and you can take a chill pill, tough guy. especially on a forum like this one, you can't run around with sand in your vag & get upset at every little comment somebody makes.

i appreciate your opinion of using 2.5" pipe or bigger - more power to ya. there are plenty of people who go around preaching that "you can't go wrong with thus & such" when A) they might not know the specifics of a project, B) they see a ton of others using a particular setup & think it must be a great recommendation for everybody else or just in general, or C) the work was already done almost 3 years ago. and since i don't know you, i just went with the standard reckoning of somebody who just throws out suggestions because they've seen it in a bunch of other builds (like the majority of suggestions thrown around here and other forums). sorry you got your panties in a bunch over it.

ps - thanks for such a wonderfully-worded PM. it really touched my heart. Merry Christmas to you, too.