On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:25:54 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

It's melting away. Check it out.

I tried to make some meaningful, nice, boater friendly responses to some of
the messages, but all the threads are gone. Like ... disappeared. Ethereal.

Once upon a time three guys went into a bar. They already had somewhat of a
bad reputation, but they attempted to close the bar by starting fights and
making slurs. They didn't get it closed, so they tried harder. Just one of
them would make 50+ slurs in a single day, almost every one supported by
the other two (or sometimes three).

They would then go into a different bar, owned by a different guy, and find
the same people there. In this bar, the three guys and the owner expected
to find sweetness, gentleness, honey and roses from the same people who had
put up with their slurs in the first place.

Strangely, some of the ill will went into the new bar also.

Hard to understand.

But, there you go.

What A Friendly Angel!