Firstly, I am going to apologise unreservedly to the new Mod team for saying the forum is no fun. I chose the wrong wording and should have stated that the mix of people in the forum no longer make it a fun place for me personally. I have no doubt at all at their ability to maintain this forum as being one of the most popular and fair forums on the net. I haven't been bribed or blackmailed into saying that, it's how I honestly feel. Tedz - please, feel free to use my name. I am at a loss as to your sudden anti-Mike stance, and want you to know I'm still not anti-Tedz. I have to admit that I do find your comments upsetting on a personal level. I've spent some f***** happy times at this forum, am leaving it after MUCH thought, and find it DEEPLY insulting that you consider it to be "rubbish". As for me and those who endorse me doing nothing good for the forum, I'm more than proud to say I've come up with quite a few viable and fun ideas that, along with the ideas and actions of people of previous years, helped to get this forum where it is now. Ok, maybe I didn't bring aliens into every subject, but I introduced the idea of us all posting pictures of ourselves in threads to see what each other was like and one of our most popular things, the idea of doing something which ended up being Guppo's Travels. On quite a few occassions YOU yourself have been a supporter and co-conspirator in quite a few of my posts, so you are saying that you do no good for the forum? I honestly can't understand your scathing attacks - which bring down the tone of the post in exactly the way you accuse me of doing!!! As for being someone who can 'give but not take' you know yourself that isn't true - if it was I wouldn't have lasted the first 2 weeks in here. The 'Mikey Stirs' post WAS NOT what made me decide to leave. If you hadn't noticed, I had been absent for a few weeks prior, mainly because I didn't know if I wanted to be here. My return was to decide if that absence was to become a bit longer-lasting. (NOTE : That was also PRIOR to any changes in the Mod Team, so that DID NOT affect my decision at all.) As a final bit, I know that the Mod's will do a great job. The way some have reacted to my statement is one of the things that made me realise just how badly I had stated what I did. After all, the mods now learnt from the mods previous, so they had good teachers, just as they will go on to teach the next mods in years to come. Let's face it, my humour doesn't fit in with the people here today. I agree with Michelle, sometimes I cut close to the bone. I guess the problems set in when my humour is misinterpreted, and that's probably because the 'tone of intent' doesn't carry over in text. I'm not going to change, nor am I going to act different to how I am, so I'm quitting (maybe not while I'm ahead) before anyone takes real offense. The Oldies will know that deep down my heart actually DOES work, and I sincerely mean it when I say I'll miss being here. Take care all of you. (",)