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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I seriously believe that we need a seperate place for all of the silly off topic stuff, because on the one hand it does tend to cause a lot of clutter, but on the other hand it won't and shouldn't totally go away either. I like both, but some people don't. This whole thing can be traced back to one topic, complaining about a non model railroading subject, and has mushroomed into something like 40 topics, including this one. I know that I am guilty of starting one such topic, though I did it in the hope of trying to stop the explosion that has somewhat overrun this forum, as I suspect was the intent of this one. The problem is that sometimes the cure is worse than the disease. If we quietly let it run its course, it should die down. The discontinuance of stars started out as an intelligent discussion of an issue that clearly bothered one person. By the end of the third page, the discussion was pretty much over, and the mockery kicked in. As it reached the end of the fifth page, it had a life of it's own, and was out of control, and was being driven by one of the people who was at the center of the original issue. On the ninth page, I reentered the fray, with the hopes of bringing it to a halt. My comments were like throwing gasoline on a fire. By page 15, I had all but stopped railing against it and was starting to play along. Finally I made a comment that struck a nerve and left me in an awkward position, and I stopped posting there. It felt like forever, I had been having so much fun with the other members, making jokes and reading theirs, that when I stopped, the whole forum felt strange to me. It was like something was missing. This forum is what we make of it. Some people only want serious information, others only fun, but the reality lies somewhere in between. [/quote] This issue over the DOS and NES has polarized a lot of good people on here, and that certainly wasn't the intent. I've worked just about all my life in one of the most intense professions today, Telecom, and because it is so intense, it's taken quite a toll on me and most people I know that work in the bussiness. The abilitiy to find humor in life is a gift that some people are just born with, and others develope that sense, only after years of intensely stressful work. I guess I'm one of the latter, but I'm also one of the fortunate. Many good folks I've known over the years, were never able to do this and suffered because it. There's a definate link between ones stress level and ones health status. If I'm the one that you refer to, as driving the DOS, thats ok, I make no appologies for trying to get people to lighten up and laugh once in while. There's no offence taken if I'm correct, the only thing I would ask is this, come on back over and help add to the count and have some fun at the same time.[:)][:)][:)][:)][:)]If I'm not the one that you refer to, come on over anyway. You're missed.[:)][:)]
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