"I'm obviously pitifully uninformed about the synergy between some of the personalities here, histories, etc" Nothing complicated about it, just your typical family of dysfunctional hillbillies with about half of them high on "shine" about half the time apparently. Welcome. Pull up a stump and watch out for the houndog. As in every community, certain folks are held in such high esteem that any perceived criticism of them is pretty much taboo, however it is posed, trollishly or politely. I've never subscribed to PW but from the quality of their freebies and most reports they are certainly deserving of such esteem. Not referring to this thread but I would agree that perhaps this rallying may sometimes have a chilling effect on what may be legitimate complaints--again, not referring to this case in particular. P.S. Now I'm confused about which nom de plume is Ron using now--it's like playing Where's Waldo.

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