I have seen blatantly rude replies posted to questions posted by Guests and new catters sometimes by 'members' and can sympathise with any one who gets a load of abuse on a first posting . I also know Guest Skipy and know why he is NOT a member . I will agree with him that on occasions he IS an a***hole , but he is still a bloody good mate . Sadly there ARE people in here who I dont want to meet , but they are definately in the minority , and tend to be the people who DONT go to Mudcat Gathers , or post a profile along with their membership . Its unfortunate that the lady Skipy met at the festival happened on one or two of these clots on her first excursion into the threads !