I dunno.

After taking a look several times today I'm more deceived than I was the first time I looked in there.

Deceived was the first word that plopped in my head, not sure if it is the one I should use.

But for instance. In advance, we heard the gushy proclamations on how this "new" and "improved" forum would be coming soon............

Not very long in advance by the way.

About long enough to generate a couple hundred posts on what it would mean to the forum-mostly from regulars with a sprinkling of ...........you ever heard of these guys?..........non-regs.

The camp was pretty much divided as you would expect, old guys-no change.........new guy (s) - this current BT is antiquated, hard to use, backward.

Now, that might have been the case when they first changed to Prospero, but not now that we had used it for several yrs. We could follow threads, got notified of replies, picture posting seemed easy, cripes-no problemo's.

So alright, questions are asked and no replies of substance.
No preview, no noth'in.

We started to see the problems as the launch date kept getting moved back. When a link to the Threads Gardening and Cooking groups popped up, we got a first hand look on what was to come.

Admittedly I thought to myself, well-there's always this place in case the bottom drops out. And as usual, we would have been here, door unlocked and chips and peanuts in the bowls.

We should have marketed it better but look what happens. Dino took the dour end in sight and conjured up BT Classic.
What a genious idea! They've had huge numbers over there, then the onslaught of the Cooks and Gardeners! Man, just like a refuge camp on the border.

And what an appropriate place-the same old software-easier than all get out. Instant welcome! Gotta hand it to the old speedo.

And what it shows is that much of the real life of these forums are all about the comraderie, the community. Leftists and those backward Republican conservative right wingers all cojoling around the fire-arm in arm...........man, what a beautiful site.

With mass disaster comes an assembly of the oddest combinations. Way different than what happened here during the couple purges from BT. There was no mass hysteria, just the ejected and their buds. So, what happens? They start up again going at each other. (after a brief bludgeoning of Taunton).

Timing is everything.

And sorry for rambling on. I just had this epiphany and you were the poor bastard I told it to.

Merry Christmas!