Incidentally, if I read him right, it appears that Max's purpose with the "Share This Thread" function, is to attract 'new blood' into Mudcat in order to shake-up the 'stuffiness' of the err orthodoxy a bit.

That is IMO a good idea, especially as it seems that yet another of my fellow (and incidentally younger) generally like-minded UK PM'ers has recently more or less quit the forum. There are a smattering of folk here, that keep this place lively and interesting enough for me to continue to use regularly, but if many more of those few disappear, I'd be likely to exit too.

I'm not sure what if anything could be done to reverse that seeming trend, and attract more fresh and independent minded contributors - especially as there are probably shed-loads of younger folk enthusiasts full of fresh thoughts in the UK now, but perhaps a thread for suggestions might be worthwhile?