Goodbye Everyone

oh shoot @elliottbnewcombjr I hope you are OK. I had my fair share of medical drama lately. I wish you a smooth recovery...

many of the most practical, sensible advices came from him, he has been always curious and clever. I hope it's nothing health-related and irreversible 

@elliottbnewcombjr I understand and agree with what you are saying about the contrast and I would say audiogon is not a "warm" forum. Maybe because it's a lonely event, audiophiles are generally not the most social people. Also, it's the format: people comment anonymously, and it brings out a very different attitude. We can't even share our phone numbers or emails in direct messages, we are engineered to be strangers here. (it definitely brings out my not so positive side)

I am shocked about DPreview. I read it a lot 20 years ago when I got myself into digital photography and pretty much learned everything there. With cloud space so easy to maintain these days I wonder how and why no one wants to keep together and capitalize on such a large and devoted user base. They are all nerds of some sort!

@wolf_garcia  yes sir! gone gone gone

forbidding users to share their contact info seems the most juvenile thing I have seen on forums, 2nd to the selective moderation

@mbmi you can correct your own post for 30 minutes

ok, now that I see things clearly....

This was a retirement part scam!

:)

part =  party

I think it's a unique and not always harmless skill to know how to work people. I can see how it's frustrating to not able to  Lively Up the place. You can't blame yourself.

(I have 0 of these skills. It reminds me of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, e.g. the bus scene, where Neal couldn't sing anything to be followed and Del hit it off instantly with anyone)

@elliottbnewcombjr  you are good with words! Funny stuff about the weight.