well Emma, the problem from my curmudgeonly and grumpy old manly viewpoint is that, whenever I see a post that's put up by you, it leads me inexorably to your blog. So the discussion here kicks off - and you never return to add to the conversation, say "ta" (perhaps) for a decent response, or anything else.

The inference I draw from that is that you're only really interested in luring people to your blog by putting up Aunt Sally questions here on Mudcat. How much nicer to create a post with your own words and thoughts in the post itself - and then dig into the subsequent discussion yourself.

Perhaps it's just me being an old cynic. I'd be quite interested in having a decent discussion with you here - but external blogs don't interest me in the slightest.