This is an apology directed at Chromic, for the ill teatment he recieved at my hands at the beginning of this thread. I'm not sure why it took me as long as this to author this retraction. Probably because I've spent the interim trying to rationalize my non-compliance with my own value system.
As long as I've been a member here, the ideas, dumb ideas, experiments and questions I've posted have for the most part been met with with encouragment, at worst I've received patient explanations why some of my dumber ideas wouldn't work. The result of this positive reinforcement is that I have never hesitated to post a thought or an idea, a suggestion or question for fear of the response i might receive. It probably also follows that lacking this support/encouagment i may have been inhibited in some of my experimentation, and that i may have had fewer sucesses under my belt.
Rhodium and Strike have done alot to foster an atmosphere condusive to sharing, experimentation and progress. We as a collective have benefited immensly as a result of the sharing that happens here at the hive. When i brought my beligerent ego to the table that day, I acted out of self interest and emperiled the wonderful atmoshpere that exists here. If bees had to fear the kind of response that i gave to Chromics queries every time they posted, the hive would disintegrate and progress here would stop. We would become a historical snapshot.
So, here is my apology to Chromic and the rest of the hive for my loathsome behavior that day, may it never be repeated. Long live the hive.
Crow isn't half bad with a little Worchestershire sauce.
Ab2