..."yeah not bad but I can do just as good myself".
Do others feel the same, my guess is yes, and that, in itself shows how good this site is.
An alternative interpretation, which I believe to be closer to the truth, is that todays BIRs are well and truly sub standard.
This suggests that my curries are also no more than sub-standard? (and, by implication, many of the others' on this site. But I'm sure that's not what you meant Santa!!!
What I'm saying is that all the curry houses I now visit seem to serve curries without the smell and taste that made them so desirable some time ago. Many, if not all, of the curries on this forum can match or better these 'sub standard' restaurant's offerings. So I suppose by implication I am saying that your curries and everyone elses curries are sub standard if you are matching this type of BIR curry.
It's not really meant as an insult, it's merely pointing out that as far as good BIR curries go you, and many others it seems, have missed the boat. Unfortunately it's a bit of a catch 22, because I can't recommend a BIR to prove my point as they no longer seem to exist!
All I can say is I think my curries taste damn good, and I do not regard them as sub standard.
That's because, I surmise, you haven't tasted and smelled the old style curries. Believe me when I say even you would admit your own curries are sub standard when going head to head with those.