I wondered why so few of us seemed active, I had no idea membership had been closed, I thought it was due to a flawed perception that the pandemic was over. So yes, new participants would be welcome.

I hate euphemisms such as "n-word" and the use of *s or symbols in the place of letters in words that usually some authority figure made taboo to us, without logical justification, at some stage of our upbringing. It's so pointless and intellectually dishonest as the reader instantly translates the pseudo or altered version of the word anyway. The writer has invariably communicated the same word but with some twisted sense of logic believes they have exonerated themselves of communicating an offensive word. If the altered word isn't to be interpreted that way why bother using it at all. Get over it people. Write the real word or don't write anything at all, certainly don't use some dishonest half-measure.