Sam's right about the thick skin part. I don't worry about what people say about me, but I guess I need to worry about the negative effects on this forum. With a new year coming up, I think I will resolve to avoid posting anything contraversial or stupid, stupid, stupid.

On another matter:
As I sit here, all of our Christmas presents are still under the tree at home, 170 miles to the east. After Sunday, we will have a chance to go home for a couple of days, light the fake fireplace, make a cup of hot tea, and enjoy Christmas. I'll be thinking of everybody here on RinkWorks.


> > I suspect the days where anybody can post under any username are over.
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> > But it is regrettable to me that the step has to be taken. This board has been up nearly ten years now -- since summer of 1998 -- and it has never had or required a registration system. In 1998, this was not especially remarkable, but what other significant registrationless forum do you know of that remains in operation today? I'm sure there are more, but they are few and hard to come by.
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> I've been wondering about that off and on for some time. The occasional spammer is not too bad, but it seems like the frequency of negative incidents is increasing. We've had a mighty good run with the current setup, but sometimes things just have to change.