... I am starting to feel very unwelcome here. I have submitted a number of posts and only one from yesterday has made it through the process. I see that other members have posts with time after mine get through, and I don't know if theirs take a day or so or not (based on the times it doesn't appear to be so).

I realize that there is a very good reason for moderating every post (indeed, I myself am a moderator on another site), and you are probably very busy given the amount of traffic on this site.

Still, it is frustrating to not know whether I need to just be patient and wait or whether there something in my posts that are not okay. If the former, I'm happy to wait, and if the latter I'm happy to make adjustments, if that is acceptable. I have read and re-read the rules and can't imagine what might be unacceptable in what I have written. Any hint at what I might be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.

It is also frustrating to not have a point of contact - creating a thread knowing it will be seen by a moderator seems to be the only way to send any kind of communication like this.

This is a very valuable forum and would very much like to participate. frown

Regards,
Arnie