and expenses are up for everything, including gasoline.

Even if you haven't taken a second job to cover gas prices, with business being slow- there's less of the wife running around, less overnight business trips to take, for NYC- less reason to come into the City from the Island or Jersey.

Thanks for the input.

I miss the lively discussions

Melanie

It's coming upon summer, which means finals for schools, travel plans for the family, people going off on new adventures, etc... Plus we just had a holiday. I'm sure the boards will pick up in a bit.

Katie

With warmer weather finally here in the midwest, more time is spent outside instead of in front of the computer.  Also, as others have said, with the economy so bad, and the prices of gas, food, and other necessities, I for one don't have the resources to  hobby as  often.  So, I don't spend as much time on the boards.

But many of the long time contributors have quit posting because the caliber of posters has dropped -- ask inanae questions, ask 411s with no link, etc. That just feeds on itself to have more posters drop out.