Sigh! Annexe was a lifeline when the Mudcat's been down. I shall now have to practice my instruments when I cannot access Mudcat.

Drat!

Actually I do feel that if there are issues and problems in Mudcat they should be discussed and dealt with in house. They should not leak over into other forums. For one thing it is not fair on the owners of external forums. For another it is not fair to the moderators of Mudcat as they are unaware and unable to defend themselves. I also believe the MC moderators do the best they can. It is not an enviable job.

I think what I found so useful at the Annexe is that we could find out the progress of Mudcat down time. For example, if Max had been contacted, whether he is doing some work on it, if the server had blown a gasket, etc. Now that potential update info will go away.

Annexe closing is especially bad news given Max's news about the potential of more down time while he fixes stuff, looks for a temporary host server and makes his move to new job.

We could all start using Facebook to keep in touch. But actually having access to discussions on a variety of topics, session information, etc. looks to be in short supply in the near future.

I call it another symptom of the recession.