[J.C.]

Originally posted by Sticks
Sorry if I have offended any one of the new generation, and I was not discouraging new members. My original piece was done on the snippets site, and I tried to make it fit in with the interchange there and keep the same style and go with the flow of how the snippets were being produced.

It was also done on the morning when two posters managed to get into what I understand was a vitriolic spat. I understand they later made up.

My observation came when we had CBB going and I came into the fray to put another side in the Shilpa V Jade issue, because I had studied Jade's form from her first time. I tried to be as reasoned as I could and trying to cite examples and precedent, but the tone of debate from some members became quite personal, which I could not recall happening amongst those who are sadly no longer with us. Seeing the vitriolic posts there, was quite depressing and was reminiscent of another forum where someone did make threats of physical violence against me. (I also had some unsavoury phone calls that may have been generated because of that.)

In the old days we did have fun, sort of like the E-nuptials, where we had virtual trips with Floss and Bunty, but those were in the days before Paul and Helen broke up. The interchange was genteel. So is this a generational thing with the next generation more robust than our generation

BTW Alma Mater (I concede the spelling) if I recall correctly is Latin for "ones old university"

So in short, I am a bit too long in the tooth?

I really don't think you have offended anyone,and I`m certain you are a valued member of TIBB. Personally all I have felt is that some of your very recent posts have been a bit kamikaze in that they were certainly controversial. You even said yourself that you were going to regret coming out of retirement to be Devil's advocate to Jade.In truth,defending Jade the first time round was very different to the second !! and you obviously knew it ? And then there was the spelling issue which I think was odd because you must know that some people have a real issue with that ,and some people want to post fast and furious and rightly don`t give a damn about spelling.All I can say is that i'm over the moon about that one as I now have Firefox spell check because of it!!! so no complaints from me. You must stay around Sticks coz you offer more than you think!! Yes, coz was underlined ,but wtf.
I think TIBB has real character, a reasonable sized community and a lot of fun. 'Stick' around !!