I'm glad your back surgery went well Bob. And I do know it's tough to sit for long after this procedure. So I am glad to help out by returning temporarily as a co-moderator for you while you recover. I am able to sit significantly longer now after several weeks of broken tailbone healing, but still have a ways to go yet.

I have briefly brought up some ideas to Bob about opening up member discussion threads about improving the board demeanor. It seems to go in cycles somewhat, and it has deteriorated a little lately. By this I am refering to bashing, name calling, being overly argumentive past a fair or productive level, and overly reactive to posts that offend you. I am right in there with some of you guys about needing to clean up my act some (maybe that's why Bob mentioned to be nice to me - I've been gettin into it with a few people here lately). smile

I have to leave to Dad's house for dinner right now - running late - but later I will put up some threads for us to mull over a better direction for this BB to take, where needed. Or go ahead and post some ideas in this thread anytime. - Overall things are going quite well otherwise.

I also have some ideas for having regular contests on the BB here. We've done some already (jigs - spelling), and we're open to any sugestions for more of them, in this thread or a new thread. ... One idea I have is for a small committee of fishing experts to come up with a challenging 25 +/- question fishing quiz. I would seek sponsors for some significant prizes; including a quality rod or more. The challenge would be finding 3 other experts to join me to make up the quiz plus consensus answers - because I think most would rather try the contest. Need your help on this one Bob, so we only need one or two other quiz makers.

..... Oh ya, I can't wait to delete posts by Ryan and Os. laugh ... jk

..... And to find out the identity of anonymous bashers. cool ... just kidding about that too. Maybe. wink

RT

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