Okay, here is my FINAL post. The facts as Penny sees them:

A. Being new to the Internet and to this site, I mistakenly made an awkward first post.

B. Some members of the forum viciously attacked and chewed me into a million tiny pieces and then wonder why I'm not comfortable posting elsewhere on the site.

C. I tried to explain what happened to make amends.

D. Still, some members continued to lash out at me in disgust and asked me to leave.

E. It has become apparent that nothing I can say will change their hard hearts.

F. My apologies. I never intended to agitate or offend you. I only hung around for this long because I was trying not to leave it on a sour note. I normally don't deal with conflict by disappearing but this time I don't see any other alternative.

If any of you have never made a mistake in your life, then continue to attack.