T's & C's

[TheCurryBible]

Just out of curiosity, are there and Forum terms and conditions I should read before posting? I've been reading through some old threads and it looks like there have been all kinds of arguments and discussions about people posting links to other sites etc? I'm just curious what the deal is, are all out bound links to personal sites frowned upon etc? If anyone could give me a steer on this I'd appreciate it. Don't want to go rocking the boat.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Indeed there are.  Here.  Which you can't see once you've logged in, so I repeat them below :
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[TheCurryBible]

Perfect. Thanks very much.