What effing club?

Allow me to offer the thought that iun postulating a club, as distinct from individuals communicating at individual moments of time, you are becoming paranoid and superstitious.

I showed up on this site with no prior knowledge of anyone here. I MADE friends by communicating. You can, too. I contributed what I could to music threads. You can, too. I contributed stuff as cheerfully and creatively as I could, took on a couple of projects to help the 'Cat. You could do those things, as well...

What I did NOT do was cavil and whine and play the victim about others mistreating me. When others mistreated me, I made a decision wither to blast them (usually the wrong decision) or to ignore them (usually the right decision). Because they were usually not battles worth fighting. But it took me some time to learn tht lesson, and Old Guy and Martin Gibson have the scars to prove it.

Point is, I made friendships one at a time by communicating about topics of common interest.

You have chosen some other back-alley way of conducting yourself. But don't give me this "power clique" crap. I have only the terrible power of words at my disposal, and you do too.

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