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Michael, the guy (Earthling) you are talking to here deserves a gold star for putting up with rude jerks on this forum all these years. Earthling, has spent much time keeping this forum together and with order on a daily basis. You should hope that you will ever see and do even a fraction of what Earthling has seen and accomplished in his "oldie" days. He also has many, many, friends from around the globe that will stand up for him when he is needlessly attacked.


I'm of two minds about responding to this thread at all, but...

Earthling's response to the OP was rude, and he received rudeness in return. Although I usually enjoy Earthling's posts, I fail to see how he or any other member, aside from the moderators, has "kept this forum together."

This forum is unusual in that most of the members are generally civil to each other despite their differences of opinion and experience. Personally, I'd like it to stay that way.