I think Barefoot has a good point about a lot of people just move on.
TOTV is still a good source of information.
But over time you "settle in" and don't need as much info.
You also get busy doing your own thing.

I will admit I miss a lot of the "regulars" who frequented this forum.

Always a good idea to stay away from politics and religion. 😁

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Might as well say something I've felt for quite some time...

IMHO, adding the political forum was a huge mistake. It's nasty, serves no useful purpose, and detracts from the integrity of ToTV.

Remember...this is MHO. :)

I do connect less in the summer. Some just get cranky in the heat

And is about to get nastier.... Personally, I say away from this forum.

Agree on both counts.

I think, too--and I don't know why--that the forum is more lively during the busy season but gets a bit lethargic along with the rise in temperature and snowbird departure.

My dogs don't poop in the summer, either.

Too hot to work up a sweat

Bringing back Political Talk was a good thing and something I looked forward to when signing on each time. TOTV was wise to establish the format they had when they re-established it; albeit I wished they had at least allowed a poster to edit his/her comments.

Having said that yesterday's comments on a Political Talk post tried my patience once too many times. So my last post on Political Talk was an announcement of taking a break from Political Talk. The reason was at least one poster who continually posts hateful moronic comments .

The desire to post hateful remarks on TOTV isn't for the most part the reason for anonymity. In my view people just like their privacy. Indeed the years spent on TOTV have taught those types are few and far between.

Returning to Political Talk you have heard my "in our family you were required to debate politics and religion, it was cooking debates that got you into real trouble. You have witnessed the cooking debacle on these pages may time via restaurant discussions, etc.

As to boring no because the true value in my view is listening (reading) what other people think, its how they reason, etc.

I was at a mall yesterday and noticed a guy with a cigar in his mouth and I made comment that I'll bet he liked to light that up. He smiled and said no stopped smoking 40 years ago but still like to chew the darn things. From there I learned his career choice had been academia and from there about a half hour conversation

Free speech is guaranteed to offend somebody but free speech is also an invigorating exercise which fills that vacuum we call knowledge and which we have a right to retain or expel.

As to moderators, well they have a tough job but rules are rules and when one signs on they agree to the rules. beside if a moderator strikes one of my post s/he may have done me a favor by preventing me from making a jerk of myself:D

Personal Best Regards:

Rubicon. Most of the time I just like you, but sometimes I just love you.

Whoever you are Mr or Mrs Polar Bear I agree with you and always agree with you :highfive: but what else would faceless political wizards be doing with their free time? :cryin2: Ruining the other threads. Let them stay in their dirty little sandbox. If they can't put their name on it then its just fluff anyway.

I have felt like throwing up from some of the recent stuff on the political board. It is hardly boring though.

I am on the various Facebook groups of Villagers at least the ones I know about. But will stay on TOTV as well as I have been on here since July 2007.

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Good points as usual, Nucky. And...even though I'm not a fan of the political forum...I do believe in free speech. So maybe it has its (kinda weird) place. LOL. And it's easily ignored. :)