Originally Posted by Semisane (Post 4239398)

As I sit here puffing on my pipe and sipping fifteen year old single malt while perusing the forum I find myself in a melancholy mood.

I miss the days when the forum was much less contentious. The days when there were a lot of range reports posted with target pictures. The days when members posted an experience with some gun or load and it was discussed in a friendly and respectful manner. The days when opinions could be sought and recommendations made without someone's input being ridiculed or engendering rancorous replies.

I find myself enjoying the forum less than I once did. Where I once read every thread start to finish, I now find myself scanning some threads and reading only the comments of members I have come to respect. I find myself totally bypassing all comments from chronic flamers and nitpicking wordsmiths. That strikes me as a sad thing.

Perhaps this downward trend will turn itself around. Maybe when the more congenial weather of Spring arrives more of us will be shooting and posting our results. Maybe we'll discuss the gun/load/results in a lighter mood. I sure hope so.

Originally Posted by MountainDevil54 (Post 4243850)

Its actually been very nice here lately.

Originally Posted by Blackpowdersmoke (Post 4243950)

MD...

Do you feel that the addition of the new sub-forum has any bearing on that? I certainly do.

BPS

Originally Posted by Semisane (Post 4243968)

I don't see how. The nastiness had nothing to do with traditional vs. modern.