lord13 wrote:stuff about being welcome
I know what you mean, I've had (what I perceive to be) similar issues in other clubs for various car and non-car related things, but a lot of it is not actually the case at all, it just looks that way. Once you get chatting there's not usually an issue. If you're not the kind of person who does that, that's fine too. We often have a joint (or adjoining) stand with DSG and VVOC at some northern shows, and there are loads of VVOC members I've never spoken to. I hope that's not coming across as me being stand-offish, because it's certainly not intended that way. I'm sure that's the case for all of us.
While it's a little sidetracked, this thread is a good reminder to take care when writing stuff on a forum or in an email, as opposed to saying it out loud - there's no way to add a tone of voice here, and sometimes things can be taken too literally. Equally it's a reminder of the same thing when reading posts. No harm done, though.