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Mobson
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Quiet days...the 2 Hugh's, Madfor4, Doc Wu, May-Cee, and Becky....hope you are all okay and come back here soon. <seeya>
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tafkaj

It's holiday time, Mobs - give 'em a break!
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rumbaba
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http://s4.zetaboards.com/Radio4forum/single/?p=8647539&t=9741025
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Mobson
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Not everyone's on holiday - some have definitely left us!
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rumbaba
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We are well into September, so I think holidays are done and dusted.
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Mobson
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Well summer ones maybe, but autumn vacations are looming! <happy>
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Just got back yesterday from a Norway Fiord cruise and the ship was fully booked for this week as well.

Call me a Philistine but when you have seen one fiord, there is a huge resemblance to the others.
Edited by Norm Deplume, Sep 22 2013, 05:00 PM.
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Mobson
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...never been to Norway Norm...nor on a cruise ship...got near to the latter when I met some charming Norweigans whilst holidaying on the coast of Croatia...we hooked up and shared more than a few meals together from which came a genuine offer to go visit with them after we exchanged our personal details; as for a cruise, a few years back my husband designed the interior of a celebratory cruise ship and I was invited to sail on it's maiden voyage with him...for whatever reason I didn't go! Cruising is one thing that has never appealed to me. <happy>
Edited by Mobson, Sep 23 2013, 09:26 AM.
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We drove to Olso for the day, from Uddevalla, Sweden, about 30 years ago. I recall a big park with strange statues and not much else about Oslo. In Sweden, we stayed in a luxurious cabin in the woods and had the use of a boat (courtesy of SE Banken): we were/are zero-experienced sailors and got horribly lost out at sea. I can vouch for the fact that one fiord looks pretty much like another. It was quite scary but we got back somehow and didn't go out again.
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Norm Deplume
Sep 22 2013, 04:58 PM
Just got back yesterday from a Norway Fiord cruise and the ship was fully booked for this week as well.

Call me a Philistine but when you have seen one fiord, there is a huge resemblance to the others.
Welcome back, Phil!

;)
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Mobson
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:'( It's a shame but apparently May-Cees has left us, although still posting elsewhere...so...

At the moment I'm 'the only ga(y)l in the village' .... <doh>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 4 2013, 12:02 PM.
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rumbaba
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Caiss is having techie problems BTW, his PC is broken.
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Mobson
Sep 23 2013, 09:18 AM
...never been to Norway Norm...nor on a cruise ship...got near to the latter when I met some charming Norweigans whilst holidaying on the coast of Croatia...we hooked up and shared more than a few meals together from which came a genuine offer to go visit with them after we exchanged our personal details; as for a cruise, a few years back my husband designed the interior of a celebratory cruise ship and I was invited to sail on it's maiden voyage with him...for whatever reason I didn't go! Cruising is one thing that has never appealed to me. <happy>
Mobsy,

I felt like you for years, I always thought that cruising would be like "Butlins At Sea" but I was very pleasantly surprised to find that when I did eventually did go on a cruise that it was 5*+ luxury. Have been on several since.
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Mobson
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<ok> That's good to know Norm....
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http://www.discogs.com/Mothers-Of-Invention-The-Cruising-With-Ruben-The-Jets/master/36745
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Mobson
Sep 30 2013, 12:29 PM


At the moment I'm 'the only ga(y)l in the village' .... <doh>
<princess> there is duckie still around in the food section
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Mobson
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Oh Goodness gracious Lurks - how can I have forgotten my only lady friend in the food thread! Sorry Duckie ...you must forgive me my unintentional aberration <devi>;;

...not that she reads this thread...so I may have gotten away with it! <laugh>
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Robbie Singh
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Mobbie you need a man in your life. are you looking for someone young and fresh like me ?
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Mobson
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<laugh> Thanks for the offer Robbie, but I think you would find me too hot to handle <comet>
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Mobson
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<seeya> Hello Mad4for...you haven't visited here since July, until you looked in yesterday....hope you and Mrs Mads are keeping well ....
Edited by Mobson, Oct 7 2013, 01:23 PM.
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Oct 7 2013, 09:32 AM
<seeya> Hello Mad4for...you haven't visited here since July, until you looked in yesterday....hope you and Mrs Mads are keeping well ....
Still going strong...been/still busy....###

Regards to alll....
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Hello folks ...... computer is sorted out more or less with wires all over the place and lots of spare routers. One or possibly two problems and lots of hanging on the phone trying to get technical help with BT threatening to arrive and charge £130 for unspecified works ...... very wearing!

