WTF? JP is retiring and your going off the deep end? We all knew it was coming, no reason to grap a life jacket and bail. Sure, did I expect happier news come December? Yes, like many of us. But life will go on, and we will go see them one last time. We will miss them, and yes, this site may be shut down in a couple years, that is up to Judas Priest. 

As you always say Bud. Peace. 

I gues this will be one of those post you (mostly) didn't want to get from me. 

Come on, take the life jacket off and get  your foot back inside the boat, or jump,................your choice, as it has always been. 

  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Budred from Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:00:27 PM)

		Budred wrote:
		I'm not seeing much of a reason to stay here. I may be speaking out of sadness so I won't say I'll never post here again but just in case I would like to say a few things. As much as I always wanted to be here I never felt like I really fit in. At first it was my own ignorance of how not to start on a site. I apologized and backed off and felt like people were accepting me. Freeze, Guido, Joe D., HRMG, Accolyte(?), and Spapad seemed to be the most accepting and I thank you guys for that. I had a little fun reading the back and forth between J.D. and Brian and the ever enthusiastic Hellrider made me smile with  some of his posts. The first time that I actually wanted to leave and stay away was when Freeze basically called me a loser  for responding to Brian. I've been uncomfortable ever since, trying to watch and analyze most of my posts so as not to offend. Then Jimmy started fucking with me because I said I loved Alanis Morissette's first album. I said it was one of my favorite  albums and ( nothing but stupid comments from him since.) I haven't listened to it for years but one post about it  ruined me here. I left morbid posts about Jimmy and started saying things out of character and then I felt bad. WTF! A couple of misquotes got him  going again. I didn't respond like I normally would trying to keep the peace but that didn't work.  I would like to take the time to apologize to Brian Evans, I did stab him in the back initially. I don't do that unless you're deserving and I'm still not sure he was. He's so back and forth I still don't know. I would like to apologize to Valiant for giving you a couple of uncomfortable days here. I posted you're PM but I wasn't going to name you. I can only guess that you assumed I would and tried to stop any backlash by coming forward. If so, I apologize.   Zomby, I liked you. Not too serious, a bit of a character. Peace man! Guido, thanks for helping when you could. You answered every one of my PM's and I commend you for that. You're a good guy! HRMG, I could have made more of an effort to meet you but I was too damn uptight. You looked right at me once and I didn't even try to get your attention. I'm an ass.   Spapad, thanks for (most) of your comments to me. I was going to finish posting my autographs and repost pics of bands I got to meet but I don't think too many people cared to see them anyway. I had another Halford vid to post and a couple of Ozzy but I don't have the desire anymore. My only criticism(s) of this site are way too many angry posts and too many thinking because that's the way they feel you should too. I tried to never initiate anger and I tried to stress what I said to be opinion.   Man I'm fucking sad right now. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE ALL!!! (except JIMMMYJAMES who can fucking suck a dick and die for all I care.)(Yes Jimmy, I do hate you!!!)