Well, my personal perspective is that it's not important when, or even why, someone chooses to post, so long as he (or she) has something worthwhile to say. H4ppy Chris was booted out, and then layed the "H4ppy naan" recipe about which most are raving; BB1 got slagged off initially, but his final revised 4kg recipe is met with considerable enthusiasm by some, if not by all. Adey has been active recently for only a short while, but what he has said in that short time has generated considerable enthusiasm from the aficionados. OK, so he and Julian have a new book out; that doesn't detract (to my mind) from what he has already contributed, and what he may potentially contribute in the future. Genuine Branta aureus var. "Indica" are pretty rare here ('though of course we have our indigenous Branta vulgata, who repeatedly tries to give the impression that he is the Real Thing