Guest outcast--to see a good example of the conversation being hijacked by the illustrious regulars, have a look see at the "History of Irish Music" thread.

This post will be the 8th post to this thread using the GUEST log-in, and most of the guest log-ins to this thread are from regulars w/o cookies, or regular guests. Out of about 85 posts total. Sorta says it all, doesn't it?

I always doubt that it is authentic newcomer guests who start these threads. More likely it is the regulars using the anonymity of the guest log-in, who need their fix. That Mudcat regular fix being another opportunity to talk about themselves, amongst themselves, rather than about music or anything else meaningful.

It is like an adolescent boys circle jerk or pissing contest sorta thing.