can't say on the old members....as I have only been on here for a little over 6 months. I don miss some of the previous discussions.and yes the political one was one of the ones I miss. it seems to me this board is getting very boring.hardly any new topics,and usually always the same 4 or 5 old threads on here.thbm,ask a question answer a question,etc.I haven't even bothered to look at any of those threads in the last severl months,as they don't interest me at all. somehow we meed to spice up this board somehow.a new thread that has caught my interest is....does this make you hot.we need more like that and let the old 4 or 5 die a slow death.just like the political ones did.