>I considered him a friend. I didn’t realize he considers anyone who disagrees with him nothing.

FWIW: And I you. I nevr considered you nothing. Ever!

And the word that caused our falling out; where I come from is nothing more than the most mild of admonishments. Literally akin to 'twit'. A word taht was regularly applied to me and by me growing up with as little concern as saying"you chump" or something equally comic-bool like.

I was unware of any other conncutation of that word prior to your reaction to my use of it.

And feel free to dispose of this account. I came looking for a piece of code I wrote a long time ago and this thread turned u in the search matches. I just wanteed to set the record straight. First time here in a decade perhaps. How time flies.