First of all, thanks for your replies here and 
in e-mail.. I appreciate it.. Also, this wasnt 
because of anything you said Mouse ^_^ I thought 
your comment was funny.

Heres the thing..
I didnt come to my decision just cause of one 
stupid post.... this has been building up over a 
year now.. I dont get the nicest comments through 
e-mail a lot of the time either..

 I dont feel I am giving up or letting someone 
else win.. I'm *not* dropping out of the hobby, 
and I'm not going to quit reading this board.. I 
just feel it better not to post anymore.. or at 
least for some time..

 I'm starting to realize why so many people leave 
this hobby.. I dont mind the competition.. I dont 
mind some of the people.....but for the most 
part, I dont really have many friends here.. The 
ones I DID have have dropped out of cel 
collecting already.. and I feel that because I 
collect cels from such a rare and expensive film, 
I dont have many other collectors to talk with or 
share information with anymore..

 I look at ALL your galleries.. I've never seen a 
lot of the shows you guys collect, but I'm 
constantly in awe of your collections and the 
cels you manage to get.. Thats why I *LOVE* this 
forum and this hobby.. I visit here constantly to 
see whats new with you guys and so when I post 
something new, I expect that either you guys will 
look at it if interested, post if ya want to, or 
not look, or not post, whatever.. I only post so 
that anyone who is interested can see what I'm so 
proud of....
I dont understand snide comments.. if you feel 
the cel is crap, why post at all? And I feel like 
these anonymous, or one time posters as they 
always are, are just continuing to get on my 
nerves, and why should I keep posting just to put 
up with that?

 I display my cels on my gallery, I dont need to 
post them here too now just to get crap about 
them.. I understand not everyone likes the same 
stuff.. but when I see something that doesnt do 
it for me, I just dont post anything..is that so 
hard to do?

 Now I know I'm probably just being weak by 
leaving.. I'm sorry its coming off that way..I 
just feel I dont need this right now.. I dont.. 
I'm thankful for those of you who are nice to 
me.. I really am.. Its good to know that people 
here have noticed me..I dont post much, so thats 
why I was surprised..... but thankyou.

-Chandra