"Nevertheless, his basic questions are relevant: " ( "relevant"? who says what is "relevant"? you and maskedzebra?)
" The fact that you did not reply to them is odd." ( Who is it "odd" to? Who says that it IS in fact "odd", you? I am going to take the case that "odd" is ok on message boards like this as people often do not respond to nor make the effort to satisfy other posters every question all of the time. )