The topic of any import might include discussions regarding a Honda, Toshiba, Husqvarna, Sony, Daewoo, and many other brand names we have shipped in.
I'll take those without argument, CT, but "topic of any import"?? Shouldn't it be importance, or is that some type of slang/abbreviation that they didn't teach me at John Tyler? I tried submitting in a rush during a break, and...well, that's what I get. As for my commentary, I have said (and firmly believe) that it's just a matter of time (tip of the 10 gallon to Randy Travis) before this site and Lance Venta's site are combined into one, and the radio-info/RadioDiscussions.com site, that we have all known so well and enjoyed so much, will be gone. The changes are already happening. No more top 20 markets. No more notifications on any of the games in the arcade, hell...I can't even bold or italicize an end clue without doing it the old school way. I mean, c'mon. The less user friendly this thing becomes, the less people will participate. The less activity we have around here, the more likely it is to be considered no longer worth it to bother with. I don't know, folks. The writing is on the wall, here at The Ranch. WMC sometimes speaks of dark times when "Ken Jennings" was around, but the dark times to me were directly after Doug Fleming passed and his mother took over the site. Now, with the passing of Frank (who was the only person who obviously had any interest of purchasing the site from Streamline), it sure feels like we are traveling down a rather familiar road. Maybe, just maybe, I'm talking out of my ass, but look at how things are shaping up around here right now. When you've got people over a thousand miles away telling one of the sharpest minds in rock radio, who lives, breathes, and gives his soul to the Metroplex, and in my mind, third only to Russ Martin and Cindy Scull as synonymous with 97.1 The Eagle's long history, that he doesn't know or understand what he's talking about? Yeah...this is why I was ready to bid adieu to the whole thing (not just FWG) a few weeks back. I'm perfectly content living and breathing ETX radio. I don't need to watch these listeners, who just want a forum to express themselves, be told they're insignificant. They are much more a part of the equation than most around here are willing to admit. Anyway, there you go. Let me go on ahead and fold up the soap box now and go have a cold Miller Lite or 3.