forum "rules"

[Rob]

SADW Jeff did jump on posts that mentioned competing product pretty much all the time (I fell foul of that numerous times myself in my search for a faster grind). He quite often pm'd to warn off the offender rather than publicly embarrass because he was a good custodian of the culture of this forum. Frankly I would contend it was Jeff's loyalty to Tormek coupled with is extremely engaging personality that built the very thing we hold dear

He certainly "earned" the right by answering thousands of questions and investing a decade of his life to build this site. It's culture is entirely attributable to his very hard work. He's probably the only "salesman" that earned my respect as an engineer :-). Because he walked his talk. He never overly pushed product either. He just responded to questions and offered solutions. It's completely different to advertising in my view. A heck of a lot more subtle for one thing

[Ken S]

I have spoken my mind plainly on this issue. I will speak no more about it.

Ken