Hi Hetz, hi Inner Geek!
It's great to hear from you gentlemen. There is a growing number of folks asking me to stay and it is of course wonderful to get that kind of psychological lift from people who have taken the trouble to contact me. Thank you very much, both of you.
As things stand, I have too many negative vibes about the forum at the moment to do more than check back occasionally and reply to my friends, but I will not burn all my bridges immediately in the hope the forum can become the kind of place I want to spend time on once again. I will watch with interest how the new admin/mod team develops and how they approach the challenges of a fast-growing online community, I will also reserve judgement on the commercialisation of the Oldhammer brand for a few months until I can see how it develops. I think an indefinite hiatus would be a positive move on my part, certainly until at least after the next Oldhammer Weekend which will give me an opportunity to meet many of my harshest critics face to face in the meantime and reach a new level of understanding with them.
Thanks again, stay tuned to the blog and why not also give the FB community a try?
Kind regards, Paul.