A few of you may have seen a note from awaywiththefairies that appears to have been removed.
In the note this person said they could now longer agree with many of the post on this site. (or similar)
I for one would like to offer my sincere appologies if I have offended a member who does not derserve it.
It you read this "awaywiththefairies" this goes out to you.
they, like many others, have left
Actually skid112, very few members have left the forum. She is the first one for many many months. Apart from the 4 or 5 that were banned earlier in the year. In fact we are signing up 2 new members EVERY day. That can be seen by the number of new members posting.
The problem with some users is that they cannot simply debate, they have to ridicule and call people names or racist etc. The problem with having such a large forum is that you get a huge variance in opinion. That for me, is the sign of a healthy and popular forum.
If one or two don´t like it then fine, that is down to them. It is just a pity that some of these people still feel the need to run this forum down when it is clearly providing a fabulous service to those living here and in the UK, to those that left for various reasons. We do not differentiate where people live. If they have something to contribute then they are all welcome.
Feline. Well said. :clap:
they may still be members but very few post anymore
and theres another gone
skid112 leaving up to you, so that would be two that has left.
However, what you have chosen not to notice is that there is a wealth of members that post regularly.
Trouble is people like you only want to see a minority.
Of the 30 posts on my unread selection there are 28 different members that have posted in the last 3 hrs. That does not include those that started the threads which would add another 20 or more.
With over 150 posts made daily the majority of which are by different members, I would say that your statement is totally incorrect. There are also over 100 people on the forum at any one time from about 8.00am until midnight. The names of the members fluctuate in that list.
Oh, and we may have lost one but just signed another up two minutes ago. That makes it three new members today. Some these are Dutch and Belgium going by their IP addresses.
Well I fink it's a great forum ;D well done Phil :clap: And now I'm leaving :wave
Just to get some bottles of Britain ;D
Hogs, my views exactly. But that is just what some previous members are saying that we are a forum of no residents!! It is amazing what jealousy does to some people. If this forum was so bad we would not be signing up so many new members.
I fear that some of these ne'er-do-wells have some sort of hidden agenda to blacken the name of the Forum.
I can't for the life of me think why, because it is one of the most useful Internet sites that I have ever used and I have obtained a wealth of information which has enhance our lives in Spain no end.
Keep up the great work Phil.
Nobody slags this forum off more than me on occasions and sometimes, in my opinion, the arrogance and stupidity of some of the posts is astounding but, and here's the kicker, I have to say that it has been a valuable resource in the six years we have been here so long may it continue.....(again IMO) warts & all.
The figures say that the majority of forum members don't post, indeed, I know of quite a few people who read the forum and yes, complain about it but strangely keep on reading (http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13/owdoggy/Gifs/becky.gif) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/owdoggy/media/Gifs/becky.gif.html) but would never dare to post........ why never dare?...... that's one for the committee I think.
Wherever you get a group of people you are going to get a mix of opinions and an internet forum is no different but the Arboleas forum is .... I'm looking for the right word here ........ condensed is the best way I can put it because, apart from the people who have moved back to the UK, we're all within meeting distance and so it's a wee bit harder to hide behind the keyboard....... just imagine that meeting!(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13/owdoggy/Gifs/eek.gif) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/owdoggy/media/Gifs/eek.gif.html)
I have complained about some of the people who post on this forum many times but I've also gleaned a lot of useful information and made new friends here ........ I think the term "sort the wheat from the chaff" applies here....... whatever you own personal wheat & chaff maybe.
