[MrHackula]

Hello GreenGuy,

I wish I had no idea what you were talking about. I really, really do. I can't say that. We have been going against the flow for 7+ years now.

Your board goes against the flow... That is a good thing. If you have forgotten what the flow looks like, there is always GFY for a quick reminder.

This isn't GFY. The reason it isn't is because you make an effort to improve the current state of affairs. Evolution is bullshit. If you leave a board alone, it becomes GFY. It rots. Leave an apple on the table it doesn't evolve into a lamp, it rots. Same same.

There is only so much you can do. I am finally learning that.

I dissappear from the boards frequently for a reason: too many sites. I finally got the damn clue that I am neither immortal nor can I change the world single handed.

I am changing things and learning to program a bit. One day I realized that automation is the key to my sanity, and it is coming along day at a time.

I am not going to tell you how much I love you, what a good person you are or how much you have done for everyone else. You know these things, and to hear them again will not fix the assholes of the world.

You ever notice how much time people in this business spend telling you how to run your business? Usually people who haven't made 1% of your income? I don't have the TIME to tell anyone else what THEY should do, where do they find the time?

The minute these assholes sense a friendly soft-spot they try to take and abuse their way into it until you are left bloody and near death... All from trying to help.

What is the answer? Stop helping? No. Stop tolerating shit. Yes.
Nothing GOOD comes easy... NOTHING.

You want to do something better than the rest in this business and you will always be astonished at the number of people that will come out of nowhere to discourage you. Their sole purpose in life seems to be smashing the life out of any idea that actually improves the business. Nobody knows why. They would benefit as well, and they know it. Still, they will abuse your trust until you just stop trusting.

Man, this is turning into a rant. Suffice it to say I know the feeling, and feel your pain.

If you would like, and know a good programmer, I have a suggestion or two for easing your board related stress level. If you think I am just another knucklehead with a half assed bullshit, unworkable idea, see the thread about de-cheating HQHost. Those were the simple ones. ;-)

Opti is an absolute genius, if you don't know anyone else. (SO sayeth the elephant)

How I deal with it: Don't let them win. Get mad, stay mad, give them a bigger headache than they gave you. Learn their tricks and beat them using their own tactics. Become a total and complete tyrant, but only to those people. Learn to see them coming. Find ways to make them miserable before they even know who you are. Make it more work than it is worth to get into a position to trouble you. Most of all:

Illegitimi Non Carborundum.

At your service,

Mr. H.