For me, being on here has never been for popularity, it has been for discussion and freindship. I spent many years being silent and then one day I decided to start posting a lot more. Now that my marriage has gone for 5 years and my oldest child has started school I have more time to post. I would say that the most popular are the ones that reach out to the new people while maintaining the freindships and relationships they have made. And I think there are at least 100 of you on here that deserve that.
I had someone send in a PM to me about this thread and I will not embarrass that person by saying who it was but they can claim it here, keep quiet or tell me its okay to say it, but this is what was PMed to me.
"rob, even though I dont know you on a personal level I see everything that you write and you seem to be one person that always seems to end a thread war or show with compassion and intelligence your disagreements. I was reading the thread on POPULARITY, ROFL, just call me a sucker to see if I can gt a vote, ROFL, but if there was a poll on the most respected member right now it would be you. You not only are a good person here but hell dude you went to Misssippi (I think I spelled it right) and helped there too. Take care and good luck, PM me anytime" **name withheld cause I dont wanna embarrass anyone 😱
So again, I think everyone here is popular, and I am proud to call all of you my friends.