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Is that truly so? You may very well know more than I do. I honestly don't know for certain myself. FWIW, I do remember feeling, at that time, that I'd never received a satisfactory answer.

As I recall, I was informed by a moderator that I was being recommended to Randy for a "timeout" since I "took the bait" by linking together a few "duplicate" threads, ie I posted "please also see... the other thread" where another poster had posted the identical material that I had earlier, some time later.

Admittedly, as you see/read, I am still somewhat baffled as to why I was timed out. FWIW, I'm so hurtin', I did not even know that it was "bait!" And perhaps even more stupidly, I thought it was a common and accepted practice. Apparently, I was wrong. You live, and you learn. I hope that I have, even if ever so slowly, learned.

While I certainly feel/felt that I'd been unfairly treated, I think my interpretation is perhaps somewhat irrelevant, however. It was a judgement call, I suppose, and while it is not one that I'm inclined to agree with, it is not MY board.

FWIW, I'm quite happy now, as I was then, and I hope and expect that all who frequent and post in OMNI, as well as the moderators, are very happy too.

I'm pleased to try to help make their moderator job a little bit easier, and to hopefully make OMNI, and all FT, an overall better place for folks who visit here.

-Mark