OT : Where have they gone ?

baseballart · #1 03-01-2012, 03:37 AM

Kawika is certainly an international man of mystery

barrysloate · #2 03-01-2012, 05:59 AM

I emailed Dave a while back and asked him why he left the board, but I never heard back from him. Maybe he never got the email.

docpatlv · #3 03-01-2012, 07:11 AM

Was also wondering where Kawika has been hiding out.

Whatever happened to Jim VB?

He used to post frequently, can't remember the last time I've seen him post.

Leon · #4 03-01-2012, 11:28 AM

My guesses would be that David M. is taking a bit of a break but hopefully will be back. There was some controversy over an item he had bought and he got quite disenchanted with the hobby at that time. Some people actually want a hobby to be relaxing and not stressful. I hope he comes back when he is ready to.

As for Jim VB, I think he still reads the board but I also think I upset him about a year ago with a "public names" issue. It was one of those threads where I said everyone had to have their names in it and I put his in it, much to his dismay. I apologized but also said I was trying to be fair and everyone had to adhere to the same rule.
I know he reads the board and if you are reading Jim, I hope you will come back and post when you are ready to. I really didn't mean to piss you off and even went back and tried to help. You were always one of my favorite posters. I admit I have made some mistakes on the board and how I handled that issue could have been much better. Live and learn.

There is no doubt the way this board is managed, and I take almost all of the criticisms and responsibility for it (with some help from the other mods) upsets some people. For that reason they would rather not participate. I understand. The only redeeming quality is that, as I have continually said, we are getting a lot of new members every month (exactly 70 new ones last month) and they take some of the slack of folks that leave. This is not a board to bitch and moan on if you don't want your name made public. If you don't mind your name being out there, when it needs to be, then this is as open of a board as I think there is.

barrysloate · #5 03-01-2012, 01:02 PM

Another poster who seems to have disappeared is Steve M. (jacklitsch). Maybe he has posted recently and I missed it, but I think he may have left.

I also saw one of Bruce's emails recently that was forwarded to me by a friend. I've been directing all of his emails to my spam folder because he bombards me with his politics and I don't appreciate it. I've asked him to stop but....well you know the answer to that one already. But he feels the board is missing out by not being able to read his informative posts, and stated that he has received hundreds of emails supporting him. So maybe it's time for him to return.