OT : Where have they gone ?

[Leon]

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.