Hi Mairie,and welcome to the OFF,I do hope You become a regular poster and allow Us to get to know You better as You will Us…enjoy x…You’ll soon weed out the good,the bad,and the ugly :-p
Don’t they usually tell you straight to your face then?
The support, the laughs, the sadness, the wise, the nutters and the arguments! It’s like real life on a keyboard. Most are friendly but not all, you just need to settle in and keep posting.
A warm welcome to you.
When you have legendary knees like OldGreyFox you have to expect the odd mention here and there 
Just think of it as a TV Soap Drama, like Corrie.
Some do Azure, I don’t mind, it’s just nice to belong…:-D:-D:-D
You’re too kind Meg, I didn’t think anyone noticed them…
Nicely put dongles. That’s how I feel too. 
How many posters on this topic still post?
Well the thread closed in July 2014 and I think there were only about 35 people who posted on it, two of whom were our mods.
I wasn’t a member then but I know a lot more joined soon after I did. Circumstances change for some people, which means they no longer post, but those who enjoy being here don’t mind becoming lifers. In fact I think some of us already are :!:
Cant see this place going downhill, as many others have.
I’m beginning to feel positively ancient around here 
Well you may be getting on a bit Morty, but often the old ones are the good ones.
… . but remarkably well preserved, if I may say Mort. 
There are so many good things to say about this Site,and lots of Members have said them…but now I’m going to have a moan about the many new Members I and others have welcomed who never come back after making a couple of posts,or indeed,never ever make one post at all…I don’t think I’m going to bother in the future…so there :twisted: :-p
I never thought of it that way May …
You don’t think … :-p, we frighten them off?
I know what you mean but it’s catch 22 really, if we don’t welcome them they will probably feel snubbed and not bother returning anyway, and remember we were all newbies once and the welcome when I joined made me want to come back. …
It’s not My fault honest
Well, naturally, I didn’t mean me or thee.
You’re right of course Morty…It’s all those other bad tempered gits who do nowt but bicker and argue…
