O.K., i'm gutted ... And thoroughly disappointed in myself for breaking my golden rule. That is, not to get involved in inflamatory threads,
At the time of my original reply to Steve-o, I only had the benefit of knowing what had happened during the original altercations. I tried to keep my post reasonably factual, succinct, humorous and hopefully fairly non-offensive, I did not know that others were helping Allen behind the scenes, and I feel bad for taking things at face value and not first considering that things may have moved on. I had a bad feeling that this was going to blow up again, how little did I know...
Maybe I am perhaps just too concentious and deep thinking, maybe i'm just a little emotionally frail at the moment, but I really do dislike this bickering on what is otherwise a wonderful forum and a great source of information. I often think to myself, how well we all get on at our regional meetings and how welcoming we are to new people who make the effort to come along and join us. If only that sense of wellbeing and good intention could be transferred to the internet...
Can't we all just have a big group hug and move on?
Jem
Quote: "There is a theory which states that if ever, for any reason, anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.”... Douglas Adams 1952 - 2001