PUGging hasn’t been too bad.
Over the last two nights Blackhoof has conquered the Ring of Blood (and got a great +Healing one-hander, Mogor’s Anointing Club) and slain Durn the Hungerer (and got a fast combat one-hander, the Hungering Bone Cudgel).
For the first one I joined after being whispered by a guildie looking for some help, and was joined with three other non-guildies. The second one I was with Nachmahd killing beasts and I figured “Why not?” and announced “LFM” for Durn in /general and got three more.
I met some good folks (Masstiff was in both parties, a real good Feral Druid) and got something accomplished.
Folks don’t like PUGs but I’ve had more positive than anything experiences with them.
Kinless Chronicles 
I’ve actually had good experiences with PUGs (And bad. It’s not the best idea to try Talon King Ikiss with a clueless PUG). They can go both ways, but I’m not really opposed to PUGging.
Sometimes you meet some good people. Adding a good healer to your friends list is always a plus.
BTW, thanks for the link!