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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
As an engineer, one thing that I always apply in engineering and officiating, is a simple rule that my high school geometry teacher taught me: When you assume you make an A(SS) of U and ME. I stand by my posting. I do not believe that there is enough information to make a ruling.
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Mark, you are beyond comprehension. If I had assumed I knew what he meant, stuck with his initial description, then answered based on my assumptions, you are correct - I would have been an A$$. BUT I DID NOT DO THIS!
The whole point of my first post was to cover the full realm of possibilities that the non-specific original post encompassed. I restated his sitch for purposes of providing one possible scenario, then altered the sitch within the general information provided precisely because I did not know what this guy's specific sitch was. DUH!
This allowed me to 1) let the person know how specific the rule is so they know what factors to weigh when making the call (and what information to provide when requesting assistance!), and 2) provide an answer to the situation so they aren't here a week later still wondering. By covering all possible sitches (under his general scenario) AND answering them, I was trying to help someone, not be an A$$. And I did not assume I knew what he was talking about, i provided some information and he can come back with more info if we did not specifically address his problem.
By being rude and failing to actually answer this person's question and demean those of us who did, it seems clear who was being the A$$.