Mom_me said I've met a lot of old Qlers. ...
One thing I noticed though - after a QL meeting one can't respond with the same fervour as before. It sort of spoils the 'heated debate' scenarios and things end up in mindless yapping. .."

Really? Ok, I didn't notice before. I thought it was because we had to tone down cos some newbies were kinda sensitive, not being used to an open online forum and since we didn't want to turn potential new friends off, we were more guarded. We were also more busy at work, etc. So...