Man what a sad turn of events. Folks turning on each other, little pot stirrers running off good people. I have been very thankful to find this forum, and very thankful to Joanie for providing us with such a great place to exchange ideas and for beginners like me to learn so much. Even made some friends here.

As long as someone keeps it going, pop ups or not, trolls and pot stirrers or not, and as long as there are good people willing to laugh or ignore the silliness, I will be here. Though a couple have gotten to me once or twice, I refuse to get very upset at words on a screen. We walk through a world of jerks everday to get to the ones we like and respect, and it can be done here too.

Das all, I step off now.

Joanie,
same as Bryan and Ron.
Thanks

I've seen a similar dynamic on any number of discussion sites. If the people who are really interested in discussing the topic for which this forum was created would stop engaging the people who post here only to ruffle feathers, the troublemakers wouldn't get their kicks anymore. Troll postings are just real-time spam. I bet you don't reply to spam emails. Apply the same thing here and watch the forum get back on its feet.