I'm sorry you took offense to what was written - that wasn't the intent, and I tried to make that clear
It wasn't so much that I personally 'took offence' as such. That would've been quite condescending since this isn't about anything of mine - and it's quite possibly none of my place to butt in to begin with.
It was just so startling to see you use such 'grumpy' vocabulary, you're usually so eloquent, diplomatic and good at keeping things subjective. That's where my 'wrong side of bed' came from, really.
Which I only got to
after finishing with this thread... catching up in reverse order perhaps backfiring on me a bit there?

As for the manner of said apology (which by the looks of things now wasn't even needed), I'll have to say that's a pretty neat way to go about it!
