Hi everyone,My apologies but I had 2 events in the last week to 10 days that really made me pause for some reflection. The first was a car accident involving my wife where she was parked at a red light on her way to work and some guy fell asleep at the wheel behind her and hit her from behind. My wife never saw it coming and got a pretty good case of whiplash. She is going to be OK but I have been driving her around most places the past week or so. The 2nd event was pretty disturbing. We lost a friend from HS who decided to end his life. It's the 3rd person from my graduating class in the last 12 months to take their life. I knew this man better than the previous 2 so it hit me a lot harder and it made me pause and think about things. He was by all accounts a healthy person who was gainfully employed, had a long time g/f, no kids, rode motorcycles, we are just shocked that he would want to take his life. It was very sad because he sent out an email/post to all of us and you start reading it and by the end of the 1st few sentences you quickly knew this was a final statement. I hope you'll forgive me and understand why I have been noticeably absent. We have had posters with worse scenarios the last couple weeks and I really didn't want to take anything away form their situations so I steered clear of the FFA. I have posted here and there in some threads but I just haven't had the time to do what I want for the weekly thread I like to post up. It is really time consuming. Separate issues...I read the other thread and I saw that Just Cuz was brought up. I actually liked his posts but what you all did not see is that he was using the PM function to attack folks especially mods such as Aaron. If I had been in Aaron's shoes I would have banned the guy months ago. I'm sure he will find his way back to the boards under an alias of some kind. Secondly, I agree that the boards have changed a lot but let's be honest, it's been almost a decade and people change. Posters that were in college originally are now married with kids and a big mortgage, probably don't have the time to check in and post like they used to do. It is what it is and the only thing we can do is try and post interesting topics that make folks want to engage and post. There is too much putting down of other folks opinions but the report function is there and can be used if you need it. I wouldn't abuse it but occasionally we get some folks who lose their minds momentarily...I have done that myself a few times. I don't know when I will have the next thread up but hopefully soon. I appreciate the kind words everyone. -MOP