I had a friend who decided to haunt this forum, was glad to see JD remove him. I have hopes for this one.

I assume you read things in order of appearence? where sir did the "Bullying" start? please interject which post it was.

Please expand on who, much can be read into an open ended sentence If your are pointing the finger at me POINT IT, dont be shy

I can only comment on my own dealings with Brian and they’ve been quite good . What differences you may or may not have with him is between you both and should be discussed between you both , but not on open forum .

Gary:

The Forum rules that we all have agreed to adhere to render out of bounds who started the dispute, or whose posts were more personally provocative, etc.

The Forum rules, found in the WEBSITE & FORUM – HELP & ASSISTANCE section, as the “Forum Decorum” sticky thread at the top, is quite clear about what debates are allowed and not allowed.

Here are a few relevant bullet points (of a total of about 14):

• Be polite and respectful to others. There are no stupid questions, there are however rude answers which might get the responder a “time out”.
• Try to be helpful to others. If you are in a bad mood then please do not participate as your negative mood will undoubtedly show in your posts.
• Common respectful and professional debates are encouraged BUT, that does NOT include a personal attack of the person you are debating. Frankly, if you do not like someone - do not fight or attack them in your posts. Please contact them outside this forum and our servers/systems – and then feel free to trade insults.

The problem with internet comments, versus the same made in person, say for example, sitting around a table having a few beers, is they lack tone. Everyone gets their panties in a bunch at things that we'd probably laugh off, in person.
Brian is known for economical use of words, which is often a regional thing, I think. That came over, years ago, to me as brusque, but, I have the advantage over Gary, of having known Brian for many years. We've had drinks together at meetings, lots of chats in the tents, many phone chats an emails regarding projects, and most importantly, he's done many jobs for me. I follow his work on social media (where he freely shows his work, and workspace.) He's done several jobs for me, and none of them were as simple as a 'freshening up'.
Bending tangs to go from PG stocks to straight, making the trigger guard, then shortening a 15" stock, from another gun, to 14.25" with peaked butt plate, was no simple job. He completed the job sooner than the promise, and well below the original quote. My DHE 16 stock was long, and the original Skeleton butt plate was removed and replaced with a pad. He shortened the stock, perfectly inletted a skeleton butt plate, and refinished the dirty finish such that I still maintain, it's the nicest piece of figured wood on any Parker I've seen, but I never knew that until he finished the job. This work spans many years, and I have proof of what he does. Gary doesn't.
I'd bet money anyone would form a sound opinion based on experience, over what someone 'sounds' like on the internet.

Well I see a cut glass lamp shade!

Well said Scott!

Hyper microphotographic techniques combined with reverse Hubble and Webb space telescopes have revealed the image below in the area with the marks in question. Maybe they can give us an insight into what the symbols mean...