Liie Blonde Bomber, I feel Flyertalk is still useful to me, and in fact I know a little more now where to look and whose posts to click on for those helpful items. Things continue to change as people come and go, but that is the nature of things. If I could change some things I would rather see far less whining ("what it used to be," " why are people leaving," etc.) and less assertive discourtesy. But I cannot change those things, so I have to live with them. I try to live with them on FT as I do in the air.... ignore them, and speak out when they get too obnoxious to ignore.