Oldavid wrote:
Rossum wrote:
This is the perfect thread for me to announce I'm a newbie and always have my foot in my mouth. No matter how hard I try to say the right thing it always comes out wrong and makes life more difficult than it should be.
Welcome Possum! Don't worry! Foot-in-mouth disease is not necessarily an indicator of wrongness. It is more likely because you don't have a political predilection to say what is expected. Something to be avoided at great cost, usually.
All of these forums I have come across have a "politically correct" cadre with the purpose of maintaining the "status quo". Don't be afraid of them... they're all bluster and waffle.
Thanks for the hearty welcome!
Some of the other forums designed to attract us are so dull and there's very little in the way of real conversation either. Most of it is filled with comments of the "be cheerful and don't give up" nature which I find a bit too sugary at the best of times.
Offering support to someone when it's needed is good and it's helpful too and I'm all for it but can we please leave the unicorns and rainbows in childrens storybooks where they belong.
I'm an adult and I want adult conversation not the piffling rubbish that's common on some of the other forums I've registered with and abandoned rapidly.