[Dog Gone]

No, the ridicule took place later in the thread. While I wasn't close to Poohbah, he made hundreds of excellent posts during his stay here and I'll miss his contribution.

While I'll happily ridicule the newbie opus or the fruitcake opus, I have a different attitude about the oldtimer opus. First, I don't want to wonder what happened to them; why they disappeared. And secondly, it's a little like a funeral and a discussion thread as to whether their reasons were valid.

Is it selfish or egotistical to publish an opus? In most cases, probably. But FR was important to most of them and it's their way of cutting the cord. If they didn't mean something, they'd be completely ignored.

[beezdotcom]

Is it selfish or egotistical to publish an opus? In most cases, probably. But FR was important to most of them and it's their way of cutting the cord. If they didn't mean something, they'd be completely ignored.

I suppose - but it seems that an old timer would better serve EVERYONE (including themselves) to say, "I'm THINKING about leaving, and here's why..." If you really care about FR, why wait until you're fed up enough to leave before you pontificate?