(Bill, Colin - thanks for the kind words.)
Jason - I can only note what I'd like to see more of, and that's a kind of expansiveness and generosity (of spirit, of ideas). I'd like to see more folks reading the whole of someone else's post, trying a little harder to get the overall substance and underlying meaning/pov of a post instead of focusing on one or two lines in isolation or one poorly phrased clause and making that the poster's main point, only to then tear it down. I'm not thinking of any one poster here, we all do it. And it's not that it's rude or mean, it's just that it leads to mediocre discussion and banal points-counterpoints. In other words, yes, let's disagree (or not), but let's disagree about something substantial instead of insignificant/totally made up. Imagine a superintendent writing a long thoughtful expert post on what he believes needs to happen to ensure sustainable golf courses, but buried half way through is a little aside about width not being as important as some people think -- and then imagine me jumping in and basically ignoring all the insight and ideas and big picture and instead highlighting the one concept I take exception to and making that and the whole rest of the thread about how "width is very important". It's boring, and annoying, and demonstrates that few of us have the good grace to pay deference to those whom deference is due.
Peter