Ok so I did some deep breathing exercises and am back...that and I couldn't find Fuzzy's house so drinking his beer was out of the equation!
A couple of quick thoughts and I will leave this thread where it belongs (ignored)
First of all, my issue wasn't with Fuzzy and his announcing that he is leaving. I for one want to know when a person leaves. This serves two reasons:first, hopefully we can learn why a contributing member has chosen to leave and secondly I know they chose to leave and didn't (thankfully) meet with some horrific accident and are just no longer able to post. I was annoyed with the BS activities of recreating a profile so that a person could pretend to be someone they are not (although I suppose that is what many people feel the internet is for) btw, this is the second time in a few weeks that I have seen this! I have NEVER seen it in the 2 or so years that I have been hanging out here!
Secondly, MLinder, for a guy with a weird Pirate Fetish you are very insightful. I need to learn to just ignore the people who push my buttons and not cut off my nose to spite my face! Having said that, Laminar if you have noticed that you are being ignored by another member I will save you the suspense of guessing who it is!
Third, I don't mind the mindless blathering in controlled doses. Heck, that is why the SPBT or SBPT thread was created!! I have even been known to drop in every so often and throw my 2 cents in. There are some great people in that thread...and ofcourse, like any other other thread, some who just annoy me! I personally would just like to see it contained. But that is a total aside from why this thread and the reasons behind it pushed my buttons.
Dennis