You took a thread about my friend Bill and turned it into a self serving "I'm being picked on" post.
Other than Mrs. Niner I think I knew Niner better than anyone here. And when I read your statement
"I think he'd be sad to see what's going on around this place, right now."
You are right but not in the text you meant. I know for a certain fact how he felt about the silliness of your ridiculous requirement of no one quoting you.
AirBud was a fairly "new" member and fit in well here. For all any of us knew he might not have realized the whole "quote" issue was serious, he may have looked at it like we all joke about "we have a fishing forum"
But you were as nasty to him and cussed him personally like a sailor and it appears you have run him off.
And that is on you.
This is the second person you have run off from the site. There was a young lady a couple of years ago posting from SC and you jumped on unjustly and accused her of being mule writer. Remember? I do. I remember feeling sorry for the gal. She left and never came back.
As self appointed chief of police of the secret committee I'm telling you with no room for discussion that if you EVER pull up a seat at Campfire again ANYTHING you say can be quoted.
Anyone that knows anything about this net know that once you post something it can never be fully deleted and can be found. So you reason for not wanting to be quoted is moot.
Captain