OK, my stats for 3 equal periods, (Dec 2010; July 2011; and Dec 2011) show the following for this thread.
Actual no. of posters 9,10, 11 (despite the fact that teddy does not appear in Dec 2011) - I guess my comment was wrong in this respect.
Actual no. of posts 100 (without teddy), 74, 79 - so the number of posts is actually reducing. (perhaps this is what I was noticing).
Reduced no. of posts is due mainly to a reduction from Gord , Steve and teddy.
I hope these figures are of interest (and CD please note that the decrease in posts would have been even more significant if
you yourself had not increased from 9, 10, to 24 and myself from 2, 1, to 12).