Is it possible for all this whining about the minimal amount of advertising we've seen on the Forum to cease? I don't care if Forum members are involved in commercial interests and let us know about their inventory--if I'm interested in Twain memorabilia, books, etc., then this is a good place to find out. I don't care if a fellow subscriber or an unrelated vendor has the merchandise. If it's Twain, it's Twain and belongs here. What doesn't is all the self-serving back-and-forth personal assaults. For the first time in a decade, when I see a message from this Forum, I cringe and hover over the delete button. Perhaps, as on other lists, it's time to ask posters to put an OT before any topics in the subject line to indicate something off-topic--in this case, off-Twain. What I've been reading is ridiculous, and embarrassing, especially for this allegedly educated audience. Isn't their another venue where you guys can brawl? Wes Britton