... Not that I'm suggesting that my fellow travellers on AAAT are small children sat behind me on an interminable car trip...  Not even remotely.

But maybe we are slowly getting there?

'Harris' now talks about "Trad" as a 'big tent'. He never used to.
The posting on AAAT is more & more 'just about the clothes' and not about the mythic 'Trad' lifestyle.
Even Poor Old Bill ('POB' or 'Intrepid') now talks of TNSIL clothes & not lifestyles.

So maybe we are making progress. Unacknowledged progress on any other forum but FNB, but progress still.

We have to give the "Trads" some dignity... Yeah, they knew Jack to start with &, yeah, we've taught them all about the big wide world beyond the OPH...

... And we're not even expecting a thank-you. That wouldn't be the 'Trad' way. 'Trad' is all about clueless Internet bluster after all.

But you have to notice that the FNB crew has widened & improved 'Trad' even if it is only early days.

How soon before the forumite 'Trad' loyalists notice this too?

If they follow 'Harris' with his new "Big Tent for Everyone!" positioning then they won't go far wrong.

My name is Russell Street.

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Jim

Last edited by Russell_Street (2008-05-05 04:53:45)