Rattlehead said:

Sorry Andywan. I've been overseas for a while and I forgot how paranoid Americans can be. I see your point, but I've also been too busy for bulletin boards (not just this one, but in general) for several years and forgot just how microscopic the scrutiny of every word of a post gets. I just don't have the time or desire to scrutinize the tone and wording of every post the way some people do here (or on boards in general). I guess my thinking is still in European mode and an invitation to a very public and crowded place where no one is possibly going to come to any harm didn't strike me as weird or creepy or anything, and a request for a mobile number to facilitate said meeting also didn't strike me as strange. As far as only talking about things in person... refer again to what I just said about scrutiny.

If you going to come across at me with that higher than thou attitude you could at least get my bloody name right. And i'm British, not American so your point is a fail there.

You see this is what really bugs me about what you are saying. You say you only want to talk to real preservationists and in person at somewhere like Star Tours. So, in your mind, anyone that lives outside of the USA is just not worth your precious time and can't be serious preservationists? Or do you think you are so important that anyone that is serious would spend hundreds of pounds and jump on a flight just so they could meet you?

But seriously, what is the big deal about only wanting to meet people in person? With todays technology the world has become a lot smaller. Why couldn't you start out by talking to these people in a video conference call on the net first? Wouldn't this be a simpler idea to start off with and you wouldn't alienate anyone that lives outside of the USA?