I'm not about to leave Mudcat, after all, I basically just got here but the thing that bugs me a bit is comments from folks lamenting about the old days here (see above). True, I don't know what the old days were like but I do know that change is inevitable. Sometimes it's sad to see something you considered reliable and unchanging, evolve into something else, however, I don't believe a natural evolution can be stopped, or should be stopped.

I also think the less-than-hospitable reactions to harpgirl's comment was the result of the hostility embedded in her posting. In this forum, as anywhere else, you usually reap what you sow, be it positive or negative. And of course, that has nothing to do with how talented (or untalented) you are. I think Amergin has a point, in that, whatever is contributed here, we can all take it or leave it. There is no harm done with B.S. threads. If you don't want to read them, don't.