To Yaraboy, PeterUK, and TeePee et al ....

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...no not that one! I mean you!

Well I value your contributions very highly, so I hope your break wil not be too lengthy.
All the best!

[PeterUK]

I do think there is something very claustrophobic about internet message boards. They are a confined world in which most of the signals we generally rely on when relating to others are absent. Unless we actually know board members, we are dealing with mere names and can form all kinds of false notions about the personalities behind them. Powerful enmities, even paranoia, can take hold of us. I truly believe that, if there was an 'exterminate' button, some would use it in moments of fury. The normal rules of human decency and consideration that most of us operate by in everyday life without a second thought can become suspended on a message board. They are an invitation, for some, to be irresponsible. I sometimes suffer low dosages of some of the above symptoms and when I do I just take a break. Often, within a couple of minutes of turning off the computer, the folly of my blinkered negativity hits me and I laugh it off. Other times a longer break is called for. I hope Smiles won't stay away for long. Most people here fully appreciate his kindness, humour and integrity - which, I can assure you, is the real Smiles.

[catawampuscat]

I have recently had my differences with Smiles and the V.I., but this forum would be a duller place without them and I hope to
see both back in due course..Now, if the moderators want to throw out the trash and rid this board of useless total assholes, how
about the revolting troll.. He should be permanently banned and forced to live with himself for the rest of his life..Well, at least he
will suffer from the second part and that is just punishment for his destructive, twisted, evil postings.. He should be flushed out and
I must stop feeding the revolting troll but one just keeping trying to get rid of the stink, even thou it is pointless... :cat: