Originally Posted by choddo

spclark isn’t the type to be rude to newbies. It was a “self” deprecating joke about the forum and how long it can take here for a sensible answer to emerge, in response to your joke about the number of responses before the obvious “bigger hammer” suggestion.

Originally Posted by grumpus

He was responding to "It usually doesn't take this many responses for the obvious answer..." implying that in this forum the simple solution can be way down the page. It's humour.

Originally Posted by spclark

Merry Christmas everybody! Greetings for the season and my best wishes for your health and happiness going forward!