It's one thing to not agree with an opinion, to tear at a guy's very soul with a condescending attitude, that's simply rude but not a first.

MD, I think you've highlighted one of the major problems with a bulletin board. Without seeing a person in the eyes and watching how they say something we are left to interpret the words they type as they are. For many Englsh is not their first language, For others, written communication may not be their forte and for others again, a comment that if spoken might be intended as an innocent jab, however on the screen it comes across as a complete and blatant insult. Then we all know what happens, it simply escalates beyond reasonable.

I'd bet if we were all honest with ourselves we would recognise that we've all been guilty of that at one point in time. Ump's exchanges with 2fast are one example and remember it always takes 2 to dance the tango

I've had the benefit of meeting several posters from these boards, Crowlee included, and it certainly takes a lot of guessing out of interpreting words when you know who the person is.

Let's see if we can keep it all together so the Vegas party doesn't turn out to be a bun fight ;)

As for risk taking? isn't that why we're all here? but as you implied mitigating risks is howyou win the game.