cschweis, we're okay if you'll remember that when I, or Beth, or Patty, or Veronica, start getting (as another poster puts it) "snippy", it means you've pushed as far as we're willing to be pushed and it's time to back down a little.
It's easy to forget (and this goes for both sides of the argument - I can be as guilty of this as anyone else) that in a forum such as this there is no body language and no voice clues to work with, making it easy to misunderstand someone's intent or their intended "tone of voice".