I get where you are coming from gnu. And, I agree that many (even most) threads drift, some for the good, some for the bad. What is worse, the death of a thread or a drift that keeps it alive and interesting for the few participating, nomatter that what has been said, may have been said by others before? It may be interesting to those folks, and they may have not felt comfortable entering into earlier discussions, for one reason or another.

My point is "if you dont like it, bring it back, don't just complain about what others are doing and saying. And, if you don't care for like the topic or drift - just pass it by, and move on to what interests you.

In this case, some folks seem to suggest it be brought back to the orgginal intent. But, where are they to participate in it now? Was the actual intent to kill-silence the drift discussion that was happening between other folks? If so, that was odd? It makes me wonder, is some topic drift better (less anoying to know it is happening) than other thread drift?