Your story sounds more plausible than most and I have heard a hundred of them. However this is not the last time you will be called n00bie by somebody here.
Yes I am.
I’m ready to be called a newbie, and I can handle that. What is uncalled for, though, is someone using that label as a tool to attempt marginalization of the poster.
I’ve got something to say, and I’m not about to cut & run at the first sign of trouble.
So hg, go spend your energies elsewhere, trying to scare people into shutting up or leaving altogether.