"It took 80 something reads and 2 goading replies by me to get anyone to reply, did anyone say."

"GEE BOB, I CAN SEE NOW THAT YOU REALLY WEREN'T TRYING TO MISLEAD ANYONE."

You'll notice I didn't jump into this fray until you posted Matt's email and emphasized your trust in Matt's info by posting a self-described "goading" reply to yourself. It would have been real easy to verify whether or not what Matt wrote was factual concerning Gene, but you didn't. That info turned out to be wrong. What makes you think that all of the other info in Matt's email is factual?