Ian,
You know it's sad that I am the first one to respond to this all things considered. But likewise, I want you to search through your posts and find one instance where I have flamed or treated you the way you have treated me. You will only find one instance, and that was when I left your board. Sometimes you are right, sometimes I am right, and sometimes we both are. Yet when we disagreed, I would let it ride and you chose to call me all manner of choice names. Even after that time I have not publicly bashed you or said anything bad about you on any board. I may disagree with your attitude, but that is you and you do have quite a bit of useful knowledge that comes in very handy. It is disappointing when it is delivered with attitude for that reason. Maybe you should take a look back at your treatment of others and others treatment of you and evaluate it. I still harbor you no ill will believe it or not. I think I speak for lots of others when I say, drop the attitude on the public board. The reception you get would be vastly improved.