Im leaving thunting end of month read why?

Hi guys for those that have made a post here thank you.. you know from the time were all born we all learn a few words, they might be mama, papa, please and thank you.  On the internet readers sometimes forget those words.
What you get for free is seldom appreciated and its only when you have to pay for something its treasured.
For years I have given my work freely and never expected anything for it. To me it was fun and a way of encouraging others to enter the hobby. But enough is enough. I belong to other forums not connected with m/d or t/hing and its common decency to thank someone for the time and effort they put into passing on their hard earned knowledge in order for others to learn.
I always maintained that once you do something and the fun goes out of it, its the time to quit and thats exactly what im doing with deep regret.  Yes it is a sad day for me too. Because there were many that did appreciate my efforts and say thanks thats little reward when you give so much. Common decency has gone out of the window and shame on those guests who have bought this to a head.
What they have done is deprived others from learning what it took years of dedicated work to achieve and put into writing words that meant the difference between success and failure.
You know when you sit down for a meal some people say grace, "for what we are about to recieve we are truly thankfull".
Knowledge is something everyone wants and those two words can mean so much to the writer.
Enough is enough too little too late. The funs gone and so will I too at the end of the month.
For those that enjoyed my work thank you I enjoyed sharing it with you.  I will be leaving some of my work behind most of the water material is going if i have not already destroyed it.  I dont want any good byes so im going to lock this thread.
Years ago when i was a kid someone said to me, "if you cant buy flowers for someone when they are alive dont buy them when they are dead."  The next day  that person was dead and it was too late.
There are many great individuals on this site that make this site possible for their continued contributions that take time to research and write about so people can enjoy the fruits of their efforts.
The next time anyone reads something that someones posted on here spare a moments thought for that person and at least have the common decency of thanking him or her.
Without contributors this site wouldnt be what it is today.  Today is a sad one for me but thats my choice nothing is going to make me change my mind. Good luck to you all and happy hunting its been good while it lasted.  alan hasssell

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Allan,

In life there are always things to be ungrateful but also a lot of ungrateful people. What to say and do to change this, unfortunately, not much.

There will always be opportunists, scavengers as you say so. But do you think that it is necessary for this stripe of some gum work done, because this work will feed the knowledge base of those that made you read and appreciated.

I ask you to reconsider your decision, the fact for those who appreciate your writing and your work.

Regards

Luc

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Mr. Hassell, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts and articles.I am totally guilty of taking what you have given so freely and using your knowledge, that which has been gained through years and years of hard work experience and research for my own personal goals, All the while neglecting to do something that i have tried so hard to instill in my own children. The simple act of saying two small words that when used together show a real appreciation and a true respect of others efforts. Mr. Hassell i have never been accused of being the "brightest bulb on the tree" and now after reading your post my ignorance is shining brighter than ever, now i could go on about how "I" am sorry and "I" regret and "I" feel bad, but that would all be about me. Mr. Hassell  you will be truly missed if you so choose to leave this forum, but i would like you to know that of all of the things i have learned from your years of hard work and research the most important thing you have passed on to me is that one must always be aware of others and show them your appreciation when due, for this Mr. Hassell "I" am truly thankfull

                                                   THANK YOU MR. HASSELL
                                                    

                                                 RESPECTIVELY, THE CANNIBAL









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Alan I have nothing but respect for you. That being said you have posted for the wrong reason. You want people to bow down and say O Alan you so great THANK YOU THANK YOU you need your ego boosted every day. You should have posted to help and inform members and help build the forum, not boost your ego. There are others that feel the same way but will not say so, me I don't give a rat's butt what you are anyone thinks about me,mines in the bank. I read every post every day and reply to 10% and I am not going to tell you are anyone thank you to boost ego's I will thank people who post to help others and help build the forum. Sorry but thats how I feel and if you stay I will not read any more of your post.

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This seems to be sort of a "self-crucifixion" type of thread, and as hard as I've tried to stay out of it, I just can't. 

Alan, for all of the articles you've place on this site are Top Notch.  That is for certain.  But you shouldn't get depressed because only a few people who hit your articles comment on them.  We all have a different reasoning behind being on thunting.com, and while your articles are informative, not all of them will be stimulating to everybody.    If I don't say "thank you", it's because I probably didn't even read it.  I most certainly clicked on the link as a new post, and scanned the first few sentences, then clicked out of the thread without even reading any responses.  This has NOTHING to do with whether or not the article was written in an articulate manner, or whether the information was accurate, factual, or thoroughly researched for the subject at hand, it just means that the topic was not something that I was interested in so I didn't bother to read it.  Again, this is not an indictment of your writing skills, just a statement that the diversity of the members of this site means that not everybody is going to be interested in the things any one of us writes about. 

If you want to run away because you don't receive accolades from every person on the board for every article you write, then run away.  Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.  If you want to write the articles for the love of writing them, then realize that they are appreciated by the people who are interested in the topics you are writing on, and ignored by the people that aren't interested in those topics.  You can run away from this venue and write a book instead as a way to try to try to redeem yourself from the injustice that has been dealt to you by people not saying thank you for your writings here, but you'll only feel just as persecuted when only the people who are interested in the topic buy the book.

So kick back, think about it, take a deep breath and settle down.  If one person out of 50 has something good to say about an article you wrote, that's not bad.  If you wrote a book and one person out of 50 who heard about it bought it, you'd be a VERY rich man.

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