This site is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites.
The Guestbook, Forum, Links and Mailing List services are provided by Bravenet, the WebRing service is provided by WebRing.Inc and hosted by SimpleNet and the Site Search service by FreeFind. These services are supported by advertising.
Unfortunately spammers, and others with a subversive nature, target these services with a view to undermining their value. Sometimes disrespectful, or worse, tasteless, content is posted to these services without the knowledge of Bravenet or myself. Clearly Bravenet cannot be expected to 'police' these services so the following describes my policy:
Due to the potential of inappropriate messages being posted, I have opted to authorise all messages before posting. Unfortunately this will introduce a delay in a message being posted, but I trust you will understand the need for this.
Rather than use an embedded links service, I have decided to use the service from Bravenet as this has the distinct advantage of allowing visitors to post and/or recommend links. However, due to the potential of inappropriate links being posted, I have opted to authorise all links before posting. Unfortunately this will introduce a delay in a link being established, but I trust you will understand the need for this.
Due to the nature of forums there is no authorisation process available from Bravenet but I am informed via email of all postings. I will therefore check messages as often as possible to try to ensure that visitors to my site are not assailed by inappropriate content. However I may not always be able to action this immediately and I trust that this will be understood.
Bravenet's statement about mailing lists is as follows: I quote "The email addresses in your services will never be shared nor sold." I will not divulge a subscriber's email address unless expressly requested by the subscriber to do so. I am a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Engineer and I abhor spam.
For your convenience this site is pleased to be a member of several WebRings. The RingMasters monitor their rings and therefore there should be no issue with content. However I can take no responsibility for the structure of the WebRings and the content of sites that might be accessed from my WebRings links page.
The FreeFind service provides a periodic analysis of the search criteria entered by users. This is extremely useful in identifying what visitors are looking for on the site and enables the tuning of keywords to more satisfy their needs. So please do use the search service and if it doesn't help this time you may find it more so on your next visit. Please be assured that no personal information is or can be collected.
Please appreciate that sometimes genuine URL's (website pages) are 'hijacked' by irresponsible people who introduce auto-transfer code to route the visitor to other service(s). This is a most despicable act and there is no easy way to 'police' it.
Should anyone find that they are routed inappropriately or find objectionable content posted to these services, then I would be grateful to receive an email and I will take action to eradicate it.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.