Taddbeta,
Good morning, having had a quick look into what happened it does seem as though your thread was pulled because it wandered too far off the main OP.
This is a lovely site with a great community that occasionally likes to get into heated discussions :-)
I really hope that you got some sensible answers before the thread disappeared. Please feel free to post again if you need any clarification about your original question or indeed any other :-)
If you feel that the discussion is turning away from the OP then please use the Report function and us editors will have a look into it.
Normally threads about removed threads are pulled too, but I will leave this one here for clarification.
And I do hope that those involved have thought about their actions.
auntie xxx