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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 6104361" data-attributes="member: 6667921">Its funny how many people (not just you) think that because I only started posting here recently that I must be new to... well, *everything*! I've done the message board-thing. This isn't new to me. I know how people get. I let it get to me in the past until I learned that *most* people who hang around too long/too much have this driving need to be right, no matter what. They've never developed the skill of real conversation, or even simple debate because they think all they need to know or learn can be found online behind a keyboard. I can say that because I used to be one of them.So before you to tell me what I sound like, you need to go back and reread my other 20+ posts in this thread. I DO respond to both positive and negative, but only if a) there's a legitimate argument to be had, and b) the person so doing isn't trying to be a real jerk about it. In fact, I moderated one of my own posts by removing what I wrote because I thought it might have come off a little harsher than was necessary or intended. And I specifically asked for people not to respond directly to Umbran's particular comment because...wait for it!... you don't want to fan Flames on a message board! (Bet you didn't think I knew terms like that?? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)While you're at it, see if you can spot the differences in tone and attitude between your response and his. I'm not going to get into specifics about his post, but I can see neither you nor anyone else felt the need to use offensive language, like  "ignorant", no matter how much you disagreed with me. I may not particularly care for your advice, but because you talk to me like a mature, semi-intelligent person who obviously wants to be addressed in the same polite manner, I have no problem having a conversation with you and even discuss our differences at length. And that is a lesson we can all learn <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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