Brian, you are correct re: Ron. He has made valuable contributions to this board (though not consistently IMO). However, in this instance, as Opty was attempting to point out (but apparently you missed the message...), Ron was simply pointing out the relatively obvious - at least to most of us. But there is no problem in doing so, as what may be obvious to some may be invisible to others.
I seriously doubt that Opty is so "intimidated" by anyone.
JMHO FWIW,
SGE