I'll have you know I'm listening to the drummer right now. My son Erik is becoming very adept on the sticks and is in his room shaking the walls as I type. Azthumper?

I really wish I did have some effect on this forum but it really is made up with pig-headed individuals, certainly a trait I've been accused of throughout my life. We're all for the most part old dogs as well and we all know that saying.

The most I ever hope for on here is entertainment and exercise. If anything more comes from it such as an occasional real connection like I have with you, ER, and others that's just gravy. It's all in the expectations. Even with the "friends" I've made and the community we seem to have I keep it all in perspective since, other than my friend Daren who's recently joined, I've never met a one of you in person. My guess is we're all a bit more exciting, confrontational, and talented on here than we might be in real life. That goes along with the virtual anonymity.

I hope we can turn CE around. Almost every day I go on there recently, there's someone posting something in a way where you can tell they're just itching for a bloody fight. That just seems so absurd give that we have the Flame area for just that.

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