Yes, sad about absentees but it's good to know Mads is around and about.
Edited by caissier, Oct 9 2013, 09:30 PM.
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Mobson
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Great picture Caiss! <doff>
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rumbaba
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Yes, brilliant! <ok>
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Oct 9 2013, 09:21 PM
Yes, sad about absentees but it's good to know Mads is around and about.

Yes, indeed it is - but where on earth is Becky?

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Mobson
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Think maybe she's just taking a break from forums! <happy>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 13 2013, 03:06 PM.
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Seems she's not the only one. But you look as if you could do with her umbrella.

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Mobson
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<erm> What umbrella?
Edited by Mobson, Oct 13 2013, 10:07 PM.
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Didn't becky used to have a rather nice umbrella - or was that someone else's avatar?

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Mobson
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We both certainly have had avatars with umbrellas in the past, but are both currently without them! <happy> ...hope I don't get a chest cold <laugh>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 14 2013, 09:32 AM.
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Oct 13 2013, 09:49 AM
Think maybe she's just taking a break from forums! <happy>
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waiting4atickle Yesterday, 10:47 PM Seems she's not the only one.
Having a scout around to see what's happening elsewhere, there seems to be a general lack of posting on these smaller forums; one board with a membership of under 35, and with some familiar names going back quite a few years, is closing down this week....others are discussing the lack of interest in posting.

There are many reasons for this I suppose, firstly I blame the BBC! <eh> however, what with the onset of newer and faster ways of communication via the internet - facebook, twitter and email, seems we just don't have the time to randomly post away to our hearts content! Also it depends on life's circumstances and seasonal breaks. Certainly I've been more selective recently; posting relative to things that are my passion - the movies, theatre, food and cricket...oh and Mornington Crescent. One of the reasons for this is that daily news is generally so dire and depressing that I like to get away from it!

Anyway I do hope this forum manages to survive <antispammissilestrike> - I won't give up posting here whilst it does... <seeya>




Edited by Mobson, Oct 14 2013, 12:01 PM.
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Norm Deplume
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Me neither Mobsy. Oh and by the way, I love that hint of cleavage in your present avatar. Makes me realise that although almost 83, I still have a keen eye for such things.
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Mobson
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I'm so glad Norm - on both accounts - thought we needed a bit of bosom to keep our peckers up! <laugh>
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"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" (and sisters) <cheers!>
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Robbie Singh
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I agree with Mobson many small-meduim sized forum seem rather quiet as of late. it s sad to see. I think daily post could should range between 150-230 daily as minimum for a small-medium sized forums, at worst 80-100 posts. when the post comes down to 30-50 daily becomes a concern . I remember the last days of Hyper T (or whatever it was called that forum would get to 1-10 posts per and hyper would get angry lol in the end he shut the forum down.it was all his fault which lead to the end of it.

I remember someone posted the link to this forum on there. since then I have been lurking on here lol. back then this forum had more traffic and daily posts. hopefully things will pick up for you guys on here :)
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Lurkalot

tis all quiet on the western front but thinking of the age range of members, we do need blood or may this forum be assigned to the last word. <guillotine>

I'm off to listen to Gloria gaynor and I will survive <harharhar>
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Lurkalot
Oct 14 2013, 04:27 PM
tis all quiet on the western front but thinking of the age range of members, we do need blood or may this forum be assigned to the last word. <guillotine>

I'm off to listen to Gloria gaynor and I will survive <harharhar>

LOL. your a funny dude man.
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Lurkalot

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LOL. your a funny dude man.



