Grishka just said "Musket tells us that he feels obliged to wear a mask in personal contact, which seems to imply that only Mudcat readers know his true self in that respect."

I obviously have a side kick called fucking Tonto then...

What bollocks.

I think I recall once saying that the problem with on line crap like this is that you say what you think whereas in real social intercourse, you occasionally mask your true feelings.

I reckon I would have said it in the third person too.

Anyroad up. As some on here already know, Musket is an amalgamation and the three musketeers share the log in. We bring our shared past to the table. I am the lead musketeer, otherwise known as Ian Mather. The other two aren't called Ian Mather, and just to confuse matters, Ian Mather doesn't go by the name of Ian Mather professionally.

What was this about masks????

Out of interest, you can never make Mudcat better than 70% good whilst 30% of people posting aren't good. Same as in anything else. We have people saying we should be more civil to each other, but if anyone wants me to be civil to homophobes, racists and bigots, they had better get used to some good old anglo fucking saxon.