I will respectfully disagree, OIN's thread has benefited from a variety of viewpoints regarding a situation that is similar to his own in many ways. He would have to browse and read content from several different threads to get these opinions and viewpoints, this thread benefited from all of this recent action, it gives OIN alot to think about and absorb for his own use.
On a side note, 'thread hijacking', what is this?! it's not like something is being stolen, the thread still exists and is still here and like I said, there is alot of benefit derived from all this activity.