Robert,

I read your post and being new to this, it shocked me also. After reading this board for a few months, what is obvious to me is that a few bad apples in this bunch are the source of all the bitterness. BUT, all the great, friendly cooperative people make it worthwhile.

I am not going to let a few bad ones ruin it for me. In fact a post like your will usually instill a bit of guilt into those individuals, only of course the ones with any conscience left, and cause them to flare up or flame back. They know who they are.

The amazing thing about people like that is their behavior constantly makes them stand up and quickly be identified for who and what they are. It's like a donkey (notice I didn't use the other word) trying to hang out with a bunch of horses. They usually mix in pretty well, but eventually they will open their mouths and Hee-Haw and be identified for what they are.

After just a few months I have quickly identified the 2% of individuals here that I just skip over because I know reading their posts is just a waste of time, unless of course there is no good TV on and I need some more Jerry Springer type of self-defacing entertainment.

I hope this helps balance the other response to your post a little.

John