Doggy(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu13/owdoggy/Gifs/dogonbeach.gif) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/owdoggy/media/Gifs/dogonbeach.gif.html)
Completely agree Byrney :clap:
Nibbler :tiphat:
It's just a pity that the advice given ,not to debate matters that were clearly a downstairs subject , was not heeded,
So I will reiterate , if forum members are offended by comments from below stairs , don't visit , or at the least keep the comments in that particular area, the forum has been running along just fine with the segregated bar room banter being enjoyed by the participating forum members , and leaving upstairs to their own devices and everyone is happy,
:romance:
Great forum for discussion , information ,giving opinions, moaning, ranting , getting things off your chest in general and helping others that read it
Could not be better
I lived near Partoloa for seven years before moving back to England two years ago. I enjoyed my life in Spain but circumstances, involving health problems and a much loved elderly mother, now aged 95, forced the move back. I used the Forum whilst living in Spain, and I continue to use it now. Because I lived there for seven years, I feel that my experiences and opinions are valid . And anyway, I enjoy a debate on certain issues. :lol:
The forums all the better for your input Zilnor and many other's long may it continue. :clap:
Nibbler :tiphat:
Agree Nibbler. Once upon a time, certain individuals who had (usually for spurious reasons) been forced to return to the UK, continued to use the Forum to vent their spleen at their perceived injustice that they received in Spain. Nay, some even used it to try and destroy other people's businesses and lives. Scroats.
Fortunately, I reckon they've pretty much been weeded out and the Forum is a much better place for it.
However, we have a core number of people who no longer live here, or are here part-time - Liz, Webe, Richard to name but a few - who continue to contribute and give valued opinions on a wide range of topics and are more than willing to help "newbies" (and us "oldies") the benefit of their experiences.
The Forum would be a far worse place without them. :clap:
Nibbler and Byrney, I am blushing at your kind comments ! ;D
I am the first to say there is good and bad wherever you go in the world. I get fed up with those people who constantly criticise Spain or the UK. Nowhere is perfect ! I have good memories of my time in Spain but I have adjusted to life back in England and mostly enjoy it. I do miss the warmer winter climate in Spain and the tapas bars ! But traditional British pubs , public parks and gardens , my free bus pass, and daily walks along the river Trent compensate ! :lol:
Well, I am a fairly new member, having joined the Forum when we moved here 8 months ago. I look at the site every day and have found it an excellent source of information for what is occurring in the local area. I have only made a handful of posts myself asking for information on various topics and the responses I have received have been most helpful. Indeed, I made an urgent plea for help in homing a dear little kitten I found in the middle of the road this week and thanks to this Forum he has today gone to his new adoptive home. So, the Forum has been invaluable to me. I will continue to use it daily.
Well done Julie for rescuing a tiny kitten, and finding him a new home. :clap: :clap:
You are obviously a caring person. Welcome to the forum. It is a very useful and informative site, combined with areas where members can debate on a range of subjects. Be warned, the opinions of some members may be upsetting or offensive to others. But that is normal in all walks of life, and in a democracy we are all entitled to our opinion. :wave
Great to see a real new member who is not a re-incarnation of an ex member.
Welcome aboard JulieRoger.
I find it sad and strange why people come onto a forum make post/threads and when anyone dares to disagree they spit the dummy out announce they are leaving then flounce off,
well my lovelies if you do that please do not slam the door behind you
Can you really be offended by a comment written on a page by a complete stranger in this day and age ?? Ignore it and move on if you don't like it and don't want to reply.
Tomorrow it will be yesterdays news !!
Quote from: PhillipJLloyd on June 27, 2015, 05:51:36 AM
Can you really be offended by a comment written on a page by a complete stranger in this day and age ?? Ignore it and move on if you don't like it and don't want to reply.
Tomorrow it will be yesterdays news !!
sadly you dont even have to write it,just utter the words.
look at one of our most eminant cancer specialists hounded out of his job by the 'grieving few on social media'for making a jokish/flippant remark.
I notice it is the 'usual' peeps that are having a go at him
Well said Phillip, but isn't that the way things have moved on in society. Now you only have to make a passing glance at someone and they want to fight you. I have been visiting the UK on a regular basis and I'm amazed at the number of people who are afraid to make eye contact.
Nibbler :tiphat:
Nibbler, that is one thing that has not reached here yet, IMHO. One can walk through a shop, down the road, make eye contact and say hola, and in return get hola or buenos dias in return, and not just from the Spanish. Long may it last.
People can get offended by the strangest of things, not just words on a page. Then hold grudges for years afterwards. All it proves is that they are very insular people. Which is why my motto is live & let live, life is too short. Move On!
Jockstock and Owdoggy good posts.
