Damn, I had to comment here, seeing as how in the past I've been an offender with this subject on a couple of occaissions - mostly through personality conflict with individuals and never due to the great group of people as a whole who make up this great community. I've also apologised profusely several times and at this point in my life wonder what the hell the fuss was anyways. My Bad, to use a recent-learned phrase over here in the US ;-) As visitors here, whether regular or every now and then, we live our lives away from the forum a majority of the time. As such, there is a massive amount of what goes on in our lives that may negatively affect us, and like any place where we feel comfortable with the people around us we like to vent. All of us. It is when that venting either becomes extreme or other people vent back it can get out of hand, as I've both witnessed and been a part of. And yes, some of it IS attention seeking, but in different ways for different people. Some want to hear the "oh, don't go" and others want people to see things the way they do. Some are just tempramental punks who didn't know better - but enough about me.... lol We only see what people type, not what they think. We don't see the mood they are in, whether upset, angry or whatever. We interpret what we read according to OUR OWN mood at the time. Maybe once in a while we all need to sit back and reset our feelings on the other people around us. Trust me, it's a good thing to do. I did it a few weeks ago, indeed let the people involved know how much I admired their work, and feel much better about being here when I do drop in. Admittedly, not much at the moment due to circumstance, but hopefully a lot more soon. Anyways, like usual I've rabbitted on too much. Misha, Good to see your name up there still buddy. I remember those days ;-) Take care all! Mike. p.s. As regarding locking threads, I'm glad the Mods leave it as a last resort. Gives numpties like me a chance to comment. Even if I didn't see it that way in the past. lol.