John and All:
Perhaps my post was too insulting and too harsh, but it was just my honest, gut reaction to a poster who could not even take a minute or two to correct multiple obvious and serious mistakes in his post before posing a simple question. The guy's further idiotic replies to my initial post proved that I had him pegged exactly right.
I do not treat people poorly (not without being unduly provoked, anyway) and I think anyone who knows me will attest to that.
I apologize to those I've offended, but I will point out that those who attacked me for my post were no less harsh and offensive toward me. But I'm not about to whine like a baby and start calling names in return. I have no time for such foolishness.
It is obvious to me that some at this site don't care one iota about their grammar or spelling, or how their posts will be perceived by the general public. Unfortunately, many people, including myself, find some of these posts that contain so many egregious errors, offensive to our sensibilities. Usually, I just have a good laugh about it and forget it, but this one time, the offenses were just too many and too blatant for me to contain my disgust -- and I had to vent. So again, I apologize to those who are offended. Is it elitist snobbery to have some basic standards? I think not.
I mean, could you imagine filling out a job application with that many errors???
Maybe this is shocking to some and perhaps it needs to be. Wake up and smell the coffee gents!
