But seriously, I completely understand, even if I'm not quite ready to follow you out the door. The opportunities for rational, reasonable discourse and disagreement without being disagreeable are few and far between lately, which is why I don't post nearly as often as I used to. There's only a handful of folks around here, maybe a couple dozen, who I can count on for intelligent, informative and witty conversation and friendly banter, and you and Catspaw are two of them. I've learned a lot from both of you. Unfortunately, it's harder to find the wheat for all the chaff.
Kooks, wackos, nutburgers, hatemongers, racists, Pharisees, godless God-hating heathens, tin-foily grassy-knollster General Rippers and other assorted dangerously unbalanced screeching harpies and loons abound around here these days.
What gets me is trying to read what seems to be on the surface an interesting thread only to find pages and pages of single one liners. Useless banter, most of it, with little or no comment about the subject.
A gal at work sent me a few good ones...
10. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.
15. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
18. Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
20. A closed mouth gathers no foot.
22. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.
24. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
Lions and tigers and bears... oh my! You better git while the gittin's good!