[ohioWfan]

I'll also reassure you that you didn't do anything out of line in the least!

Are you new to the DOSE (or have I just missed you?) If you are, WELCOME to the best place on FR, which just happens to be the best place on the net!

[ZOTnot]

You'll get a kick out of this:

No, I'm not new. I just never knew I could get 'pinged' to receive it ahead of others, so to speak. Once by PURE chance, I was in the top 10 respondents, but mostly I could NEVER figure out how 5 minutes after it went up, 50 or so responses were already there.

Now the irony: Quite some time ago, the trolls were particularly tough on you one night (I think you have a son in the military, right?) I will never forget your post to someone else, regarding 'spraying a little peppermint on the monitor' and moving on from there. I was so moved by the bravery and diplomacy in that response! I responded at the time, and we struck up a brief correspondence. You offered to tutor me regarding posting pics in fact, but I declined, while grateful, at the time.

-Zot