mike Murray.)

When recently in the thread, "Sportsmanship and pre-arranged results",
I responded to Mike Murray's trolling by writing simply that I am stronger
than an 'ordinary club player' (for instance, USCF class C) at chess, Mike
Murray apparently accused me, in effect, of making a boast. In my view,
my claim was hardly extraordinary, and I have no more need to prove it than
I should have to prove that I have a safe record for driving an automobile.

Ahhh, Nick, ya saves up yer grudges, all the hurts and slights and
bitterness, the way an old pinch-penny bags his coin, pulling 'em out
late at night, piling 'em up in stacks, starin' at 'em, takin' yer
comfort from 'em.

For the record, here's an extract from our referenced "dialog":

What's manifest to Mike Murray may not be manifest to persons with a
greater understanding of chess and/or football.

This may well be true, but I submit few are convinced Nick fills either
of these roles.

As for chess, Mike Murray could have no knowledge of my playing strength.I
don't know Mike Murray's USCF rating .... Yet I doubt that I should much
to fear from any ordinary 'club player'.

But, don't you think, Nick, to a C or D player, your statement would
seem a wee bit boastful? If you were strutting a class B rating as
evidence of the profundity of your chess understanding, why not just
say so? And wouldn't you think it prudent to know a person's rating
before claiming a "greater understanding of chess" than that person?
I'm assuming from context and tone that you included yourself among
those possessing such an understanding.