troybeau, if I had to guess, are you a USA female in disguise? I read through the posts, and for the life of me, I can't figure out what you are debating. It seems your original point was somewhere in the area of how rude and unhelpful the regulars on this site were and how they just about chase everyone away when all the "poster" wants is to ask a question. Since, you havent pointed out any particular instance, I take it with a grain of salt that you are speaking in general. I, too was new at one time and although, there was fun made of my post, I took it as "kidding". If I was very serious (duh???)I would have addressed my 'problem' then and there. Perhaps your question was posed in a way, where it was taken to be humorous. I think you have every right to start a thread debating a subject, but I for one think you went about it the wrong way, altho you have quite a few replies. It reminds be of a pc windup.