Life goes on!
Well I find Hogs, Tetley & Webjamin very threatening and am now scared to post as fear a cascade of verbal abuse..
CB :'( :'( :-X :-X :-X
Quote from: Cuddlybill on June 27, 2015, 11:34:38 AM
Well I find Hogs, Tetley & Webjamin very threatening and am now scared to post as fear a cascade of verbal abuse..
CB :'( :'( :-X :-X :-X
Ruddocks ! ;D
:)
must dach.gotta fire the briggs & stratton up............. 8)
CB :rofl:
Felipe, You're so right, that's another thing I like about Spain, France to they'll always acknowledge you unlike the UK.
Nibbler :tiphat:
Quote from: felipe on June 26, 2015, 18:01:03 PM
Hogs, my views exactly. But that is just what some previous members are saying that we are a forum of no residents!! It is amazing what jealousy does to some people. If this forum was so bad we would not be signing up so many new members.
[/quotproblem is you should support the rights of all to post, regardless of views, supporting the bullying of sawaywith the fairies was pretty low which is why the other forum succeeds meanwhile.
There are no more than six here who dominate, and you fail to keep them in check, which is your job as Administrator.
It's a useful resource full of vile bullying opinion on the forum on which I will never advertise. You need to put those vile entities in check before it sinks as a resource. You will only have yourself to blame.
I don´t know where you get the idea that awtf has been bullied. Not once has anyone shown any signs of bullying.
If you don´t like how the forum is run stick the one you do.
We have many hundreds of members that post regularly and have debate. The problem arises when one or two do not like it when their side of the debate is out gunned by the majority.
They then thrown their toys out of the pram and leave the forum, blaming all and sundry for their reason for leaving.
Calling some of our members vile entities is a disgraceful and unfounded accusation. Perhaps it is you that is doing the bullying.
Quote from: PhillipJLloyd on June 27, 2015, 05:51:36 AM
Can you really be offended by a comment written on a page by a complete stranger in this day and age ?? Ignore it and move on if you don't like it and don't want to reply.
Tomorrow it will be yesterdays news !!
Anyone who gets offended, please read my previous comment. Most members on here use other names to be anonymous and could easier be your neighbour who you had a drink with last night !! Some just comment to create a debate ??
Its a shame people leave as everyone puts good input into the forum sometimes on various subjects.
We will NEVER agree on every topic, this is what makes it so good and interesting .
Quote from: felipe on June 28, 2015, 17:46:46 PM
I don´t know where you get the idea that awtf has been bullied. Not once has anyone shown any signs of bullying.
If you don´t like how the forum is run stick the one you do.
We have many hundreds of members that post regularly and have debate. The problem arises when one or two do not like it when their side of the debate is out gunned by the majority.
They then thrown their toys out of the pram and leave the forum, blaming all and sundry for their reason for leaving.
Calling some of our members vile entities is a disgraceful and unfounded accusation. Perhaps it is you that is doing the bullying.
I dont use any other forum locally, only here as a resource.
Your encouraging of the bullying of Away is disgraceful, your role as Moderator is to moderate such bullying, and it goes on time after time without you putting it in check.
It is why the other forum is flourishing and why I will never advertise here. You have allowed about 6 users to dominate and as you are fully aware it kills all conversation, rationale and reasonable debate. Why do you allow it to persist?
It is your Forum, but others are already proving it can be done better, without the half dozen idiots ruining it for everybody else. Express a view that is different to only get shot down? What kind of a forum is that? With the greatest respect, sort it out, put those people in check and you will see both visitor numbers and comments rise dramatically.
My criticism is intended constructively, whether you perceive it as such is entirely up to you.
Well I for one can't see anyone being bullied, although JJ your own comments to felipe do seem a bit bullish, but I think he can cope with that. I don't know of another forum, so can't comment on that bit. AWTF had a look at the other place and got upset, then tried to make an issue of it elsewhere ??? can't see the point in that, but for some reason, others can ??? Good discussion though ;D :tiphat:
I simply refer you to Phillip Lloyd´s post above. This forum is going from strength to strength signing new members daily. Three more today. I am not going to make comment on the other forum, cannot see the point.
