Posting and you

[cloughie]

 You have been missed.
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bet you would not miss with a full magazine thought Mark

[Mustermark]

Yes. I'm not normally such a bad shot. 

[EddieA]

'Budgie Rustling' - was that not the invention of the great Mike Harding? Is he still on the go or did he fall foul of the 'PC brigade'?

But I do agree with some of the previous posts in this topic regarding some of more recent the replies in various topics. A little bit of courtesy doesn't cost much, even if the poster maybe doesn't agree with some of the previous comments. Also we should remember that the written word doesn't necessarily convey the authors intended meaning -  facial expression/vocal intonation are all missing here so it could be quite easy to mis-read something.

(quote edited my me, EddieA)

'But all in all I find the vast majority of members are courteous,obliging and helpful and I enjoy being involved in the Forum. You know that if we to were to meet in the 'real world' we would get on!'

Paul

I agree with Paul, I joined this site (having experienced treatment on another much more 'R'obust 'W'ebsite but I won't go there!) as this was described as 'the Friendly Site'. It has lived up to this reputation so far as far as I am concerned, hope it continues as such.

[Mustermark]

That's a really good point Eddie. It is quite possible that people dont realise how their post can be heard when others read it without all those normal cues. I think a good re-read will often make you realize what you write is ambiguous or could be misconstrued.

Having said that, many posts are notbeing misconstrued at all! The mods will be working hard to keep this a cheery and helpful place.