Originally Posted by
bagold
I'm not sure if it is because they don't fly much anymore of that FT has changed and the oldies have been turned off by the current bunch of FTers. I still remember when FT was a small friendly bunch of people who freely posted without worrying about being flamed all the time!

You are spending too much time on the BA Board. Although the QF and CX boards are smaller and have less characters with eccentricities, they also tend to be more constructive and friendlier, in just the way you describe.