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I apologize. The nonsense about 'not making sense/try making sense' was lifted word for word from a post Writer NW wrote elsewhere. It would have been better if I had resisted the urge to throw Writer NW's words back at him, but... yesterday I came across one of his posts (removed by admin within minutes) demanding that an admin PM him an explanation because he felt he was punished for writing something that was very similar to what another member had written, but the other member didn't get called on it. While sending a PM to admin is fine, publicly calling them out and demanding something that you are not entitled to is bad form, any way you look at it. Sometimes it is hard to see that a harmless post by one is not the same as the not so harmless post they wrote. It was not not merely the rather innocuous little post earlier in this thread, but the combo of that little jab, the entitled, demanding post yesterday and the 'try to make sense' post that inspired the heat I threw. I should have shrugged it off and taken the high road and in the future I plan to, it isn't worth the aggravation to me or other members, after all this is simply a harmless forum for golf fanatics and life is too short :nodsmiley

I cry, OK?? I don't mean to, but I cry. I'm 6'2" and 250 pounds, and I cry at movies, commercials, church. When I went to the US Open, I almost broke down twice. When we walked into the merch tent and Payne's shirt, jacket, hat and putter were hanging there, my eyes welled up. When we got to the statue of Payne and my son, who was 5 when Payne won the Open and died shortly after, asked me about Payne, I thought I was gonna lose it.

Now, I have never cried at an athletic event, but I can say without question, if I won a PGA event, especially a major, then turn and see my family coming towards the green, there is no doubt in my mind, I would cry. I'd probably embarass myself from crying...

Hi, my name is Mitch, and I'm a cryaholic....

Since we are coming clean, I get choked up sometimes too. Last week I read an article in the Washington Post about a world class shot putter's years long search for his mother and brother. When he was a young child, his mother dropped off his older brother and him at an orphanage, he always thought it was his fault and never forgot them. He tried to find his brother and his mother for years, and all the while she was looking for him. His brother was eventually taken in by an aunt, but he had already been adopted. To make matters worse, the orphanage had shut down and records were lost, so it was up to them to find each other. One day he happened upon a post by his mom on a forum for adopted people looking for their birth parents. When I read the delicately worded message he sent to her trying to find out if she was his mom and if she knew anything about his brother, it was heartbreaking and I was choking em back.

I can deal with, and understand crying over a win. It's crying over a loss that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I guess we can't pose this question to Brett "Cry Baby" Boone now can we?

Sitting here reading this thread is making me cry, as I recall how this forum used to deal with unpleasant, contentious posts and posters.