OK I re-read this entire thread. As I understand it, it was supposed to be a flame war, and I don't really see (with one exception) where any of these posts were actually aimed at someone. The exception being my post above, aimed directly at Geek. And anyone who was at the last meet KNOWS it was aimed at Geek.
Actually, the thread was supposed to be a flame war and I decided to flame Thrash by posting pictures of LOL Cats and hijacking the thread. Ergo, I win.