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My point is valid. You both kind of missed it. Wondering off into FR joining dates vs date of birth for the thread, and what constitutes a “flame” territory. Entirely misses the point.

Your ping list, since 2004, against the number of FR members who snort at the green thumb thread just as I do can’t be estimated, because they mutter an expletive and move through the page.

I do appreciate the years long history though, of the bandwidth sucked up at a hard news website.

If you are monthly contributers, please, drone on. I wish you all the band width you can get by with draining. For all I know, Jim may grow tulips and ivy and may sing for joy sharing his website with spades and Miracle Grow debates.

Have a blessed Advent. Rita

Well, rita, if the sh*t ever hits the fan it will be the bandwidth mooching monthly donor folks like us who are keeping our neighbors fed.

It’s an ant and grasshopper kind of thing.

Now that you have made your disdain for the topic abundantly clear, I would respectfully ask that unless you have something positive to add to the conversation that you refrain from posting on this thread in the future.

Peace out.

Well, rita, if the sh*t ever hits the fan it will be the bandwidth mooching monthly donor folks like us who are keeping our neighbors fed.

It’s an ant and grasshopper kind of thing.

Now that you have made your disdain for the topic abundantly clear, I would respectfully ask that unless you have something positive to add to the conversation that you refrain from posting on this thread in the future.

Gosh, Rita, are there vast roving bands of Freepers SNORTING away at threads they believe unjustified?

I usually just ignore threads of no interest to me--life is too short to wander through them and belittle people whose hobbies and interests do not intersect with my own.

Hint: Conservatism is about individuality, among other things. One hobby does not suit all.

Rita: I don’t understand your desire to denigrate this thread, and to ping JimRob to each reply. Jim Robinson has been gracious through the years to allow non-political threads to exist on here, posted by the same people that post or reply to the more political threads. He allows for religion threads to be posted, threads that sometimes attack his own church and his own church is flamed to the nth degree, on his own website. Also on here are weekly joke threads, football, baseball, NASCAR, F-1, music threads of all kinds, movie threads and on and on. Jim Robinson is well aware of what is on FR and he allows 99.9% of all threads to continue.

As far as monthly donors, I cannot say about others, but, yes, I am a monthly donor and I also bump each FReep-a-Thon: how about you? Are you a regular donor? Or do you ride for free?

I am thinking of committing to doing a weekly thread about a hobby interest of mine, but have not made a decision. I will ask JimRobinson’s permission before I do. Perhaps you, too, could do a weekly thread for people that like to complain about the useless non-political threads on FR and the people that post to them, maybe even get them Zotted.

I am off to see the Museum of Natural History with my lovely and wonderful wife today, so if you care to flame me, please excuse me for not replying until sometime in the late evening.

I am not going to call you any nasty names or anything like that; I have learned some restraint as I age. I hope that you have a great day today too, and don’t have to see any frivolous threads that offend you.

R_D

Good idea about writing a letter to your grandchildren that includes directions for growing their own vegetables.

You know they are going to need that soon if things continue the way they are.