PJ I'm afraid, to me, it seems like ntb sits and waits to pounce on anything we say and ntb construes or misconstrues what could be tongue in cheek humour or just a passing comment (as yours was) as us whinging or trivial.
For me, ntb seems to follow a certain pattern when posting; a couple of quiet days then a few polite-ish posts followed by reverting to type by being rude, insulting and making personal comments.
I don't really think there has been any valid or constructive argument from ntb, just attack of other forum members, thoroughly unpleasant IMO