I started posting here many years ago as GUEST,Jim. It took me a few years and a suggestion from Joe to realise that it might be a good idea to join up. I finally realised that I was not the only one posting as GUEST,Jim, and rather than take credit/blame for the other GUEST,Jim(s), I joined. It never occurred to me that someone was trying to impersonate me. I do feel that guest postings should have the decency to use a constant name for each thread, in order for us to be able to follow their arguments. Eliminating anonymous GUEST postings would not be a big burden on anyone. This thread, for instance, has had at least ten posts from someone or a number of people posting as "GUEST". Are we to assume that these are all from the same person? It's sometimes useful to be able to say, "GUEST, on 08 Jul 14 - 03:21 PM you said, 'Blah, blah...'..." but it's hard to do when you may not be talking (typing) to the right person. GUEST posters, please choose a name and stick with it for the whole thread. If you want to change names for every thread, I have no problem with that, but let's have continuity through each thread.
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