McGrath, here are my feelings on thread creep. Firstly, I am not against it but I find that using, shall I call it a linear format (like Mudcat), what tends to happen is that once a thread has drifted, the original topic is not returned to and I have found this particularly irritating when on the rare occasions when I have seen a musical thread degenerating (at least for a while) into a succession of jokes. My feeling is that with the other system, it is easier to enjoy the jokes if you wish and keep track/ contribute to the original topic.

Jon