I do understand his place, his rules, but it doesn't cost anything to be polite. Everything you've said I acknowledged in the first post of this thread. If I was rude what I suggest is a way to let me know. I have no objection to the post being deleted if thought to be inappropriate, just in the manner it was done. But if that's the way it is, that's the way it is.
I'm sorry, but you are not looking at this the right way 2Paw... Acknowledging that you understand the 'his place, his rules' bit actually makes your 'offence' to the Forum even worse, cos his rules
quite clearly tell you that he ISN'T going to message people in the first instance, & I can understand that approach, given the numbers of posts & members here & the prevalence of trolls & spammers/dodgy posters. Yeah, I know, you might feel offended by that cavalier attitude (now that you've had one deleted) but how rude is it to come on here & enjoy the benefits of his place & his rules for quite a fair while, and then
ONLY complain once you step over the line & get pulled up iaw his rules?!? :dontknow: Not only is that being rude to Lamont, but it's arguably being rude to the rest of us as well! :shocked:
After all, it IS his place, & his rules TELL YOU that if you just step over the line (a little?) then he's simply going to remove the offending post, no message, no acknowledgement, and you have tacitly agreed to that in the past by remaining here & posting here while others have lost posts; and you are even tacitly agreeing to it
now by continuing to post here instead of pulling out immediately you felt the brunt of his supposedly offensive rules.... :dontknow: You knew, or at least should've known, about these rules, & you chose to join & post anyway; you let the rules be applied to other people & you enjoyed the benefits of
his place, his rules without any concern (while it wasn't you!) cos it meant you could use this relatively trouble free place to share info & thoughts etc about Spyders, all without undue intrusion from all sorts of people ignoring his rules, because he
DOES apply & enforce them; but now that it's
you who's stepped over the line/on the receiving end of the quite normal application of the already existing rules, it's rude & not right?!?

How rude is that to him & to every other user here?!? :shocked:
Maybe it's just time to take the slap on the wrist with a wet tram ticket for exactly what it was, pull your pants up a bit, & just get on with it, now knowing exactly where the particular line you just stepped over is, and now fully aware that it truly does exist, and it applies to YOU as well as to all those others amongst us who lose posts for minor transgressions, & especially those who get tossed for the major transgressions - the enforcement of those rules being the very reason we ALL can enjoy & continue to enjoy this Forum?! :dontknow: