I notice you are a relatively new user Chip compared to others that registered 18 months before you, maybe this is why you have the blinkered views you have of the board now. There was none of this continual bickering when it first started, nor any out and out trolls who found it necessary to chirp in with their 2 pennarth on nearly every thread.

You have averaged over a 1000 posts a month... don't you have a life away from your keyboard?