I hadn't been here in months. I spent 20 minutes reading this thread, and it served to reinforce why I no longer bother to check in on the cat.
I started lurking here daily about 5 years ago, posting about 4 years ago (under this name 2 years ago). It was once a lovely neighborhood to visit. It's a shame what a handful of posters have done to it.
Just as in the real world, you can only dump garbage in an area for so long before the stench permeates everything and makes visiting too unpleasant a task to contemplate.
To those who remain, I wish the decent among you the best of luck in returning Mudcat to it's former self. Me? I've seen enough here...