please make your statement... how do you think about it...

cheers hans

Hans,this site and others has been invaluable to me.Before I started building my cat,I had never picked up a skill saw or a planer.I had never used a jigsaw since high school.Scarfing two bits of plywood seemed highly technical to me. From reading your blog I think you are a cabinet maker nicht waar?You see mate,I have asked some dumb ass questions here on this forum but thank god some people had the grace and generosity of spirit to show me how.This is the internet for sure and sometimes the same questions can be asked a thousand ways with as many answers.The questions are not always the same.To me,if the person is willing to learn there is no dumb question.

enough said.

hallo paul,

 there are no dumb questions. only dumb answers....

i not taking about people asking to many questions. i concern is that "maybe" some user don't study this web enough.

yes, i am a cabinet maker... and??? i am a sailor now and had to learn a lot about engines, engineering, electricity, sewing, cooking, reading weather, computers... you name it... like you, i did my homework ready in the internet and asking people around me...

that's totally ok. i guess we all do it...

;)

My point about cabinet making skills is that you would have been able to read plans as if second nature,it may be a lot harder for individuals who have no experience,but there does seem to be a filter by most regular posters to people who cannot be bothered doing their own research first.

cheers paul.

Hans, I'm not sure what your point is.

Lazy or stupid people don't build their own boats.  They are either self-motivated, or there is someone else involved in the process who motivates them, usually a spouse.  They are reasonably intelligent, since the process of building a boat is an exercise in practical problem solving.  It starts with trying to understand the plans, accumulating the materials, finding a building space, acquiring the necessary skills, and executing the build.  Along the way they learn to budget, perform project management, implement quality control, and make changes as required.  If they don't do these things, the boat never gets finished.

Just as most of the people here are not professional boat builders, they are also not necessarily skilled in information technology.  Some are doing well to find this site, log in, and frame coherent questions.  While their skills will improve with time, this, like most other things will take time.  Add to this the fact that for some, English is not a first language, or that some of us who do speak English, have a tendency to "writes the ways we speaks," and you may understand why some are confused.

I've taught people technical skills for over 30 years and I've learned that it is a mistake to confuse ignorance about a subject with a persons motivation or intelligence.

HTH, Omar