Wouter and all,

You Wouter, remind me of my father. He is very intelligent and has an inventive nature. Never spent a dime on anything he could do himself, even if it took him all day to do so, taking extensive research and building of jigs and tools to complete.

He also never understood why everyone else did not see things as he did. And this truly bothered him. His analytical mind could not fathom another human not processing things as he did. My nature is creative and I used to annoy him to no end by asking questions. ALWAYS, his immediate reponse was one of chastisment, followed by an answer. I've experienced embarassing public situations as a result of this (for him as well as me) and after the fact would come apologies, if necessary. If a deep conviction of his was present no apologies where offered. Notice a similarity here? (BTW, early in my marraige my wife thought I should go to counseling because I was surely damaged by my father's behavior!)

Human nature. We're ALL different, but some tendancies are similar. I work in a business that is dominated by Type A driver personalities. Meetings often border on hilarity while "opinion/edict" are expressed. All us Type C's nod in agreement and go then off to get things done. It takes all the personality types to make things work.

I grew up in and live in the current scenario. I know if I'm patient good things will come and no real harm is meant. It's just the delivery method.

Another two cents worth <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

And Mary, thank you.

You remind me of my Mother. "Now if you children can't behave and get along I'll just have your Father take that and put it away for good! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />