Gis,

I moved over from the RB board after returning to check it out after a long hiatus only to find that it was completely taken over by a bunch of screaming kids who seem mostly interested in calling each other names. Most of the posters there will only hear good news. Any information which appears to go against the predominant bullish opinion of the board leaders is either ignored or, more than likely, attacked. I started this board only recently when I discovered that other message boards here like Falcon Oil have much more respectful and well-informed posters. The only complaint I have is that Agoracom has a ridiculous rating system which is basically a high school popularity contest. A few posters who may take exception to a post or simply want to play games can now prevent other members from ever becoming presidents or vice presidents by assigning a 1.00 to that member. I don't know how I offended someone on another board but I fell from 4.00 to 1.70 in a matter of two days. Moreover, unfortunately only a very few members even bother to use the rating system. This results in a few superstars on a board with most of the other members relegated to minor roles in the system. I am far too old to care about this but as a retired college professor who actually taught advanced statistics and experimental design a fatally flawed rating system does aggravate me.

Thanks for checking into this board. I hope that some of us can actually discover some nuggets of truth in all the bs that encompasses this company.

Have a great day

Doc