Sounded like a pretty smug way of saying "I have no idea."
You have made a bold and INACCURATE statement. So, let’s look a little deeper. In my time as a Texan, as you are, most of my associates and acquaintances wanted to cut to the chase and get to the “brass tacks.”
You said:
“Now I'm trying to figure out what they really are. Anyone want to hazard a guess?”
Frankly, I don’t know who would care or who COULD narrow it down to an answer you might like. With no harm intended, that was like a person dipping a bucket of water from the middle of the ocean and asking others—2,000 miles away—about the exact location from which it was dipped. If realities make me "smug"—guilty. Of my 3 responses, only the third addressed your question, and it was addressed accurately.
“Anyone want to hazard a guess?”
Please give us an example of the kind of answer you might want.
Suppose someone had said it was a Bushnell so and so. Would that have been good enough for you, if you knew Bushnell, TASCO, and Jason come out of the same warehouse in Kansas and had origins in Asia?
You were answered accurately and honestly. From my standpoint, honest is not the BEST policy ... popular or not it’s the ONLY policy. :cat:
Cheers,
Bill