<mohawkguitarist>

I try my best Robbie <cool>
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Robbie Singh
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well it made my day. I have had a depressing Monday
Edited by Robbie Singh, Oct 14 2013, 06:28 PM.
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Mobson
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:'( Sorry to hear that Robbie...hope that today is a happier one for you.... <ok>
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Oct 14 2013, 04:27 PM
but thinking of the age range of members, we do need blood or may this forum be assigned to the last word. <guillotine>

Don't know about you Lurks, but I've got plenty of years left in the tank... <erm>

Are we not vampires.....or <livingdeadguest> ....?
Edited by Mobson, Oct 15 2013, 01:04 PM.
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Lurkalot

Mobson, I take my inspiration from private fraser, were all doomed one day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7RIgs3eygo
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tafkaj

Phew! Until about a minute ago I kept getting a "Database error" message when trying to bring up the log on page here ... I thought you'd all run off and left me, especially as I discovered there's also an ALT-Radio4 Zeta board that I knew nothing about! <yikes>
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Mobson
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<crikey> ...We'd never leave you! <hug> ...

but you're right there is such a forum, set up very similar to ours although I do not recognise any of the 9 members names and since it's inception in Oct 2011, it's had only 17 posts! ... <owl>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 15 2013, 01:17 PM.
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Robbie Singh
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could be on of Hyper's boads lol.
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Mobson
Oct 15 2013, 01:12 PM
<crikey> ...We'd never leave you! <hug> ...

but you're right there is such a forum, set up very similar to ours although I do not recognise any of the 9 members names and since it's inception in Oct 2011, it's had only 17 posts! ... <owl>
They clearly give a lot more thought to their missives than I (we?) do! <laugh>
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Mobson
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Well its dead as a duck <dove> <owl> <<<<<< since we don't have a duck smiley....we should, as we do have a duckie!
Edited by Mobson, Oct 16 2013, 07:51 AM.
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Lurkalot

As I use the social medium of Facebook with friends, I'm also a member of a few groups more local to me and I seem to be lurking a lot there nowadays. <livingdeadguest>
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Robbie Singh
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well you got 97 posts in the last 24 hours. that's an improvement from the last couple of weeks.:)
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Mobson
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Is this no 98? ....Although this forum is much more about quality than quantity Robbie <wink>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 15 2013, 04:52 PM.
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Lurkalot

I remember the days when bbc boards use to have post counts after your ID, showed who needed to get out abit more. lol

I was fuming when Peta & co deleted my ID and so I lost my post count! grrrr!
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Robbie Singh
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106 in the last 24 hours.
#1 Mobson Jun 15, 2011 49 46.23%
#2 Robbie Sep 13, 2013 16 15.09%
#3 waiting4atickle Jul 11, 2011 16 15.09%
#4 rumbaba Jun 16, 2011 7 6.6%
#5 Rikiiboy Jul 19, 2011 6 5.66%
#6 dai Cottomy Jul 12, 2011 4 3.77%
#7 Norm Deplume Jul 15, 2011 3 2.83%
#8 duckie Jul 9, 2012 2 1.89%
#9 Douglas Jul 23, 2011 2 1.89%
#10 Lurkalot Sep 1, 2011 1 0.94%
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106 in the last 24 hours.
#1 Mobson Jun 15, 2011 49 46.23%
#2 Robbie Sep 13, 2013 16 15.09%
#3 waiting4atickle Jul 11, 2011 16 15.09%
#4 rumbaba Jun 16, 2011 7 6.6%
#5 Rikiiboy Jul 19, 2011 6 5.66%
#6 dai Cottomy Jul 12, 2011 4 3.77%
#7 Norm Deplume Jul 15, 2011 3 2.83%
#8 duckie Jul 9, 2012 2 1.89%
#9 Douglas Jul 23, 2011 2 1.89%
#10 Lurkalot Sep 1, 2011 1 0.94%


<(blooming parasites)>

well done mobson, as a prize we will give you a week's holiday. <laugh>
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Lurkalot
Oct 16 2013, 09:36 PM
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106 in the last 24 hours.
#1 Mobson Jun 15, 2011 49 46.23%
#2 Robbie Sep 13, 2013 16 15.09%
#3 waiting4atickle Jul 11, 2011 16 15.09%
#4 rumbaba Jun 16, 2011 7 6.6%
#5 Rikiiboy Jul 19, 2011 6 5.66%
#6 dai Cottomy Jul 12, 2011 4 3.77%
#7 Norm Deplume Jul 15, 2011 3 2.83%
#8 duckie Jul 9, 2012 2 1.89%
#9 Douglas Jul 23, 2011 2 1.89%
#10 Lurkalot Sep 1, 2011 1 0.94%


