How many of you get invited to a friend’s house for a meal?<\/p>\n

How many of you then turn up at your friend’s house; sit at the table to eat, in complete silence and once the meal is over leave without a word of thanks?<\/p>\n

How many of you do this on a regular basis?<\/p>\n

What has this got to do with Blog Etiquette?<\/p>\n

Well if you are a regular reader of a blog and you have never ever left a comment….then you are are the cyber version of a dinner guest who eats in complete silence and leaves without a word of thanks.<\/p>\n

Ok..rant over..now here are some photos<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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