Thread jacking is becoming an issue here. I refer to the overtaking of threads with silly banter or side discussions. It detracts from the threads and is annoying to many.

To clarify, a wise crack here and there is fine and even a follow up shot can be entertaining too, however when it goes to 3 or 4 posts and more without returning to the topic at hand, the original thread is lost and it sometimes these threads don't return to the topic at all.

So, joking is OK, but let's not stray too far from the topic. The mods will post "Back on topic please" when they see threads straying too far. My hope is that this will be seldom used, but when it is used, we want the thread to return to the topic without delay.

Remember the Off Topic / Almost Anything forum can be used for banter or silly random thoughts and polls. We will relax the rule a bit for that forum only, but we still would like to see things stay on track.

Thanks for your Co-operation