I am now completely back in my box, shall maybe have some of my stashed wine, and definitely something sweet. The furore was nice while it lasted and I'm sorry if anyone was upset.
The problem was that GNHQ didn't think jenricks (OP on this thread) was quite up to the standard of someone allowed to post on Gransnet. And, it seems, barred him.
Some people are convinced he was a student. Others don't know.