(of course one could always get that idiot Phaedrus to draw a chart of TradeMe and solve your problems ;-) ).[/QUOTE]

Being always in a learning phase, I have enough trouble wading through some of the extremely well thought out posts on ST, without having to be distracted by the growing number of negative remarks in recent times. Phaedrus was an excellent and patient teacher, evidenced by reading his many intelligent posts. He deserved the title Guru. A literal translation of Guru would be mentor, teacher or master. Phaedrus fitted that translation admirably.

It would be a great shame to see top posters leave the forum because of this growing element I see as unpleasant, as no doubt others do.

And for the record, I have no interest in Trade Me, believing it wont go far, but I look at any thread which has posters I admire.