Wood, I would simply reply what Rich just said. This forum is about helping and sharing about model trains. Too often it becomes about the poster themselves whether it be their gripes, their experiences, or just plain griping. I am so glad that this forum is available to help my learning curve and make my own modeling more realistic, easier to troubleshoot problems, and to see how others do.
I think that part of what we are seeing too is the "new" format of the forum topics. It use to be that one might only go to certain areas in which you might be interested. Now, with every recent post being popped up on the opening page in a queue, more people venture in to each one allowing more questionable posting.
As always, some people come and go on the forum. We have lost some great posters in the past who contributed a lot of their skills to the forum. None usually though to the pettiness that is sometimes shown more recently.
Rick
