Nick- did you see the posts yesterday before they were deleted?
No - I cannot therefore comment on the content.
I was privy to the outbusts from Mike using a lot of expletives at one stage, and could see that Mike had lost it at that point, but missed the later posts.
Grahame has advised other forum members incl. myself to turn the other cheek when confronted with abuse (or simply ignore it), as this is best way to defate a situation.
I believe all parties poured petrol on this fire!