RE: How to handle the guys with flawed plans?
Thanks for the great post Steve. (the long one a few posts back) I wish there were many more like you in the hobby. Teaching anything requires certain qualities which you talk about. That is, if you were teaching me. Someone else may need a different style and approach. I also play guitar and golf. I never took formal lessons in either of these fields either but I have learned from others. Some are able to help me and others aren't. Sometimes its me, sometimes its them.
Someone mentioned how only one out of (however many) stick around and its just like that with other hobbies too. If we really want it enough, we will figure out the path.