one learns to treat the old timers here the same way you treat trolls and flamers, you ignore their rants and gripes and petty likes & dislikes, contribute what you think is meaningful yourself, or of interest, or humerous, & search very carefully for any shred of material of substance among all of the 'I like you' 'I like you back' 'I don't like you' 'I don't like you back' drivel that passes as amuseument for many here who have too much time on their hands and not much else to do, it seems.

I asked to have my membership removed after a period of particularly nasty personal attacks against me for questioning the quality and seriousness of the information stored here. Previously, I never bothered to 'reset my cookie' when I was a registered member because 'WHO CARES?' only really fragile egos it seems to me, need to be identified so they can be stroked. If what you have to say is of help to some, great. if not, so what? there are some people who post here, (I won't call it a community, because it doesn't function as one, as I define it.) who I have a great deal of respect for, and love even. Others I could live without. I sign my postings, for the most part, an occasional unknown guest if it's a stupid joke, but there is no real reason to be identified at all. If every posting here was just from Guest, what real difference would it make? the info posted would either be of some use or interest or not. many people seem to use this forum as thier own public chat room, which is tiresome to me, I don't see the need or use for them, I have friends I talk to regularly, don't feel any frisson of excitement to 'connect' to people online, but if that's your thing, enjoy! reading through the list of so-called music threads, at least 30-50% of them should be in the BS bin as well, they contain no music or almost nothing related to music. so, Guests, look around, keep an open mind, you'll get a feel for the most egregious offenders among the 'Members' and avoid them, they may eventually ignore you and your postings as well, but who cares? it is a flawed universe running on entropy. hop aboard!