Wonderful! Thanks very much for the welcome baccarat_king, jackal, SuperG1955, and Gralistair.
Is there a way to report POSITIVE posts? If there is, I'd like to report the four of you!
I may be brand new to this forum, but am not new to the use of forums in general to communicate with people having similar interests. On some of these forums, there is a feature to "like" posts, and the number of "likes' or green bars or similar such indicators is included right below the number of total posts under the forum member's user name and/or avatar.
Taking a page out of the airlines and credit card company's playbook, this system of POSITIVE reports, or "likes", has the inevitable effect of conditioning people's behavior. On forums where this system has been instituted, the climate of attitude, decorum, and forum etiquette improved, and posts became almost instantly more helpful and in depth.
No matter where people are, or what they are doing, they like to earn points!
Something for the administrators of this forum to consider.
Anyway, thanks for the welcome, and the four of you earned points from me!