Bassoon! What kind of monkey do you think I … it’s a musical instrument?
Never mind.
Thanks LIII, I always seen myself as a gadfly amongst this company. I lurked for the first year and a half or so then weighed in when I was sufficiently fortified with a dose of I don’t care. Wretchard nails it when he notes that a number of people were inspired by his writing (and I add his eloquence) to add their own voice, to try it out in an anonymous forum. There were threads that were over four hundred comments long and I think a few topped 1000 (thanks Doug). I felt totally compelled to read every single one of them before I weighed in but got so slogged down, there were threads I could never reasonably keep up with for the sheer traffic. Later I settled into the routine of reading Wretchards commentary then making my first post right out of the shoot without reading any of the comments. Then later I would read the comments, the best I could, then weigh in on the thread if I could be focused and inspired enough to do so. There were times I would skip over overly long posts and skim for favorites. But frankly I have come to really appreciate some of the longer comments and am amazed at the strength of some people’s ideas and abilities to express those ideas. I constantly wonder where people get the time. This thing is addictive and time consuming and I have spent a least one weekend dialed-in. The only thing it isn’t is expensive. Cheers to you Wretchard!