I know how you feel, Lunar Lady: when I first joined the board, I was at the end of a contract and under the impression that it was not to be renewed. I had plenty of time and little motivation to do more than the minimum expected of me at work, so spent many happy hours in this magical garden filled with lingua-perfumery.
The contract was renewed, and my workload increased; my motivation also returned. But it means that I have only odd moments in which to indulge in my secret vice.
I have had to temporise.
If four or five days have passed since last I was able to visit, then I tend to look in my own record of postings, and look up what responses I have had to my loquacious drivellings, see whether it is necessary to be rude to Max Q, cap one of Mav's or TEd's dreadful puns, or to be sweet to Jackie. Well-wishers occasionally apprise me of posts that I ought to view, vis the PM system.
That done, if there is time, I look at the latest posts with the least replies, to see if I can get my spoke in before someone else pinches my best lines.
I rarely get to look at any thread that has started and attracted more than about fifteen replies since last I visited the board. This is my loss, without doubt, but it seems to be a way in which I can at least keep in touch with all of you, whom I have come to hold in such high regard.
