Hi Joey. You've been on this forum about as long as I have, and I'm a little bit confused by your comments. With my being one of the three most active members of this forum along with Jon and Tampa, I do take your comments a bit personally as the comments on the site and the silly banter that has made this place feel like home to me since 2008 are important to me, and if I've ever slighted anyone new and made them feel less important than anyone else I profusely apologize.
Maybe I can't see the forest through the trees, but I really think of us as mainly a welcoming group who are very interested in newbies opinion's. We have had some people drop in from the sky with total negativity such as Nobelegg, and the Miami doctor and a guy called Jeffster or Rickster, who I believe came here to stir up trouble. The person who brought up the English language and the to, too, and two is not a regular here and I think many of us told him off as we agree with you totally Joey that spelling and grammar are not the issues here, but expressing our feelings is what we are here to do.
As far as threads meandering into different places, I disagree with you and think that is one of the fun parts of the forum, and remember anyone can post back on topic and drive the thread back to where it began. However other than that, if you have any specific examples of how I am being dismissive of new posters, please let me know and I will try my best to correct myself as I really, really, want this site and this forum to continue and to be the wonderful entertainment that it has for me going on eight years.