Now call me stupid (but not to my face), but I did not realize that if one types in, say, "patio34" on a search engine, my threads come up. Now, I knew this was a public forum, but not that someone from the "outside" of our community could simply eavesdrop on what I may have said.
I bring this up because I did start a thread about a person and that person could, if they suspected it, find it on the huge web!! They could realize this because my e-mail name is the same as my name here. @$^%$!!