On bygones being bygones, that requires an apology for any behavior which might have been the source of misunderstanding. On the one hand you appear to be conciliatory, on the other, you refuse to back off of anything you have said at any timewhich signals not conciliatory. It's not your initial position that's the problem, where I am personally concerned, at least, it's your "Aha! There's your proof blown up right in your face" response. And your musings whether Turgidson intended to set you up from the start. —