I use a pen-name because almost everyone else does. The reason they do is that there are some very strange people out there in eLand, and no-one wants to get on their shit-list. When I first went on-line, I wondered what the hell I'd got myself into.   It turned out OK, because I mostly only go to here, nowadays, and this is no worse than a family.

It is significant that the moderation here is seldom visible, despite allowing Guests to post.

'Gurney' is a childhood nickname, given me from an old television programme, 'Gurney Slade.' Nothing to do with gurneys, which may be an American term.