I've avoided this "discussion" for various reasons, and won't participate beyond this. I hope this doesn't come off as negative or nit-picky, since I genuinely like you and hope to spend some serious hours with you in the field sometime! Feel free to drop me an e-mail so we can keep this jabber off the forum.

First, without consulting the Dellster, I'd suspect that his spelling mistakes were "tongue in cheek", and a slight jab at Thomas. That's just my impression, anyway. Not sticking up for Dell, here - he can do that himself (he's bigger than me...LOL).

Second, I'd like to comment on the idea that people were picking on Mr. Davis. I certainly don't see it that way, though I may have some bias at this point. The guy showed up on our peaceful little triangulum forum and look what happened! It turned into the getula UFC 'octagon'! Nearly every one of his posts contains some sort of inflammatory remark. Seriously, check it out. There's just no excuse for that. We all have our own opinions and idiosyncrasies, no doubt about it. But when a guy calls out the helpful, productive, and knowledgeable forum members at every chance he gets, people tire of it. I’m not trying to suggest that the forum has to be all about smoke-blowing and ass-kissing, but a level of civility needs to be maintained (… on both sides).

Getting back to what really matters, what time of year does the herping start to pop in your area? I talked to Nate the other day, and he’s trying to lure me to East Texas, too.

Later, amigo
-Cole “Purist Scum” Grover

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