"Some of you might have noticed the "no personal attacks" only applies if you are well connected to the Mudcat"
I have received PMs that say pretty much the exact same thing... and then 'begged' me not to say anything in public... So I will mention no names... (not that it matters, or can be too hard to guess....)

"he has no intention of ever upgrading the software for the forum"
Given how ancient and unwieldy it is, can you blame him? It's like the Win3.1 version of a message board... (Actually that's kinda insulting to Win3.1) If that bothers you that much, well, no one MAKES you post here... and no one MAKES you donate money...

So full in the knowledge that no matter how much money people throw down the hole in cyberspace that is Muscat, no matter how many pointless threads get started asking for simple and easy improvements, one either has to take this place for what it is (And what it's always going to be until the last server farts out in the basement, and it's gone for good) or you can find somewhere else to post...

There are more than a few other message boards out here in cyberspace...