Sh.............

Although i've only been here a few weeks at most, i've found you an amusing and charming character, and i will miss your posts. Goodbye!

I still find the forums a great place to learn about new music (have a huge list of bands that i want to hear from these forums), and i think newcomers will miss out on a good source

Take care and good luck with everything

Here I quote Easy Livin', from the "lightbulbs" thread (slightly altered in form):

"2 to say they don’t like the way the forum is going, and that they are leaving the forum forever

the same 2 people to post again 5 days later apparently not having left after all"

2 people: gdub411 and Reed Lover

(please let me be right....)

If you want to see the prog-related stuff, here's the steps:

Click "forums" in the main page.

Instead of instantly going to "discussions not related to music" go to "main discussions" and DO NOT go to "Mariah Carey"

Go to a legitimate topic and post seriously. If you want the thread to be serious, you must be serious yourself.

Limit use of emoticons.

I actually agree with you,Greg. I also withdrew from this forum and stayed away for a while. I debated whether to post a goodbye note or not,but I decided not to. And just like you I also felt/feel that posting here and just "hanging" around takes up far too much of my time and I get bogged down in a lot of silliness. I like the silliness (Hi Velvet!) but nevertheless,I found I started to pay far too much attention to what was going on here and other people's judgements of me and found that my thoughts were revolving around this site to such a degree that I found it difficult to concentrate on anything else. It was almost spooky( Cue the Twilight Zone theme) and that this site had become a monster that was consuming my life,so I felt I had no choice but to leave.

However,it's turning out to be more of a tricky withdrawal process than I had imagined,so I guess either I go cold turkey or I'm "doomed" to stay around here forever!

And don't misunderstand: This is not directed against anyone here,you're a great bunch of people.

Hey Carl, chill man.

I for one am glad of the opportunity to say goodbye to someone who has been giving this site a lot of wisdom and laughs over the months.

In addition gdub has been posting a LOT more than you and I believe, has earned the right to say goodbye to some friends. If you don't like it, you don't have to read the post.

I say this with all due respect to you and indeed gdub.  

I probably won't ever say "HEY I'M LEAVING!!! NEVER COMING BACK!!!" because there's ALWAYS a chance I'll return. I may not have access to a computer, or I may not care for a while, or something. But yes, this is time-consuming. But that's the best part of being a 15-year-old with virtually no after-school activities who can't drive.

You'll probably see less of me later... maybe...

I'm probably hooked for life.

I left and never returned!

Was I dramatic? Course I was-SO WHAT?

Come back soon Greg you daft bugger

Gdub,

Your Leaving me here with all these Euros?  The shame the shame.

I hope your self imposed ban is just temporary but i can see your reason for leaving.  We all get caught up a little too much sometimes.  Best of fortune to you.