Ah, dimbulb, you put my NICKNAME in the TO: box.
To: Sally'sConcerns; CharlesWayneCT; Cboldt; hole_n_one; Howlin
You were already following the thread, and had made several replies to me, none of which I initiated.
I had been off this thread for over ten hours and 300 posts ago.
Secondly, even if my previous comment did constitute a "ping" you are the last person on this board that should complain about it, because you are the first person to become indignant if you aren't pinged to any comment that touches-even in the most peripheral manner-upon something that you, or another user, might have said in the distant past.
After reading your posts to me and to hole_n_one, I am beginning to believe that you couldn't tell the truth if somebody was holding a gun to your head.
It is forum coutesy, which I am sure is all Greek to you, to PING a person you are talking about (or trashing, in your case.) That's all.
Do you see the contradiction here?
No, all I see is lying on your part.
That's funny, because you seem to be under the impression that it's one of the five pillars of Islam.
Presumably there's some passage from al-Bukhari where Allah casts the kufr into the depths of Hell for not observing proper ping etiquette.
I find your implication that I'm in the habit of "trashing" people particularly amusing, especially since this seems to be your forte.
I can't recall ever being anything other than civil to people who wanted to engage in genuinely civil discussions.
The only people who seem to have a problem scrupulously observing these common niceties that most of us take for granted are FReepers such as yourself.