Mr. Langshanks.... I have noticed that this isn't the first time that you have jumped into a long term poster's thread without reading enough to know what's going on. Giving advice is great, but if you are not going to read enough to know what's up, it would make sense to stick more to new posters, and go and grow with them. (I'm not saying you should read all of the posts of a long timer, unless you are really interested.)
The other thing I've noticed is that you've given a lot of advice, and tried to sound pretty authoritative, and I have seen very little about your own situation. I think it helps everyone to know a bit about the people that are posting to them. Why not start a thread, and let us know what's up with you?
I hope this doesn't come off as overly critical. The point is that a lot of people here are on a knifes edge, and we should all be very careful about how we give advice, and what advice we give.