Those 6 users and I assume you mean, but are not willing to name them, are Hogs, Tetley, gus, webby. Don´t know who else. They have been members of this forum for at least 6 years and have contributed to many topics and provided a plethora of information that our members have benefited from. If you regard that as bullying and being idiots then you clearly do not see the forum the same as the rest of the membership. Over 100 members per day make a posting on the forum. Over 500 different members every week make a posting.
Like I said, when one person is outnumbered, not by your so-called 6, but many others, they run and hide. That is not bullying, that is simply not standing up to your convictions.
As to advertising on the forum that is your loss. ALL of our advertisers have benefited from advertising with us. Otherwise they would not keep doing so month month out, year in year out, and we would be signing up new ones regularly.
So i print a load of miss spelt Shxt and its now classed as bullying............well i never :o looks like Matrons gonna have her hands full with the valle in patients on Monday........ ;D
night night all.bed early for me :wave
ps yer dont get this hassle with the Jovas Whitnes folks,3 of em turned up tiday in nerve centre wi a family leaflet :o ,they was expecting mi ti tell em i want intrested :alien:........but we had a debate on Stephen Hawkins,wonderfull ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzkm1E5RqJo
Quote from: Tetley on June 28, 2015, 19:51:00 PM
So i print a load of miss spelt Shxt and its now classed as bullying............well i never :o looks like Matrons gonna have her hands full with the valle in patients on Monday........ ;D
night night all.bed early for me :wave
ps yer dont get this hassle with the Jovas Whitnes folks,3 of em turned up tiday in nerve centre wi a family leaflet :o ,they was expecting mi ti tell em i want intrested :alien:........but we had a debate on Stephen Hawkins,wonderfull ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzkm1E5RqJo
I wish there was a LIKE button on here! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Was this meant to be a private message Brucie. I would have to a agree with what Johnjones had to say about the forum. Filipe saying it is going from strength to strength with new members every day just doesn,t show on here, it seems to be slowly dying, if new members are joining, they are not bringing it back to life. I am sure Filipe will give us loads of stats, but it just doesn,t show on here. It used to be good and lively and even funny and informative, but with the same 6 as Johnjones says, 7 including Filipe it is slowly dying away, even the armless is deadly boring now. Nobody goes there anymore because nothing interesting is ever posted. When a moderator takes sides, he no longer is a moderator. My criticism, just like Johnjones is intended constructively, but i know that would be an impossibility. :lol:
30 different live topics being discussed over the last 24 hours in the general section alone. Doesn't point to a Forum dying to me macc but assume you have some sort of agenda. :tiphat:
No sorry sidekick, wrong as usual, no agenda, just an observation that you cant see.
No need for stats. Just look for yourself. Loads of new members are posting. But the trouble is people like you only see what you want to see. Byrney has it spot on. Also interesting that most of those that complain about the forum are never willing to disclose who they really are. I offered a face to face with brucie1 on two occasions, guess what? He never took me up. His quote has been removed because his post has too.
I am one of the new members today and came accross the forum by accident and have already learned some helpful things from various threads.
I'm not saying I will be posting all the time that isn't the purpose of a forum but will certainly post relevant requests for help or responses if I can contribute.
I am not new to the area as have an apartment in Vera Playa but was looking for information on a particular subject and glad I found this forum.
People will have differences but as long as it is dealt with respectively then this shouldn't be an issue.
That,s your problem Filipe, people like me, what does that mean, am i somehow different than the people like you. Is the forum only open to a certain type of people. I have no idea what problem you have with Brucie, i was asking "HIM" if he posted incorrectly, not you, unless you are Brucie of course. I have been a member for years, and have never knocked the forum. So you probably think, just as sidekick does that i have some sort of agenda because i state an observation, and agree with another poster that you don,t agree with. Let everybody in on this secret agenda i have that you and sidekick refer too, because i don,t have a clue. Is there a list somewhere on here of things you must not talk about, the forbidden list. :lol: and well said Badger 100, i agree 100%
Never had a go at the forum? I suggest you read this again then. Very similar to the comments you made above.
http://www.arboleas.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=97664.msg526154#msg526154
and here with reference to bullying http://www.arboleas.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=95158.msg512019#msg512019
Oh, and I do not need a sidekick I say what I need to say. Brucie´s post was removed for the lies and insinuations that he was making, once again trying to stir up trouble behind a pseudonym, typical of all cowards.
