IMHO: too much negativity. We all share something fun and valuable here

[CameronTaylor]

I second, third and fifth (liquid) the above that this is the politest forum on the net that I've ever read or seen. It's edumacational too.
Imagine how boring a read it'd be though if we all agreed about everything all the time, there'd be very little to talk about except when Hamish's next kilt comes out and who's where on Matt Newsome's list.
At first I though Grant's avatar was a rock ...


CT - but the lawn got mowed

[ChattanCat]

I second, third and fifth (liquid) the above that this is the politest forum on the net that I've ever read or seen. It's edumacational too.
Imagine how boring a read it'd be though if we all agreed about everything all the time, there'd be very little to talk about except when Hamish's next kilt comes out and who's where on Matt Newsome's list.
At first I though Grant's avatar was a rock ...


CT - but the lawn got mowed

CT, I dissagree

[slohairt]

The knowledge shared on this forum is valuable indeed. Looking for information (about any topic) on other forums can be quite a headache. The degree of openness and frank discussion is a welcome change as well. Sure, there's some negativity, but it could be a lot worse. Really.

The Babe stories and dog sporran idea made me remember a story my wife told me:

My wife spent most of her early years on a farm in Manitoba. It was a small farm, not a hobby farm, but one of those farms with at least one representative of each type of farm animal. One day her father brought home a cow. He told her and her siblings, "Don't get attached to it. We're fattening it up for slaughter." Before long, the children had named it Billy, and greeted it everyday after school, like it was a pet. One day, they came home from school and poor Billy was hung up to drain! A very harsh way to learn the realities of life!

For weeks after, whenever the family had beef for dinner, my future father-in-law would refer to it as "Billy-burgers", "Billy-steak", Billy roast"... you get the idea. It's kind of sad and funny at the same time. I love animals but I cried with laughter when he told me the story! (He tells the story better than I do, I think he's a reincarnated Welsh bard.)