I never noticed this thread before today. If anyone else should stumble across it, you should know that I accepted Larry's (InOBU's) apology long ago. A typo is plaintly a typo, even though I have heard the same phrase used in an ugly manner. As for a very few of the remarks above, I assume them to be poor attempts at humor or irony. More to the point, I enjoy Mudcat, and would hardly blame the site and all of its participants if, in its lively exchange, a few hateful individuals contributed their taint.