I didn't make myself clear, so let me do it now. My opinion is that this thread is started by someone we know. That person enjoys adopting personna's and wathching "the puppets dance". Then this person shares email with others, gloating about how easy it is to get Mick or Sharon to dance. I am OK with that because I would rather be thought a sap than to ignore real need. My point in the post is that we not have 100 - 200 posts arguing over this and whether it is legitimate, and who is mean and who isn't, blah, blah, blah.

As far as Max's post, yeah, I am there. I am one of the friends he speaks of. I support this place in real ways. No one here has been graced with more friends. If you go back in my posts you will find plenty of requests for civility. But I am completely intolerant of those twisted people who use it to satisfy their need to take advantage of decent, civil, goodhearted folks and then openly deride those same folks and this place on other forums. When I see their "sign" I go after them. They are the ones that seek to ruin our beloved Mudcat.

GUEST undercover, if I am wrong about you PM me, or email me at mlane@accn.org, and ID yourself. I will then openly and fully apologize here. If you are who I think you are, then I will not. Let this one end on this note.

Mick