I'd like to resume the thread The Geological Timescale is Fiction.... I too would like to avoid the noise on the thread; best I can do is try not to take the bait. What I'd like to do is go back and answer some of the more substantive posts that I missed.
I know it's been crazy busy but I would really like just to answer Pollux's post rather than have to keep my answer in mind for a whole day.; All I'd need is half an hour.
The Evolution We've Got the Fossils thread somehow went into summation though it wasn't announced (Phat said he was going to "give it a rest" which isn't the usual Summation Mode announcement). Anyway I can't post there now because it says I've already done my summation though I haven't posted there since Phat said he was closing it, and Percy has done two posts since then so this summation mode seems to be a little strange.
It should at least let me post a summation message but it tells me I've either already done so, which I haven't, or I haven't participated in the thread.
But beyond that Percy has addressed a couple of posts to me so perhaps the thread should be reopened.