Now for the rest of the story.

[rhettyeakley]

Andrew, I don't feel that there is any need for you to take a leave or anything like that, but if you feel like you have to then do what makes you happy.

You and I have never had any transactions & you seem like a very passionate collector, something we need more of around here (not less.) What I say here is not a slight towards you or an attack of any kind, just some observations.

It just seems like you came on the site a bit strong for some people (I think). Most new posters here tend to post every once in awhile and slowly assimilate themselves into the community, and eventually they may or may not become one of the regular posters on the forum. I personally have been posting since the old Full Count forum that preceeded this one, and I have "Known" many of these guys on this forum for 10-15 years. This forum almost becomes like a semi-family atmosphere (this is not always a good thing) where when a newcomer makes too much noise it might ruffle some feathers, which is what I think happened w/ the whole Jason thing. Jason has been a valued memeber of this forum (and the hockey forum) for a # of years and many know him personally (I do not but have had positive tranasctions w/ him in the past) so I can understand why a few may be a little harsh when you "called him out"

If you feel like you need to take a short leave of absence then that is up to you, but we do appreciate peoples passion for this little hobby of ours and I stand by what I said earlier, we need more collectors rather than less.

-Rhett