I do wonder if Mike does it on perpose, as Philippa said, he starts a new thread, stirs it all up and doesn't comment on that thread again. Then wonders why we get upset.
I would prefer the moderators to insist that everybody uses a nom de plume because I think it would make things a bit safer for some of our less experienced forum users.
Definitely no offence intended to anyone - but there are, occasionally, some very naive postings - often, I suspect, from older Forum members - who could become prey to advertising & scams.
It can be quite good fun working out whether a poster is male or female and how they came to choose their name (I think there was a thread on this very subject a while ago).
On the subject of Avatars - I might change mine & become a leggy size 12 blonde overnight (I wish...)
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I was ... but the joke was so visual - it was about a woman in a see-through nightie looking as if she was advertising scatter cushions - the image I saw in my head was so clear that I laughed through my tears - the second glass of wine probably helped.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I do wonder if Mike does it on perpose, as Philippa said, he starts a new thread, stirs it all up and doesn't comment on that thread again. Then wonders why we get upset.
I would prefer the moderators to insist that everybody uses a nom de plume because I think it would make things a bit safer for some of our less experienced forum users.
Definitely no offence intended to anyone - but there are, occasionally, some very naive postings - often, I suspect, from older Forum members
- who could become prey to advertising & scams.
It can be quite good fun working out whether a poster is male or female and how they came to choose their name (I think there was a thread on this very subject a while ago).
On the subject of Avatars - I might change mine & become a leggy size 12 blonde overnight (I wish...)
I've been called Dave several times
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Pansyface
, I mentioned one of your posts to my OH this morning - he roared with laughter - he'd misheard me and thought I'd called you Pantyface 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've a very soft spot for Ken Dodd - he was on tv the evening of the day my marriage had ended - and he told a joke that made me laugh
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was ... but the joke was so visual - it was about a woman in a see-through nightie looking as if she was advertising scatter cushions - the image I saw in my head was so clear that I laughed through my tears - the second glass of wine probably helped.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, 'creepy' and still here!
Lol