Hi all,

First of all, all the usual apologies for my continued lack of presense. I'm keeping busy in Qatar, and it's leaving me very little spare time. That, and a broken laptop!

Anyway, the good news is I've just upgraded the forum to the latest version of the software, and in addition I've added a program which has shown to be insanely effective at blocking spam accounts from joining the forum. I'm hoping this will make life easier for Shizara and Mari who have been ever vigilant in my absense, who I'd just like to publicly thank for all their valuable help. They do a lot behind the scenes to keep this forum spam free.

I'd also like to thank all of you who visit the site regularly and contribute. Again, sorry for my long absense, but at least be assured I am working behind the scenes too, though not half as much as Shiz and Mari.