"Robert Morein" wrote in message

"George M. Middius" cmndr [underscore] george [at]
comcast [dot] net wrote in message
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Turns out it's pretty easy to intimidate Shovels into
scurrying off into the shadows.

We should be so lucky.

After my last post to
him, in which I offered my usual condescension and
mockery, he retreated into email. The little darling
sent me a screed full of pop-psych gibberings, demands
for validation ("Try my tweak! Please!"), and assorted
insults thrown at me and others. He also warned me that
I would never ever receive another public response from
him. I'm being punished, you see.

There's probably a lot more to this than meets the eye.

So all you have to do to get him to ignore your posts is
do what I did. Have fun!

George, apologies work wonders.

Try it.

It can even be a new form of mockery

Been there done that.