I just had a quick browse of what has been the most popular thread each month over the last year. September 2003 1. my 1st crash...................................: 300 10.0 1.2% August 2003 1. French petrol stations.........................: 909 29.3 4.0% July 2003 1. Lord Archer....................................: 440 14.2 2.0% June 2003 1. stolen from uk.legal...........................: 408 13.6 1.9% May 2003 1. Test the nation................................: 348 11.2 1.6% April 2003 1. OT: Religion in schools...........................: 532 17.2 2.1% March 2003 1. OT: 300 f*****g quid???...........................: 240 8.0 1.2% February 2003 1. Fooling the Congestion Charge cameras.............: 662 21.4 3.2% January 2003 1. OT: Gulf War......................................: 480 17.1 2.4% December 2003 1. Have we done this yet?............................: 510 17.0 3.4% November 2003 1. OT (maybe): Remembrance Day.......................: 359 12.0 1.7% October 2003 1. Dear Bear (Part Deux).............................: 422 14.1 2.1% So it looks like the writing was on the wall since last October.