Um, actually I was attempting to convey something that seemed important to me. Pretty much what I try to do here.
My all time favorite movie, It's a Wonderful Life, there's this scene where George (James Sterwart) is in Mary's house (Donna Reed). He's terribly attracted to Mary, but want's nothing to do with a life that's going to tie him down. They are both searching for something to say, and he snaps out, "Still smells like pine in here!" It's Christmastime. It's not particularly nice, not particularly useful. She looks at him a moment, and says, maybe a bit formally, "thank you!" It's a response, it's an attempt to be nice.
And the fact is, I appreciate criticism, if it's done in a reasonably decent way. I haven't read through the whole thread yet, but so far no one has called me an idiot, or called into question my language skills, or whatever.
I haven't looked back at my first post this morning, but I guess it must be some "stream of consciousness" thing that made sense only to me!
Much love!