Though it's very probable that 'Silverboy' won't post on ESLTB in the future, I'd be surprised if Turnoi has retired as a poster. I agree with you that both of them did sterling work posting on ESLTB. I'd like to add that Raoul Duke's occasional posts on this board were well worth the read too. I suspect that his lack of activity on here was due to illness, which tragically turned out to be terminal.

Yes, couple of real characters, Turnoi and Silverboy, and I hope they'll return. I never came across Raoul Duke, but it's clear that he was held in high esteem.

Going off on a tangent; another reason that we should hold back from labelling the Chinese as devious liars-news is filtering through that major British food outlets have been palming customers off with up to 40% horsemeat in beefburgers-we are talking about Tesco(now all over China) as the main offender. No, you stay in China, Foxy, they tend to be more honest and transparent than in the UK, now am I right or am I right?