Hi, Bob, the DECKMAN here. Perhaps against my better judgement, I'm going to post a reponse to this well placed thread:

I started being a MC reguliar after dear friend Don Firth turned me onto it probably four years ago. I quickly became hooked. There's no doubt that, early on, I "wasted" waaay too much time perusing the threads. The upside was that I not only learned a lot about the traditional music (which I love), but I also made some serious internet friends. You know who you are.

Then along came not just MG, but also the obvious unwillingness, or perhaps inability, of the "guiders" of MC to do anything about him. I was raised by an insane mother, true. Early on, I recognized similiar patterns. After a couple of years of frustrating efforts to get him barred, I finally just gave up.

As a result, I've not been posting much the last 8 or 9 months. A few months ago, I once again started reading the postings occasionally. As some others have noted, I also saw the decline in the "quality" of the comments. If I want to be privy to gutter talk, and constant harranging, I'll go to a tavern full of gutter talkers and bastards spoiling for a fight.

I much prefer to sit out in my yard with a few friends, swapping songs and playing guitars together.

I've been vitually sightless the last two months. Because of that, I have not be able to read the puter screen longer than a couple of minutes at a time. As my recovery from Rentinal surgery continues,I hope to be able to spend more time on the puter.

Whether or NOT I can ever get my enthusiasm back for MC really depends on the "tone" I witness. When I read Max's "State Of The Union Address" recently, I was tempted to post: "TOO LITTLE ... TOO LATE!" A great deal of harm has been done by Max's in-action.

Am I angry at him? Of course not. It's his website and he can do anything he wants with it! Will I support him financially again in the future? I 'dunno? That's a damned good question.

To all my GOOD FRIENDS here ... I'm missing you and hopefully we'll be able to pick up the pieces in the future. CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson