You have my permission to post the PM, Pearl.
Oh, I'll just go ahead and post it myself. To others here, the PM I will quote below was sent in response to Pearl's jab at me for telling hashbrown that he is our forum's equivalent of Chuck Norris for beating the bad side effects he had with the vaccine. It was my attempt, using humor, to say "I'm glad you're a strong guy and made it through this". I have noticed a few daggers thrown my way from Pearl recently. Nothing terrible. Very subtle. I have been ignoring them, because none of us are perfect in expressing ourselves in a forum environment.
So I sent the following note to Pearl - via PM, not open forum - to let her know my intent with comparing hashbrown with Chuck Norris, and also to try and give her a hint that I have noticed her increased animosity towards me. This saddens me, as in the past we have been friends and I still have PMs from the past where she says "you be you!" and supported my use of humor to state my points. That is my nature.
Anyway, here's what I sent to Pearl. Original text, not edited. Feel free to comment to me on it directly, using your judgement as to whether your comments would be best in open forum, or in a PM. I admit, on second reading, that my sentence starting with "It is clear..." was not a good choice to include in my PM. It was said with best intent to make my point, but it was inartfully stated.
Pearl, if you had asked, I would have said you could post the PM I sent.