PaulS:
It isn't rocket science
It may not be for you, but for someone starting out on Arduino, it is. Sorry that I may not have the same "intellect" as you, but coming here just made me feel even more helpless. So thanks. Thank you for giving me your time to help me, but also thank you for giving me a bad first impression of the Arduino forums and not making me feel welcome here. I now know to look somewhere else to get help and maybe just not get into Arduino altogether. Everyone had to start somewhere, including you I hope one day you realize that. I'll just take my problems somewhere else.