Hi April, please don't take this the wrong way, but the words, "Which none of us saw" appear to have the ring of doubt about them and seem to be challenging ngb's honesty. Perhaps that is why he answered you the way he did? The words could be interpreted "Which none of us saw but only you saw " thus implying that because none of us saw we only have your word for it. Just saying. 
"He indicated his contempt for the forum" Neil's own words, Grahame. Short and to the point, to which I responded, equally short and to the point "Which none of us saw". I responded in similar vein to the one used by him and which I didn't feel attacked by. Had I, in ANY way, suspected that Neil WASN'T telling the truth, I would have added to my sentence ".......and we only have your word for it" Apart from anything else, MD wasn't the focus of my post, so I saw no reason to spend any time on him.