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I frequent another site, stoneadvice.com, keeping tabs on the latest in the stone world, rarely posting except to defend another poster being blamed falsely. Maybe four or five posts a year. I have also stepped in on occasion to provide a homeowner reassurance that her granite is not a known dangerous one, advising not to freak out, just get it checked.

So it was a surprise to find a stone fabricator posting a quote that had been edited by someone with either access to my posts via editing or access to passwords. Fortunetly, I am more than aware of what type of people I am dealing with and usually save copies of web page postings just in case.

Here is what was quoted by a Miles Crowe, owner of Crowes Custom Countertops out of Acworth, GA. His website is at crowecounter.com. Miles claimed that I wrote the quote below.

“”Mr. Distelhorst,

I make plastic countertops for a living AND am slowly going broke as Natural Stone has killed the plastic countertop industry. I hate granite guys….just thought you might like to know that. ”

Here is what I actually wrote in response to Mr. Distilhorse:

“Mr. Distelhorst,

It is over and we both know it. If you have any doubt, get on a plane and come down to see me and I’ll show you plenty of hot granite.

If you would treat this issue as you did your customer care and cleaning page on your website, none of this would have happened.

It is time to set things straight. Build Clean will help, and I will help you identify the hot granites. Clean up your website, fess up, and let’s clean this mess up.

I actually admire the gumption of the MIA, but it is ill spent beating a dead horse. Get this cleaned up, then take over Issfa. I’d join if you got rid of a few of the wussies over there.”

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No doubt I have strong opinions of the ISSFA organization, the older solid surface trade association.