Haven't been around for a while. What a hoot this thread has proved to be.   So Musket is a conglomeration is he? That explains his careers as a miner, an entrepreneur and senior NHS official - all at the same time. I just thought he was a self-obsessed monomaniac, now I assume they all are. (Purely as a matter of interest, which one of you has a mouth like the lining of a sewer? Just askin'.)
Now then, this is really difficult. I find that not only do I agree with Steve Shaw but I am impressed with the courteous and reasonable way in which his posts are couched. (I would have said that even if I wasn't going to Cornwall next Summer and hoping to find some sessions!)
To those who believe that BS is in its death throes, relax and calm down. There are a lot of people who contribute terrific posts to this section, .Bill D, olddude, gnu, Joe Offer,(me!) and others. Fundamentalist God botherers and guest from sanity aside, most posters seem to be opinionated but sane. Things grow, they change, they develop. If BS becomes too obnoxious, eschatological or offensive it will wither and die. At the moment it seems to be in rude (sometimes very rude) health.