Jon, I disagree with you very strongly on the issue of the "The World is Old" thread, and your suggestion that people only helped to find information because the seeker is famous. There have been numerous examples of mudcatters going to great lengths to seek out information for other mudcatters that they otherwise didn't know from Adam- one of my favourites being snows they melt ... - author?.

This sort of request has always been dealt with enthusiastically for all the time that I've been coming here, despite surrounding negativity from time to time. I try to ignore that negativity and stick to the good stuff, which is what the majority of us come here for.

Noreen