Fer God's sake, people! Calm down, calm down... I've no idea what's been going on, but it seems to have happened after we experienced lots of logon problems, 'Mail Error' and other messages. Whatever it is, it's regrettable that topics disappeared, but have they gone for good, or can Col find them in some dank dungeon are resuscitate them?
Why the threat towards Derek, Ardross? Aren't we Mods supposed to have a consensus of agreement on actions, or can any of us make free with the forum as we wish? If no-one likes a post, they only have to ignore it. If it's truly disgraceful, it can be deleted and the forum informed that it has been. I can't see anything that Derek's put up that's objectionable to the point of banning - again. Some people may not like him, but then some people don't like you, and some - deluded fools that they are - don't like me. So what?