I'm the worst offender in the banter department, I know. I also like to slip real info in here and there when I have it - or when I BELIEVE I have it, anyway.
Something inside me just cringes at the thought of technical discussion so dry and unpalatable that one's brain shrinks away from the comments involuntarily before comprehension of what is typed there sinks in, and I reflexively write like I speak in real life.
If nothing else my contributions keep the threads active.
I apologize for not being boring. I especially apologize for not always being very funny....lol