I started wondering if you took offense to that or if there is a different connotation associated to that term in your locale?
I thought to myself, "I certainly meant no disrespect, quite the opposite, I meant it as a, sincerely, friendly expression. Where I'm from we use it as informal slang the same we would say "mate," "cat," "homey," "brother," or "friend."
Haha. Yeah, I really like everyone that contributes on this thread and so I was just being chummy and like engaging in friendly banter with ya. On that note, I believe I'll