So you think that was me having a go at the forum, you really do have a problem with debate. Please try to explain the 2 links to me, and anybody else who may be interested. Explain to me the problem with what i wrote, please, and where you have a problem, and also please try to explain what, in your mind, you think my agenda could be.
Felipe, I wouldn't take too much notice of these last few comments, old macc's just grumpy coz the jocks aint got no oil no more, so he's gotta stay dependent on the English for his benefits now. there's also another forum started up somewhere nearby which I don't know of, but feel it anyway, coz it's been mentioned.
I think that if someone wants to contribute to a forum, they will, all forums have a silent majority. Some people just have the hump wherever they are and will get the ache if things don't always go their way. Debate is debate and long may it live :clap:
Well done felipe, you're doing a great job. :tiphat:
I blame the heatwave for all this
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Quote from: Tetley on June 28, 2015, 19:51:00 PM
So i print a load of miss spelt Shxt and its now classed as bullying............well i never :o looks like Matrons gonna have her hands full with the valle in patients on Monday........ ;D
night night all.bed early for me :wave
ps yer dont get this hassle with the Jovas Whitnes folks,3 of em turned up tiday in nerve centre wi a family leaflet :o ,they was expecting mi ti tell em i want intrested :alien:........but we had a debate on Stephen Hawkins,wonderfull ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzkm1E5RqJo
Tetley - I love your posts, trying to decipher them gives my brain a good work out- & is more fun than doing a crossword
Felipe I go along with webjamin and others just ignore him he might even go away. He is in the minority that think the forum is going downhill. The word on the streets is that more people are using it. Certainly those that I speak to anyway say that the are using it more now. Dont let the minority win you are running a great forum long may it continue.
"Sidekick" Macc. :rofl: Love it. Genius!
Quote from: AlistairK on June 29, 2015, 07:38:53 AM
Felipe I go along with webjamin and others just ignore him he might even go away. He is in the minority that think the forum is going downhill. The word on the streets is that more people are using it. Certainly those that I speak to anyway say that the are using it more now. Dont let the minority win you are running a great forum long may it continue.
as has been said, the problem with running a forum is damned if you do damned if you dont,I was a moderator on the old costaalmeria forum from its early days which I think even Phil will agree with was the biggest/most popular forum in the area at the time and if we deleted a post we were wrong.if we left the post we were wrong, sadly that board is no longer running for various reasons,so in its place this forum has taken over and continued to grow and will continue to grow,for every 1 that flounces off there will be 10 more replacements
Hartcjhart, Absolutely agree with you. the old Costa Almeria Forum was the first one that I visited 10 years ago. It was a fountain of great info on all things Almeria and not specific to one area of the region.
You are soooo right about this one continuing to grow. And it really is a case of damned if you do and damned if you don´t.
It can be a bit like IS at times with a faceless enemy :):)
But we will keep plodding along singing a song side by side :)
fellipe that is absolutely outrageous to compare the goings on with the forum to the evil deeds perpetrated by IS.
;D
Quote from: verwood on June 29, 2015, 09:10:07 AM
fellipe that is absolutely outrageous to compare the goings on with the forum to the evil deeds perpetrated by IS.
I must agree, Felipe you didn't think that one through !!!
Quote from: verwood on June 29, 2015, 09:10:07 AM
fellipe that is absolutely outrageous to compare the goings on with the forum to the evil deeds perpetrated by IS.
I dont know. one is a 'cyber attack' one is a real attack, both by faceless people
Does a "cyber attack" kill and maim people? what a ridiculous comment.
