Cooly I will let you know my opinion when YOU become "too old." Meanwhile just as a precaution I will be sitting in my backyard snow-pile this evening until I chill.
Look to be honest BAP we don't know what's going on in your personal life, and if there is something that might be causing additional distress and/or anxiety then your behavior here is understandable. If not, try to keep your problems in perspective. It's alright to question your position on the forum, nobody said anything against that. On the other hand it's selfish, ironic and hypocritical to complain and go baby about it as you have been doing on this thread when there's people losing their jobs, their families, worse still people dying of hunger. I think despite any comments the whole forum appreciates that at least you are trying to keep a balance and reasonable position in your posting style and have in fact asked its opinion of how it thinks you should modify (or not) said style. But please, be reasonable.
If on the other hand there is something else in your life causing additional anxiety and/or distress perhaps you shouldn't just vent (which is just tiresome for said forum you care about so much) and consider making a thread about it, or PMing people about it. It may not be of a nature amenable to being discussed online here but you know this is an open-minded community which has many times given well-thought out and in-depth analysis, comments and suggestions to people with questions or problems.
The reason I have taken the time to write all this BAP is because you are failing to respond to both light-hearted and serious but at all times honest posts encouraging you to think about your situation differently. Nastiness, denial or lack of acknowledgement are not appropriate ways to respond to friends, but these are some of the ways in which you have responded to friendly comments from a community that knows you well (not just me).
Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish.
