Of course Diki, humor can sometimes be misinterpreted, and although Fran and I especially get a kick out of ribbing each other, I have had too many great discussions with Fran, usually over PM, to ever feel his poking fun is anything but in pure jest. Fran is just not a mean natured person to begin with. I don't believe you are either.

The use of emoticons should help, but sometimes their use is simply to try and sneak in a rude and personal insult, and that's not right, although if angry enough, we can sometimes post without thinking, rather than waiting for awhile and calming down before responding.

My old Uncle Jim used to say, "If you don't like what someone else is doing...don't do it yourself!"

In other words, don't perpetuate the behavior.

I had no reasons to slag a competitor's product when working for Yamaha and, now that I'm retired, I still feel the same way; that's not to say I have never done it, but, I can say, the rare occasions when I did, it only made me look bad...not the competitor's product.

Ian