This is silly. I honestly don't care if your attitude toward Calvinism is dismissive. When I wrote dismissive I was talking about your post to me about reading the Institutes and getting back to you. Before I read your post, I was working on my dryer. I had switched out an old one for a newer one. I had everything hooked up and then found out I had a gas leak. This annoyed me. As I was trying to fix the leak, I broke the connector. This annoyed me further. I then sat down and read your post. I was still upset and took your post as dismissive of me. I then posted to you.
Having gone back and reading your post in a cooler frame of mind, I found I was a bit hasty in my understanding of your post. So, forget I posted that, and we'll go from there. I hope.
Poor guy! I'm sorry you had so much trouble with the dryer and its parts. I indeed misunderstood your post to me as well. I wasn't being dismissive of you at all. =)