"Jim, like many of our threads, reading through this one has been like working towards a Liberal Arts degree. You spend a lot of time learning a little about a wide variety of unrelated things but, while entertaining, in the end you have nothing useful to show for it." - @Sacto Mitch
Mitch, great description of thread drift on here, or any Internet forum!
Maybe @Theron could streamline the procedure for initiating a new thread by eliminating all the category choices except for "Anything Goes". No need for "Categories" because as a new thread progresses, we'll randomly cover every topic under the sun. While It may take a while to arrive at an answer to a particular "Question" one may have, it probably would take the same time as it currently does to do so.
Either way, it's all still very entertaining and worth whatever money one contributes to maintain this site!