Not wishing to stir things up, so i'll keep it short
and sweet.
I must say that one of the reasons for my absence recently, has been for the very reasons that our learned friend Shy Talk has so eloquently stated.....i've felt as though i don't really fit in due to my apparent lack (to some it seems to me anyway) of intelligence and verbal ability to 'fit in' on some matters.
Rather than bite back and rant and rage, i simply decided that the best method of dealing with it was to simply keep quiet, and NOT get involved in personal slanging matches. THAT is not the way to resolve disagreements as we all know. No one wins.
Now i really really really do NOT want to fall out with ANYONE in here, as I had more than a belly full of that elsewhere as many of you will know, but i do sometimes feel quite intimidated, and without wishing to sound overly sensitive, wounded by the apparent ( to me ) stigma that i feel is sometimes placed upon me due to my admitted lower (than most of you) educational background, and apparent bad temper and impatience towards others.
You'd really have to meet me to appreciate that whilst some of this is in fact true, especially the lower than average educational background...many reasons for that as previously documented in other threads ...that i'm not actually that thick in reality, and i'd like to think that those that have met me in person will confirm that you don't actually see the real me on a forum, merely an impression, just like we all have in our own minds what each of us are like.
It has turned into a bit of 'chums' club imho, and i think the suggestion of having a seperate board for the more serious stuff could well be a good idea.
Certainly worth a try for the sake of pressing a few buttons.
No one surely wants to see anyone leave the pub simply beacause of cliquiness, and that includes Shy Talk.
Have i made any sense here?
