Originally Posted by
Herb687
What makes that poster's "doubts" and "guesses" worth less than yours?
This would be a reasonable question for someone who joined FT yesterday, because that person would not have any experience in how to read FT and wouldn't know anything about the "reputations" of the various participants. And, to be fair, even though you have 5000+ posts since joining 18 years ago, I don't remember seeing any prior post by you, so maybe you don't normally participate very much on the AA boards. But for anyone who does, or for anyone who has reviewed poster history, you will find that Jon's reputation for knowledge and insight is exceptionally high (and you would also recognize that some people, responding with well-written but baseless speculation have done so on other occasions).