At the risk of offending some;
This reminds me of a situation that I witnessed many years ago when I was attending university. There was a very bright technician working on a research project. He designed and built a circuit that solved a problem. He had it sitting on the workbench doing exactly what he said it would. When the project director came in he showed it to him and explained what it was meant to accomplish. With only a cursory glance at the device the director, who had two masters degrees demanded to see the schematics. He took them and disappeared into his office for about 2 1/2 hours, more time than the tech had spent designing and building the circuit. After that length of time he came out waving the diagrams in the air and loudly announced, "This will NOT work!"
The tech, who was understandably shocked said, "Yes sir, it will. Here it is. It's working"
Undaunted in the face of incontrovertible proof, the director responded, "No! It cannot work because...blah, blah, blah, ad infinitum, ad nauseum."
I had a problem, dead ducks in the pool,
I solved the problem, put in the paving stones. No more dead ducks.
I believe in what works. I started this thread to pass on what worked for me to others.
I did not start this thread to argue over the real cause of the problem, or to discuss if the solution works. Like the circuit in the story above, it does!
Things that everyone knew in times past:
- the Earth is the center of the universe!
- the Earth is flat!
- tomatoes are poisonous!
- traveling at speeds in excess of 25 mph is inherently hazardous to your health!
- some women practice witchcraft and must be burned at the stake!
Hey, that might make a fun factoid thread. Maybe I'll start one.
