Sam,

First of all, I do not kiss up to anyone (Except maybe my wife!)

Actually, I am not a part of the "tight knit group" as you describe it even though I have been a club member for close to seven years. I am basically inactive when it comes to collecting right now. I have never managed to make it to the convention and I may never. And I have only met one other chipper face to face. So I have absolutely nothing to gain by kissing up to anyone.

I am just tired of all the contentious threads here on the chipboard and I have a hunch that there are a lot of other people that feel the same way. It would appear that there is one individual that is instigating a lot of it. My spare time is very short, I enjoy keeping up with chips news on the board, but I do not have time to wade through all the drivel.

Cheers!
Bill