Quote from: verwood on June 29, 2015, 09:33:56 AM
Does a "cyber attack" kill and maim people? what a ridiculous comment.
is it really?? cyber attacks/bullying HAS killed people,AND the internet has encouraged people to commit terrorist offences
keep digging the hole sunshine :yawn:
I assume you never saw the smiley faces, tongue in cheek comment. :)
:romance:He obviously feels in his mind that he is at war. :lol: :lol: It should be just a forum open to all opinions and ideas outside the chosen 7. Criticism of the 7 and the forum is prohibitid. 808 :wave :wave, the wave makes it all ok.
At with whom? The forum IS open to all to have an opinion. Yet you and one or two others believe that the so-called 7 are not allowed an opinion.
If you look at this thread carefully you will see that 26 DIFFERENT members have made a comment. So that throws your argument out the window. And 16 currently on the terrorist attack thread and 36 on the quotes thread including a number of new members. I could go on.....
I must admitt...... reading all this..........i dont get it..........people are been over taken by electronic Shxt,do yer sens a favour,its a nice day both uk & spain.......put the laptop lid down for a day and spend some time in the real world,yell probably all enjoy it a lot more than electronic key board rattling. O0
right
im off ti cut mi grass... ;D
Tetley, not trying to knock you or anything, but how can you say, i dont get it. Now this is just another observation from me, when you say people are being overtaken by electronic shxt and keyboard rattling, you do realise that you have nearly 7000 posts in just over 4 years. That,s more than 4 posts a day, 7 days a week for over 4 years. My keyboard would be rattling with that much use as well, and by the way, how did the grass turn out :whistle: ;D You do know you are only allowed 3 plants in that shed. :lol: :lol:
Tetley don't let the b-----s grind you down :D. Continue to mow the lawn, and keep posting.
Lovely warm day here in Burton Trent, 24 degrees . ++=
Me and my old boy have had to rub in sun protection cream. He keeps saying " lower, lower " Sorry mods, all meant in good fun :lol:
Macc
thats a very life threatening point you make :o.... il expand
i work abought 12 hours a day prattling around,i post on here, at tea time.... as in Aldie president tea bags ( 1.99 for 160 :o )
But
the life threatening bit is................... :alien:
if i have 7000 posts,yer can probably double that..... with another 7000 on the old forum befor i was hex cumunicated :handshake
so we can transduce from this.... that i have drunk 14000 cups of tea with 1 suger 8) at 4 grams per tea spoon :o
so over 14000 posts thats thats around 56kg of suger ,infact im a walking bleedin sweet shop.........
the good news is
im now posting suger free,tea tasts like shxt but ive lost 11kg ..........
so all well that ends well 8)
anyway must dash,im making a coal bunker out of a Leeds city council wheeli bin....... ;D
:tiphat:
Quote from: Tetley on June 29, 2015, 17:49:52 PM
im now posting suger free,tea tasts like shxt but ive lost 11kg ..........
Same as me - 11kg! When I was diagnosed with diabetes a few years ago, it took me two and a half years to actually enjoy drinking tea again. It was worth the effort but it seemed like forever. Keep up the good work, it'll be worth it in the end. :clap:
14000 posts Tetley and never one of em in a nasty, irritating, pedantic manner, always respectful and mostly humorous, not like some on here. Well done Tetley :clap: ;D
Well done Lynne. 11 kgs. :clap:
I have lost 6.5 ks but seem to have got stuck ! Can't starve myself and I eat loads of salads, and very little bread, potatoes, pastas, and puddings. Ah well. Even if I don't lose any more weight, as long as I don't put it back on I will be content. :lol:
Webe, Well said about the lovely Tetley. :clap: :clap:
All credit where it's due Liz :wave
I was 12st 7lb at age 17 and now 13st 7lb at age 21 ;D :o just realised, I can't remember how many lb and oz in a stones or even how to write em :o and how do ya do a half on the keyboard? ??? OMG I'm fick :o Old macc's gonna have a field day :'(
21 Webe? Clearly not done a metric conversikn on that one! ;D
Well done Webe, that takes balls admitting you is thick, :clap:. but don,t worry, and don,t feel bad, i always knew, so i wont have that field day. Now if only the other 6 would do the same :whistle:. Remember now, it,s just friendly banter, so don,t give me any of that, you have an agenda stuff :lol: :lol:
Oh, you are such a wag macc. I'd stick to cartoons though if I were you! :tiphat:
Quote from: macc on June 29, 2015, 19:33:29 PM
Well done Webe, that takes balls admitting you is thick, :clap:. but don,t worry, and don,t feel bad, i always knew, so i wont have that field day. Now if only the other 6 would do the same :whistle:. Remember now, it,s just friendly banter, so don,t give me any of that, you have an agenda stuff :lol: :lol:
I would if I was but I'm not compared to you so don't need to . :tiphat:
Webe , like you , being a bit older than 21, I get somewhat confused with pounds, ounces and kilos. :crazy: who really cares ? And no matter what Macc says, you are not thick :D. At least no thicker than me ;D. Who gives a s--t ?
