but so what? I am a big boy and I could handle evenhanded debates with Skeptic. I don't know that he had any disdain for me. I sensed that Skeptic had a background in electrical engineering (EE) as I do. Of course, I also have structures, dynamics, and aerodynamics in my background- I am really well resourced as they say. This allowed me to guide the development of advanced products when most others simply could not.

I think Skeptic was simply frustrated or perhaps even disgusted with the 'see no science, hear no science, speak no science' viewpoints enforced here, or as one moderator gloated, all such activities were 'effectively banished' to the 'Audio Lab Ghetto' (Ghetto was his term) as the wisdom of 'listening to wires' ran rampant here. The amusing development is that those who applauded this 'speak no science improvement' subsequently indicated boredom with this place, which perhaps is what drives the declining web interest and could translate into reduced site income.... an unintended consequence, I am sure. This entire charade makes me think of the Kansas Board of Education's repeated sincere pushes to introduce "Creationism" as a curriculum to be taught alongside the Theory of Evolution...... Life is entertaining if you give it a chance!

Don't pity your life, Audio Dude. I obtained these quite nice leather chairs and table for a total of less than $1200. I suspect some folk here spend $1200 on their wires and they get far, far less benefit, i.e. these tilting, gas-lift chairs are very comfortable and since they can be scooted about they are also very convenient to use. Thinking-outside-of-the-box kitchen furniture, if you will! We have no debts from offspring college tuition, credit cards, or motor vehicles even though we now have a 2007 Camry V6 and a 1998 F150 V8 4X4 with less than 39K on it. We have money simply as the result of not wasting it on debt interest, snake oil, and phony investment schemes. Good real estate investments also helped.