Stan, you were done when you couldn't give me a binomial nomenclature latin name for a species which doesn't exist, namely American walnut. You can call it "American Walnut" or "Big Tree With Nuts and Nice Wood", but juglans nigra is still Eastern Black Walnut. And California Black Walnut, or Claro is also an American Black Walnut, but the species is juglans hindsii. The fact that you and a number of folks on the internet call Eastern Black Walnut by another generic name does not make it correct, and it certainly does not make it the only native American walnut species. Similarly, when much of the world thinks of "Americans" they are thinking of U.S. Citizens, but they are incorrect to forget about the hundreds of millions of Americans from Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Columbia, etc.
But I do understand your reluctance to admit the obvious. We saw it last week when the Preacher said he doesn't tell lies, right after thanking jOe for an apology which jOe never made. I posted his exact unedited words along with those from jOe affirming that he had never made the apology, but you still went out on a limb in Gregory's "Thanks Drew" thread to inform all that you had no doubt about the preacher's integrity. On second thought, I guess I don't understand how someone can be so obstinate as to blind ones-self to an obvious black and white truth, or an equally obvious falsehood. I've come to expect that from some here, but that one blind-sided me.
I got over learning that Santa Claus wasn't real, so I'll probably get over this too.