Digressing a bit, my man is drooling over Joanna Lumley advertising her new TV programme. He reckons she is top totty for the older man ! :lol: My son, aged forty, reckons he would enjoy a drink or two with her. Girl power,get in ladies :lol:
Quote from: macc on June 29, 2015, 19:33:29 PM
Well done Webe, that takes balls admitting you is thick, :clap:. but don,t worry, and don,t feel bad, i always knew, so i wont have that field day. Now if only the other 6 would do the same :whistle:. Remember now, it,s just friendly banter, so don,t give me any of that, you have an agenda stuff :lol: :lol:
;D I'm virtually speechless macc, good job I got sum clever friends innit ;D now come on, how do you do a half on the keyboard? ???
Hold ALT and type 0189
½ ½ ½ ;D ½ ½ ½ ;D Thanks GEman But it didn't work at first, then the Mrs said "press numbers lock, then ALT 0189" see I aint fick ;D
"Finks" now what about free and free quarters :whistle: :handshake
¾ ¾ ¾ ;D ;D ;D :rofl: :rofl:
Type 3 then hold ALT and type 0190
Ha ha you beat me to it
:o Oh I forgot the 3 :o
3¾ ;D ;D It's the Num Lock that does the fraction sign. Thanks again GEman :tiphat:
Such fun on a keyboard :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Not aimed at you Webe, I generally enjoy your posts and outlook on life.
The problem is Phil when Away expressed a different view one of upset at the language used, and he or she is then clearly attacked for not having a consensus view, it is your role as moderator to ensure reasonable views expressed legally and not bringing the for the Forum into disrepute, is to ensure the tint to expression here is maintained.
As someone else stated as moderator you cannot take sides, but you have done.
It is therefore not a Forum, but. Platform for limited views by half a dozen people or so.
No one wants to be attacked for expressing a reasonable view.
If you managed the forum professionally you would have a genuine forum of diverse and interesting views instead of the limited topics and views etc. No doubt numbers visiting outstrip the numbers joining any decent conversation....again which is why I won't advertise on the Forum.
No problem JJ :handshake But Phil did create the "bar downstairs" exactly for the reasons you state. It's like a woman going into the gents changing room and complaining of men exposing themselves :or vice versa even ;D AWTF knew there could be some sort of thing to complain about after being on here so long. I think most of us are reasonably well behaved when in the General Chatter section, but can be naughty downstairs sometimes :o So, if AWTF had a gripe over something, it should have been made in the section it was seen.
Anyway JJ, why don't you pop down for a virtual pint ;D oops nearly said virtuous :o won't get that down there ;D :tiphat:
Sorry John but I think we run the forum professionally. I think that I am allowed to have my own views even as forum owner. If those views are not the same as others does that mean that I am not allowed an opinion?
As Webe said I created the downstairs section so that anything that might be seen as ´controversial´could be discussed down there and the members had a warning about it. The threads that have come under accusation of being for the select few have in actual fact had nearly 30 members contribute to them. So that as far as I am concerned says it all. That members ARE discussing things openly and it is NOT just the select few.
You go to any forum that has thousands of members and you will see that there is a core of members that contribute to it. The rest read it and occasionally add something. That even applies and perhaps more so on smaller forums where debate is less lively and therefore boring.