Non-magnetic Stainless Steel???

[Roger Elowitz]

Hi All,

Appologies all around. I was wrong on many counts. I shouldn't have tried to be so 
"cute" with my vocabulary. Public appologies are extended to Bill, W7TI (ex-W7LZP) 
wrt@eskimo.com-  for my implying he did anything wrong when I improperly used the word 
"snookered." In this case I was too cute for my own good. Bill certainly had no intent 
to mislead or missinform anyone. His effort was sincere and I shouldn't have depricated 
that effort with that unfortunate choice of vocabulary.

I was also wrong for believing that there couldn't be a non-magnetic form of stainless 
steel and that testing for the quality of that stainless steel with a magnet was in 
error. As it turns out, I did know beans about stainless steel but... I'm not to old to 
learn. I especially want to thank all those people who contributed to clearing up the 
confusion and educating us all. They deserve a tremendous hand for their efforts in 
bringing light to a subject where before there was a good deal of ignorance- and I am 
speaking mostly for myself here. 

Since I am a newly retired science teacher- I always look for "the lesson in things" and 
in this experience Bill had found some appropriate words of wisdom that I don't think 
he'd mind if I share it with you. He said, somone once said... "It isn't the things a 
man doesn't know that gets him in trouble.  It's the things he does know that aren't 
true". Recognize anyone? Well, of course.  He's right on the money! I stand corrected 
and educated to boot.

Thank you all for your indulgence and for trying to keep this discussion on a higher, 
educational plane. I know there are a lot of good people out there who have made a 
substantial leap in knowledge as a result of my errors and so some good has come of this 
and of that I am especially thankful.

73 all,

Roger Elowitz, K2JAS  



 

John Lockhart wrote:
> 
> Roger,
> 
> Before publicly stating an individual a "snookered" anyone, I suggest that
> in the future you check do out the facts.  The fact is, short of doing a
> chemical analysis of a piece of hardware, testing with a magnet is 90+%
> effective for determining if it will perform well outdoors.
> 
> I do not consider labeling individuals to be "fun", and would be surprised
> if much of the group does.
> 
> 73,
> 
> John  W0DC

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