Dang it Al, stop posting stuff I agree with!
We never get to argue this way.
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That was a great post, with great advice about how to make this forum a perfect place for us all to improve our talents as bonsai artists and connoisseurs. And I'm going to stick to it, even if it makes me unpopular 'round these parts. The only thing I can add is this: make use of the private message system if you need to. If there's something you want to say, it doesn't
have to be said in public. Stuff that will be generally useful to everyone should be said in public; stuff that isn't necessarily relevent can sent elsewhere - and a sharp critique can always be tempered by judiciously timed private message.
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The rest of post wasn't really appropriate for Al's topic, so I've moved it to a separate thread.
All the best,
Old Mister Crow