Exactly! You won't get rid of me that easily either! Even though we are small group of individuals with extremely diverse interests and views, there is a real sense of community here that I've not found elsewhere. I genuinely like and respect the majority of people here, and have made some very good friends via email too.

There is one other board I used to visit regularly (Del Amitri), but I've stopped dropping by, as the people that frequent it are on a par with Mr Pusser - lots of smutty double entendre, chauvinism... The lead singer of the group told the fans to "F@#k off". It's not like that here at all. We're very lucky.

I certainly don't think DB should take the blame at all for the recent upheavals - it's a cyclical thing and those of us that are here because we love what he does, can see past minor aberrations. We just look forward to the new music.