It is very difficult to reply to this post without incurring a flood of disparaging comments. I will, however, give it a shot.
This board is often very unfriendly. This may only be perception, because we are dealing with a number of problems. One of the problems being that many people have not met each other, and that we are dealing with written words, not face to face interaction. Without the body language of face to face discussion we are left with just words. It is impossible to have a correct interpretation of what a poster really means. Some posters have left this board because they are sick and tired of the personal attacks made by a couple of know it alls.
Some of the people who reply to every post usually by subtly ridiculing the person making the post do not have all the answers. Yet they make a person feel small by making assertions, which are not backed up by fact. These folks do not admit that there may be other valid ways to approach a problem. When an honest question is posted, the person posing the question is often derided by these "know it alls".
That is the crux of the problem. There are usually several approaches to problems. I myself when answering a post will be offering a method that has worked for me. What works for me is usually a less expensive, and simple solution. Yet when I dare to offer this simple and often inexpensive solution it is almost always denegrated by one of the "know it alls".
And yes I am very much bothered by the often glaring misuse of the English language. I find it difficult to read posts with spelling errors. I have the urge to correct these errors, but have found that instead of helping people they feel offended. Therefore, I have mended my ways by not mentioning these errors.
Anyway those are some of my feelings about the lack of discussion on this board.
