An Explanation but not an Excuse

[Greystoke]

First - I apologize for my idiocy and aggravating you good folks - you have shown poise and restraint in the face of my stupidity. I wish I could delete my asinine posts but I see no way to. I will however edit them all to one line that reads “Post not helpful”. If you can tell me how to delete, I will.

I figured a Moderator would ban my account and delete my posts within a couple days and y’all would never see them again – I still wish that to happen. That, I’m ashamed and embarrassed to say, is why I started all this.

I messaged the admin/mod over a 2-month period and asked that my account be deleted but never heard back. I snapped and went about trying to get myself banned. I’ve never done that before and I’m sorry y’all had to put up with my attempts here. A more thorough explanation follows.

After retiring several years ago, I slowly began chronicling online accounts I’ve accumulated – 312 to date – some not used in over 20 years. I’ve successfully gotten 198 deleted/deactivated/anonymized and still actively use nearly 81 – I’ve been battling for months to get the remaining 33 resolved. This is the only forum that wouldn’t even respond – and I snapped.

312 is a lot but most came from sharing hobbies with my son – buying/trading parts and gleaning advice for repairing and enjoying old dirtbikes, ATVs, electronics, etc. – in addition to the pile of accounts many of us create along the way needed to just live life in an ever-increasing digital world – especially when living in a rural area as I do.

Again, I am truly sorry about all this and will clean up my mess the best I can – this forum is lucky to have such a great core of folks.