[Running On Empty]

This is the kind of reasoned approach that I look for in pepole who post here. I thank you for it.

I am one who may make “drive-by” posts—which have been alluded to on the forum. That’s because my time is very limited, and if I have something I want to reply to, I have to keep it short and to the point. That puts me in the category of those who read much more than they respond. For this reason, if I find that posters don’t have in mind some of the things you have pointed out in this excellent post, I will be encouraged more to turn away than to participate and to be repelled by an ungracious post than to gain from it.

Thanks again.

[Quix]

I’ll record that as not in favor of such.

Thanks.

[Between the Lines]

I believe the majority of us have to squeeze our FR time in between our work, family, church and other obligations.

I am on call 24/7 with my job. Whenever the phone rings, I am on the clock. Quite often I even have to get out of my nice comfortable chair in front of my computer and go do real work outside my home. : ) Sometimes I only work eight hours a week and sometimes I don't get eight hours rest.

I am sure there are many who wonder why I just disappear in the middle of a conversation here not to return for hours or even days. And I am certain that when it happens they think they have won the argument. : )

I have been called a hit and run poster many times. Even more so when I am the one who posted the thread then disappears.