Nice poetic efforts here. I agree the banter's gone but, as Jools said, the spirit of the DSC is alive and kicking amongst the members. The DD was born from the spirit of the DSC and, if you ever attended, I think you'd see that for yourself.
Mav, you've made several comments like this lately. You have a point to make and you've made it but what are you trying to achieve other than highlighting the lack of banter? And is that going to improve anything? How about directing your efforts towards re-introducing a bit of cheerful?
