Ah... ;-) Well, all I was really doing was pulling Greg F's beard, Eliza. He does that to me now and then, and occasionally I can't resist doing it back to him. I like most people from the UK, in fact.

I have noticed a lot of rancorous hostility amongst some of the UK members on Mudcat, though, specially when they start fighting about domestic politics.

I wouldn't say it's typical of the majority of UK posters. Just a handful of them.