the good old days were really good - the good new (present) days I judge as good as the old ones (some things got worse, others got much better).

I meet new pleasant FlyerTalkers online daily - I meet new pleasant FlyerTalkers in person at least once a month (in August a total of 12 FlyerTalkers will visit us at our Wengen place, in individual small groups of 2 or 4).

I like the way FlyerTalk did (and still does) grow.

Looking back, I believe that while the absolute number of 'trolls' (by any ones definition) increased, the percentage of such decreased - and my own FlyerTalk-friends-address book just got past 1'000 addresses lately.