[villagetinker]

I have made similar suggestions in the past, as this is a public forum, posters need to be careful about what they put in print, so OP you IMHO, did nothing wrong. As for the removal of the post, the author can edit and effectively remove a post (I have done this in the past when a post drew a few very negative comments). Usually if the moderator removes a post, they send a note to the original poster, but do not post publicly unless they are closing the thread.