Don't be too hard on aimless; we get a lot of "tell me everything I need to know in 160 words or less" posts, and my first quick read through your post left me with the impression that it was one of those, too. It gets old after a while; I doubt he was trying to be condescending - just trying to move you toward specificity a bit more quickly.

Your response to aimless did exactly that, and garnered you some better replies. Hang in there; he's a really nice person.