Re: "And wasn't it a long way down . . . ."

"Jon Yaeger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> As Patrick himself said, this N.G. was quite a different place 6 months
ago.
>
> The posts then were mostly good-natured and helpful.  The majority shared
an
> interest in the topic and some restraint if not respect for other
> participants.  The overall content was informative, engaging, and useful.
It
> was a great example of the best of what N.G.s could offer.
>
> Now I hardly recognize it.
>
> I've long since plonked Jute & Allison so all I see are responses to their
> usual fetid sputterings.  Any technical contributions are far outweighed
by
> their madness and vitriol.
>
> Ruud seems like a nice fellow, but I suffer from left brain dominance and
> can't seem to follow his stream-of-consciousness ramblings or whatever it
is
> that he submits far too frequently.  Nor do I care to.
>
> Apparently, Lord Valve enjoys a great reputation in the business but most
of
> what he offers here lately is off-topic political rantings of the
> unimaginative, knee-jerk xenophobic type which have 0% to do with tubes.
> He's soon to join the ranks of the invisible . . . .
>
> I'm delighted to have MDHJWH join us. It's refreshing to have someone as
> witty on board.  However, Dear, the subject matter at hand is THERMIONIC
> VALVES, not seminiferous tubules . . . . .
>
> And Patrick.  Patrick is a marvelous fellow who has been tremendously
> helpful to me and others.  I don't want to seem an ingrate, but his
compass
> is broken lately.  Many of us have BEGGED him to rise above the crap but
he
> can't or won't disengage.
>
> The dynamic is a lot like the perpetual McCarty/Morein feud in R.A.M.
which
> has utterly destroyed that N.G.  If you catch Morein offline he seems like
a
> nice fellow but is on some twisted mission to "out" McCarty and no amount
of
> reason, logic, etc. can deter him.  I fear that both he and Patrick are on
> comparable missions which end up being 100% destructive and totally
abhorred
> by everyone else.  Unfortunately and ironically neither can see it
himself.
>
> How about a 48 hour moratorium on O.T. posts and insult contests?  Just
for
> old time's sake . . . . . ?
>

Here is one regular lurker and occasional contributor who is very rarely
lurking these days.  What a load of crap this has become.  I agree with Jon,
six months ago it was another group.