Nick Knight wrote:
In , on 12/03/2009
at 01:40 PM, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com said:

The idle chitchat and sometimes
licentious banter serve to cement individuals together and make them
more human, not just members of a panel discussion. I've been
around here for several years, and during that time there has always
been plenty of OT material.

Sheesh. And there will always be plenty of crime. The quantity
doesn't make it right, or desirable. That can't be used as an excuse
to create more crime.

Sorry, Reid has hit it smack on the head. I could start posting
about my nose hairs, or select a more dazzlingly disgusting topic,
and I'm sure I could get some replies brewing. How thrilling that
would be.

There's no reason to bump up the volume with off topic garbage. And
that's what the majority of threads end up being. Usually, 2 people
(sometimes 3) talking amongst themselves about nothing coin related.
That's what email is for.

Goodness, Nick, by posting as you just did, you have engaged in the very
activity that you condemn.

In my view, a person with only one dimension, whatever it may be, is not a
person I'd care to hang with for very long. Unless that one dimension
happened to be beer, he'd be a pretty lonely guy in most any crowd. Call
off-topic conversations garbage if you wish, but they are a necessary
component of human interaction. You do desire to interact with humans and
not automatons, I presume.

James