Well, in such cases as those who are angry or into some head trip and decide to leave thinking - or not thinking actually - of grabbing some attention, if I say anything at ll it will be "Don't let the door hit you in the a$$"...and that pretty much describes 90% of those who post goodbye threads. You can see right through them.
Then there's the few who, for sensible reasons, decide or have no choice but leave. Work overload, other pursuits taking precedence, jelly on the carpet, whatever...those you can usually see are sincere and not fishing for attention. We had one of that type a while back, Wegman I think it was, posted a goodbye thread saying other interests were commanding too much of his time and he had to restructure his priorities, including online time.
That type of goodbye thread I'll pay attention to every time, it's pretty easy to see it was not posted as an attention getter. Everyone was disappointed to see weggie go, including me, since he had become a regular and was pretty well liked.
So all in all my reaction just depends on the situation.
Philby ya better check in now and then, if ya don't I'll send the kid instructions on how to really terrorize grandpa...I have yer phone number...and I will use it...
Then there's the few who, for sensible reasons, decide or have no choice but leave. Work overload, other pursuits taking precedence, jelly on the carpet, whatever...those you can usually see are sincere and not fishing for attention. We had one of that type a while back, Wegman I think it was, posted a goodbye thread saying other interests were commanding too much of his time and he had to restructure his priorities, including online time.
That type of goodbye thread I'll pay attention to every time, it's pretty easy to see it was not posted as an attention getter. Everyone was disappointed to see weggie go, including me, since he had become a regular and was pretty well liked.
So all in all my reaction just depends on the situation.
Philby ya better check in now and then, if ya don't I'll send the kid instructions on how to really terrorize grandpa...I have yer phone number...and I will use it...
I'm a member of the BOMB SQUAD.
If you see me running, better catch up!
http://billy-griffis-jr.artistwebsites.com/
If you see me running, better catch up!
http://billy-griffis-jr.artistwebsites.com/
I'm having a freakin' blast playing out at least twice a month, free drinks, getting paid,and actually getting to go out with the wife and meet new friends and getting the royal treatment when I come off stage. I gave up playing over 20 years ago and not in my wildest dreams did I ever even think that I would be doing this again full force... I always reminiced about the "old days" and now I'm living it all over again with a clear head. I love all the new music and appreciate it but for what it's worth, the "70's-90's" cover acts are dominating the club scene out here and the bars are booking bands like mine like wildfire... We're never gonnna be "Rock Stars" but we are very content with how this is all turning out. Honestly, figuring out Halen, or Zack Wilde, etc.. takes a helluva lot longer for me to perfect as opposed to figuring out "Lamb of God", etc.. (Yes I have had to figure out a few of them thar genres when answering ads once in a while and I've got it down) but I just didn't fit in as I'm in my late 40's and these guys were in their 20's...