Jon, you are among the best and the brightest, and I can’t make you do anything, I can only control what I do, so here it is:

Oz, you have made some contributions (much like a broken clock that is right twice a day), but there is so much noise and garbage that I will institute the following protocols:

1. I will read no thread that you start;
2. I will read none of your postings, merely skipping them over;
3. I will answer none of your email;
4. I will not attend any event that you sponsor, nor will I communicate with you should our paths meet;
5. I will turn my back on you and shun you entirely. You are, to me, a non-person.

I would, however, be willing to organize a “post drive” so that anyone can donate their posts to you, thinking that when you reach the magic number that is in your scary head (a million? A billion?) you will retire from the field. Note to Randy: please donate all my posts to OZ...Naked I came into FlyerTalk; Naked I shall return.

When I say that I’m done with you, I’m done, so fire away if you must, I will not retaliate or respond. If I argue with a moron it becomes hard to tell the difference, so why bother.

I humbly apologize to any FT-ers who I have trespassed against: past, present or future. I take solace in all the friends and nice FT experiences that I have had, so I will, to quote the song: “accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative”.

Jon, I greatly hope that we meet someday soon.