I'm not going to give a symposium on cathode ray (picture) tubes on a lottery forum.
If you're really that interested, and if you don't believe me (and you obviously don't), then turn off your computer, get off your butt, go to your local television station and ask to speak with their chief engineer. Then log on again and regale us with your suspicions that he must be in on the conspiracy, since he'll tell you what I've already told you (I guess this will finger me as a member of the inner circle, too. Oh, well...).
I can understand initiating a new thread for a new topic, but this thread has degenerated into common drivel with no constructive value.
Todd started this forum so that people with common interests could get together and share their ideas. He doesn't charge us for basic membership, and yet anytime one of us has a complaint he acts to rectify that complaint ASAP.
I brought this up to illustrate a point:
LotteryPost didn't make its debut as the best lottery forum on the web. It took a lot of work on Todd's part, and most of the members here have certainly done their share to make the forum interesting. We all have a responsibility, to Todd and each other, to keep it that way.
I can't tell anyone here what to post, and it wouldn't be in my interest to try. My personal rule is this: If I have nothing to say, I don't post to that thread. If I do respond, I try to make sure that what I write has something to do with the topic at hand. Most of the time, I write too much, but I always tell you why I'm thinking what I'm thinking, or I back up my opinions and allegations with facts, so that you can see how I reached my conclusions. This is important, I think, because it gives other members a chance to intelligently dispute what I've written, or, in rare cases, to agree with it. I don't like to see one-word posts like "ditto" or "interesting" or "I agree" (yeah, I know, but I don't much care for two-word posts, either).
If I write 800 words to tell you how I feel about a topic, or to give my ideas on the thread of the day, and you take the time to read it, and then respond with, "interesting," what am I supposed to derive from that? Is that all you can think of to say, or do you just hate to type? Tell me why you agree; tell me why you find it interesting. I'd like to know. Your ideas and opinions might spur another member on to respond, or I might have a counterpoint. I realize few people here enjoy writing as much as I do, but you can't expect anyone to take you seriously if you're unable or unwilling to substantiate your opinions and allegations.
LottoMike:
Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" took place at the MTV Awards, not the Superbowl, and yes, the FCC did levy a hefty fine on the network - for lewd and lascivious conduct.