Mark;
This isn't Arfcom. We're pretty easy going and we do not tolerate trolls, so rest easy.
Since you, I and my friend Todd are all in MN and he buys range pickups by the 55gal drum, sorts, cleans and sells them, I thought you two might know one another. He said the name of your business rang a bell, but could not remember where he had heard it. Always good to know about in-state merchants, especially if it is possible to save on shipping, by picking an order up.
WRT replying to a thread without having to quote someone. At the bottom of a thread, there is a "Post Reply" button like the one pictured below. It allows you to post a fresh reply in the thread you are reading.
Don't fear the Reaper or the Preview button.
It allows you to see how your reply will look when submitted. It is helpful to be able to tell how a picture like the one above will look to viewers. First thing you will see is the preview of what you have typed so far, at the top of the page and if you scroll down, you will see the window where you were typing, so that you can continue replying or submit it if you're done. As prone as I am to mistakes, I try to Preview every reply I type to head off formatting errors or bad links. All forums take some getting used to. No one will jump you for not getting it right.
Nice to know that you occasionally come into some 30 RAR brass as well. Totally understand the mailing/waiting list system.
Many folks get confused by how the sent message status is shown. It will sit in your outbox until the recipient has read it. Only then will it be stored in your sent message folder. Not at all like an email client, but hey it's not hard once you get used to it.
MnGunTalk is perhaps the biggest in-state, shooting enthusiast forum I know of. A little more snarky than here but not even close to Arfcom. Lots of members as in also fertile ground for selling your wares.
Lastly and don't be put off but it was innocently funny, "Issa Akhbar!" is a figure of speech. Certainly understandable that you would mistake it for a name, given where it's positioned in Mike's signature.
John "Hoot" Hill
Minnetonka Sportsmen Inc (maybe that rings a bell)