the good ole days of lots of laughs on these boards are gone I guess

and the summer months slowed any activity.  Perhaps it will pick up when the economy ticks upward.  Heck, I've had to slow down b/c my fun $$ has shrunk.

When can we get a federal bailout?

Re: Just curious -- Where did all the MEN go ?

Men ... who were designed millions of years ago to A)defend the cave, B)bring the food back to the cave, C)ravish the woman, D)kill anyone attempting to get into the cave to take either the woman or the food, and E)lazily sleep when A B and C have been satisfied, are generally not a chatty lot as opposed to you Girls. We were also designed to be curious observers of female banter (as long as we can lurk in the background and pretend we are not listening for fear of being asked a question that requires an specific answer like "What are you thinking?". Most of the time (maybe around oh, say, 90%) we have "Elevator Music" going on up there, the other 10% is spent trying to get out of the dog house because we did not immediately serve up the expected answer, causing the woman to exhibit great anger. This is one ot the great equalizers women have over us. That's why we Men are generally scared shitless of long running meaningful banter with the opposite sex.