dianavan: Your nerves are shot. Relax. I am not the last word on what's polite or rude. I simply think YOU are rude. You are mouthy and offensive at times, this having been one of them. Many people will disagree with me. You will likely be one of them. However, look at this:

"Gee brucie - only 2247 hours? Thats conservative."

The above was a remark you made to me after I'd written on the thread you started entitled "General Strike in British Columbia" that I tracked the hours I worked in my fourth year of teaching. No, my dear, it was not conservative. It was an accurate record of the hours I worked give or take two hours. You see, you just had to 'correct'. You are abusive and offensive. People like you are the reason we won't have world peace. Because only your opinion will ever count. No one else knows as much as you. Must be nice.