I'm also a newish 'catter. I don't have the time to respond to all the posts, in fact,I don't post much at all. But I do read alot of the postings and have found the threads I started to be well responded to.

I think part of the problem is too quick of a response. I've read some things I didn't like too much, and I've written some I was sorry for, so I now make myself think a while before I start typing.

Writing for writing's sake is not the best thing I can do to contribute. My skin is pretty thick too, working in a mill can do that to you, and not having the offender face to face so you can express yourself, probably leads us to an even stronger response via the keyboard.

Clifton