Sorry to cherry pick (again) Tom, I don't suppose that this was aimed at anyone in particular, but I have a reason that I post on the "welcome" thread. That is, I know that when I came here myself recently, it was with some trepidation. There are people here with huge post counts and long-time join dates. It was a bit overwhelming because on the whole fools are not treated gently, and I can come over as a bit of one at times (shouts of "surprise!" and "no! It cannot be so!" etc) when posting on forums.Plymtom wrote: you don't see me on welcome threads very often firstly because it makes my activity seem too much "hello and welcome" to every newbie up to ten times a week would make me look far too important for my own likingsecondly we do get the occasional plonker of varying types so I interact on input rather than introductions for the most part, as a long standing non mod who wants to preserve the spirit of the place
So, I was glad of the friendly and open welcome I got on that thread, it made me feel that I was welcome and that people would accept my interaction and participation. And here I am, with all you long time guys, talking to me like you actually care and have some interest in what I say, foolish though it may be at times.
I understand what you mean Tom, I hope, but I for one will keep welcoming new members for a while yet and hope that they get the boost from it that I did.
