Gentlemen,

This is a private forum and we do not know all the facts surrounding these issues. The mods here have the very tough job of overseeing more posts than we care to count. It is not an easy job and in most cases a thankless one. So much goes on behind the scenes that we are not privy to. All of the mods and admins that I have had dealings with have been very fair and patient people.

I do like R3 and Iany both and they also have very strong opinions about their views. I try to look beyond the post and see the overall person making it. A lot of us have strong opinions but some feel the need to vocalize it more than others. Each of us has something that we bring to this forum everyday that makes XS a very exciting place to visit. Sometimes tempers get heated and things are said or implied that can be taken wrong since we can not see the face of the person involved.

I have learned so much in so many areas from this great forum and the great people that frequent it that I hate to see any of them leave or have hard feelings amongst each other. This should be a place of learning and sharing of ideas not a place to prove who has the biggest epeen or widget. We were ALL noobs at one time and people coming here to learn because this forum is known for it's knowledge base can easily be scared off or worst affraid to ask a question for fear of being made a fool. We all learn something new everyday (if we are lucky) and should welcome the chance to pass on some of the knowledge that this and other forums has given us.

So lets put the past behind us because it IS gone, the future is yet to be and the here and now is all we truly have. We have in some ways become a dysfunctional family as of late and even the closest of relatives fight at times but life is too short to hold a grudge. I lift a glass and salute my fellow XS brethren and hope that we can make this section a fun place to visit again.