No apology required Gaz - my statement was that I was going to focus my posting - never my intention to discourage people from posting (wouldn't be much of a forum if that were the case) - My aim was purely to make people consider what they were posting to make sure it was stuff that (a) people would actually want to read and preferably also (b) stuff that would provoke discussion and debate. On occassion (shock, horror!) there are even useful snippets to learn from on the forum.....

I just realised that when I was flicking thought the posts that there was much ado about nothing....there was an increasing amount of stuff that didn't really say anything or promote any debate - an increasing amount of stuff that I just couldn't be bothered to read - thats a bad thing for any forum but this particular one is one that I like - I respect the opinions of people who post on here and hiding their stuff between worthless one line exchanges didn't seem particularly respectful or fair.....

Don't get me wrong - a lot of the general chat is worthwhile exchange - I think its only right we consider the apology from the deity (or is that dietee) that is Homer - although how anyone could possibly be offended by our good wholesome exchanges on a Sunday night I have no idea............Its about a balance - its good to have stuff like that here (as it shows we have obviously have no functioning sense of humour...)

I genuinely haven't had much worth saying this week (shell shocked from my brief experience of just a tiny part of the awesome marathon) which is why my postings have been sparse - all the time you have stuff to say then I support you all the way If you find something amongst some of the older stuff then by all means comment and bring it back to the wider attention of people using the forum - just remember the reason it probably got missed by people the first time is because it had been hidden amongst a lot of less worthwhile stuff......

I'm sounding like I'm preaching now - thats equally as bad!....right I'm back off to continue psyching up to storm the tables.........