Tazzie here, although I did my best to avoiding reading this thread today,

Yes, I do see value in blogs and forums and I never said that I did not see value in blogging (but please let's not go down the twitter and facebook tripawds road, or have R & J already done that   Oh crappola, I see Cherry and Jerry already did that. Two friends already lost and I have not even begun . . .

The original point of this thread was that I noticed people who were  in desperate straits off in that upper right corner of the forum page, the blog corner. I travelled over to pull in a few of them, e.g, Shilo but not only Shilo. This week, due to time constraints - or is it a hardened heart - I do my best to ignore those lost souls but hope someone travels over to rescue them. Perhaps we should assign someone to that task - their plaint'ful plees are pretty obvious to see. There are usually at least a few newbies - facing a new diagnosis and amputation - in that position every few days. Just thought when they sign up to blog, they might see a guideline along the vein: "if you are looking for advice or discussion, go to this link (forums!)". But heck, before you blackball me, you know that I am awed by the electronic wizardly that goes into this site!

Night all, sleep well Shilo

p.s. Since I started this thread, can I put an end to it?