Quote Originally Posted by TheGrump View Post
However, I still suggest, along with others, that there are too many repetitive, often critical posts based on erroneous assumptions about rules or situations, which could easily be resolved by some basic research. A combination of following links and obtaining the handbook by joining the FRA would help everyone immeasurably.
Yes to basic research. But FRA membership for all forumites is a lose lose scenario.

I wonder how many existing FRA members viewed this forum prior to taking the decision to join. I did. And the fact that I found it to be a friendly and encouraging resource, full of wit, banter, advice and comradery played a part, however small, in deciding that the FRA was something I wanted to be a part of.

Of course, some people will have posted on here for years with out joining the FRA. So be it. I don't see the correlation between that and repetitive or irrelevant threads.

If you don't like it, don't read it.