aarthrj3811 said:
Thanks... after all of these years, for finally supplying some useful information.
Thank You SWR for you concerns...I have had a total of four stroke so far...I thank god every day for sparing me from any harm..the neurologist tell me that there is no damage except for a small flaw in my handwriting..as you can see there is no damage to my brain...Tough luck for you and the rest of my trolls..Art
Art,
Four strokes, wow. Don't sweat the handwriting, mine has been chicken scratch all my life, but that is why we have word processors. I'm truly glad you have survived all that. As for being tough luck for the trolls, we need you to stay around to spar with

. Besides, we are friendly trolls with benign intent.
I guess our discussion has gotten a little side tracked, but that's okay. I'm still curious about your map dowsing, but we can talk about that another day.
I would like to share some thoughts with you, based on what little interchange we have had. I will try to approach this with the assumption that you are right, there is something to this, and that I am wrong, and obtuse to the things you rely on.
If there is anything happening in your LRL activities, I believe it is coming from you, not your gear. Perhaps it is skill and experience at work, perhaps it is some sort of unexplained and extraordinary perceptive ability, and maybe it is just dogged determination to succeed, combined with hard work.
But I do not believe your machines are doing anything, except perhaps giving you something to focus on, while you bring your own inner skills and efforts to bear. The need for a focus, or some sense of connectedness, can be well served with a willow branch, harvested for free. I hope you will give that a try next time, instead of giving your hard earned money to people who will smile, flatter you, and take large sums of money.
Consider this: Why should a tool you craft for yourself be any less effective than one they want money for? After all, if you are sensing the natural forces at work in the world, what better aid would there be than a simple, natural tool, selected by the guide of your own mind and heart, and carefully cut for the task by your own hand?
Wouldn't such a thing be more in tune with you and with nature than something hammered together by a stranger in a garage? Those who practice the Tarot will not even allow another person to handle their deck for fear of disrupting the sympathies created between them and the cards. How can something which reeks of the hot metals and chemicals which gave it birth be in tune with the delicate and subtle natural forces you believe are in play?
I'm not going to tell you your beliefs are wrong, you already know what I think, and I will never persuade you to think as I do. I'm just saying be true to the fundamental nature of your beliefs, and take the money grubbing middlemen out of the picture. I know you think I am ig-nor-ant (silly word filter) about the true nature of LRLs, and perhaps I am. But trust me in the things which I do know, which includes electronics. I am telling you as sincerely as I know how, the electronics in your LRLs are junk, and not contributing to you finding a thing. The magic, to the degree it exists, is in you, a creature of God's hand, not in your machines, which come from the hands of men, and men of doubtful character at that.
I wish you well, take care of yourself. I believe you indicated you were located in California, which is a long way from me. Unless you come out east to prospect I suppose I'll have to pass on your offer to try your machines - too bad, it could have been fun. Who knows, I might have ended up taking up LRLs and you might have sworn off of them forever

. Yeah, probably not.

Anyway, out of all the folks on your side of the fence, you were the only one with the guts to actually have a conversation, and I admire you for that.
Regards,
rwizard
Oh, wait, you're in Nevada - maybe you said something about prospecting in California? Oh well, you're still a long way off.