On 6 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
(in >):

> On Thu, 06 Dec 2018 09:41:36 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > wrote:
>
> > On 4 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
> > (in >):
> >
> > > On Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:54:40 -0600, > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yup, about to bin the fellow. Wasting my time here
> > >
> > > Lol, he didn't do anything wrong. Are you killfiling him because his
> > > nickname's Fruitcake? This is getting out of hand.
> >
> > The name was originally an insult thrown at me by a member of
> > uk.politics.misc as he kfd me for being €œthe fruitiest of
> > fruitcakes€�.
> > Basically, my crime was to disagree vigorously with his views.
> >
> > I thought that name sounded quite pleasant, as I like fruitcake - and, as my
> > previous name had been another insult €œJohnny Know-all€� I decided that
> > it
> > would be a nice change. It is pure coincidence that it appears relevant to a
> > cooking forum.
> >
> > However, I have baked our Christmas cake for the last 25-30 years and so it
> > is somewhat appropriate. My fruitcake cant be that bad or no one would
> > eat
> > it. The only change to the recipe I have made is to substitute gluten free
> > self raising flour for the ordinary variety. This is because my daughter has
> > coeliac disease and therefore can now eat the cake as well. Apart from being
> > a finer flour and giving a slightly wetter cake mix, I cant say that I
> > have noticed any difference in the results.
>
> Well, there you go. Hardly a reason to killfile you.

I know, but they are like that on uk.p.m. Many tend to have only two
alternatives to an argument, their view and the wrong view - and rather than
have to put up with a counter argument they use the excuse of mental illness
or conspiracy nutter views of their opponent for the reason to killfile.

You get used to it after a while.