[Miss Behave]

And that's OK, for you. But you sure expended alot of energy skating the boards (hockey term,) to get to your crux and true sticking point.

To me, it's just not much of a biggy. But that's me. I use many resources of this board, all the while gaining much knowledge in its newsworthiness and interaction afforded, and am happy to give back a little to help defer that cost of my use--without breaking a sweat. I DO NOT begrudge anyone who cannot.

The Freepathon is going along swimmingly, and for that, as is true for many other FReepers and lurkers I'm sure, is a good thing. No down sides that I can see.

[general_re]

Well, it really wasn't my original point - I found it quite by accident as I was trying to figure out if the TS stuff was having an impact or not. The jury's still out on that, I guess, but it seemed odd to me that there was what appeared to be extra money out there. I don't begrudge JR for supporting himself off of FR if need be - I'm sure running this place is a full time job, and the guy's gotta eat. But when the numbers appear funny, I have to ask what's going on. It seems that nothing's going on, and I just missed the answer to my question somewhere, so if anyone wants to help point me to it, I'll just shut up about it. Really.

[general_re]

I should add, I suppose, that I'm not interested in somehow shutting down the fundraising, or making FR go away somehow. I enjoy posting here, I have many friends here, and I'd be disappointed to see it go away. I just don't see it as unfair or off-limits to find out what we're being asked to support.