Re: Treadmill advice needed

"Elflord" <abuse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:slrng79e90.poh.abuse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On 2008-07-09, Steve Freides <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Often 3/4 of the battle is asking the right question, and I don't
>> consider it proselytizing to suggest that the wrong question may have
>> been asked.
>
> OK, but this means that your position is to respond to almost any 
> question
> with "wrong question. Here is my answer to the right question!"
>
> As I wrote previously, this at best demonstrates an egocentric world 
> view. [1]
>
>> Sorry if you think otherwise.  In my opinion, anyone in the
>> OP's position - wanting to exercise and lose weight - ought to be aware
>> of the entire continuum of exercise possibilities, from pure
>
> That's *YOUR* opinion. It may not be OP's opinion (which doesn't seem to
> matter, see (1)).
>
> If OP wants to "be aware" of this, they will ask a question about it.
>
> Unless the OP's question is obviously based on false premises, it seems
> rather presumptuous to "correct" their question for the purpose of
> proseletyzing.
>
> [snip]

Yours is the egocentric police view.  People are free to chime in and 
suggest better questions and the OP is free to filter them out.  I for one

have been happy a couple of times to find out I was asking the wrong 
question.  Get used to the Internet and the free flow of information.