retro.....Like you, I abhor sentences starting with "So".....but in certain circumstances it is a correct procedure and in my case it was indeed appropriate ( I think).
danny...I call you danny because that is you Username.....seems reasonable.
my objection is that it gives a sort of "cosy", "clicky", matey feeling to what i consider to be an impersonal and factual website.
I doubt SD's amusing old post would survive long on today's AB.
Imagine putting all that effort into a post just to see it instantly removed. (if my supposition is correct, of course)