<(blooming parasites)>

well done mobson, as a prize we will give you a week's holiday. <laugh>
still 1 hour to go for the day. I will finish up 2nd.
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Mobson
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Ha Ha! Whilst I've been off watching the ROH's Don Quixote ballet this evening, which was quite frankly superb, I pop in here to see I've been 'percentalised' (sic) ...that's scary <wink>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 16 2013, 10:51 PM.
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Robbie Singh
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we have not done well today , only 31 posts.

#1rumbabaJun 16, 2011 10 33.33%
#2Norm DeplumeJul 15, 2011 620%
#3RikiiboyJul 19, 2011 4 13.33%
#4dai CottomyJul 12, 2011 4 13.33%
#5MobsonJun 15, 2011 3 10%
#6waiting4atickleJul 11, 2011 1 3.33%
#7RobbieSep 13, 2013 1 3.33%
#8David CrosbieJul 25, 2011 1 3.33%
Edited by Robbie Singh, Oct 17 2013, 10:57 PM.
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Lurkalot

I might not post but I do Lurkalot <harharhar>

<livingdeadguest>
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Mobson
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Ha Ha - ok, so it's you but who are the other 129 guests at the moment? <wink>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 18 2013, 11:49 AM.
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Lurkalot

I've got quite a large fan club and stalkers, they all love me! <cool>
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Hi ...... back again.

Sorry, I've had tech problems possibly due to being with Post Office broadband. Maybe I've been privatised and sold to the Sultan of Brunei or an American hedge fund. They are also charging me an extra £100 ++ as part of the experience.

Better do some spam housework.
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Mobson
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;) ...does that mean you're going to privatise this forum?...a lot of floaters but not so many takers....Ha ha!.

Anyway Missed YOU! <seeya>
Edited by Mobson, Oct 24 2013, 03:05 PM.
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tafkaj

Ok, Becks, you've been on holiday for long enough now - time to come back ... It's cold in bed at night on my own.

:wub: :wub: :wub: <rose> <rose> <rose>
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Mobson
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Get a hot water bottle taf! ....think you'll find they're more reliable than messageboard posters! <cool>
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tafkaj

Ain't that the truth ... Where've YOU been?! <laugh>
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Mobson
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Well I haven't been much in London to visit the Queen! :'(
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tafkaj

She's been waiting in for you, too - that's why she only sent a recorded massage to the Commonwealth gathering yesterday ... You're for it now!
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Feb 25 2014, 03:13 PM
Ok, Becks, you've been on holiday for long enough now - time to come back ... It's cold in bed at night on my own.

:wub: :wub: :wub: <rose> <rose> <rose>
I fear that Becky has well and truly deserted us! and I know not why...do any of you? She's resumed posting on the BBC m/b and another that Rum and I once ventured upon after the Hyper-debacle...Shame that she posts here no more is what I say! :'(
Edited by Mobson, Apr 15 2014, 07:12 AM.
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A shame indeed, she is much missed.

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Yes, which is why when I saw her name on a board I haven't posted on for some time, I flagged up this thread again in the hope that if she does look in, even as a guest, she would see that all we miss her.... <rose>
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Mobson
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So where's Caissier?...last on here 16th April. Hope all is ok with our administrator...
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I hope so too <star>
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Caro

And here you are, rumbaba. I was just wondering if I had missed that you were off tripping or if we had offended you! There is sometimes a gap between Caissier's postings. He can't abandon us - he has to look after us. :)
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rumbaba
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No Caro, I am unoffended but not as active as I used to be I'm afraid :)
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Where's Norm? He hasn't posted since 23rd August.

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Mobson
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Strange that I was thinking about Norm yesterday too...
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rumbaba
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I hope Norm's ok
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Always the worry with older people. isn't it? Though not just older people. On another board I am on, one man joined in regularly and was a great contributor to a very small board. One day he wasn't there and he's never returned. (This is years ago now.) We had his name and email, and I tried to contact him, but there was never any reply. I just assume he was in an accident and killed. There had been no difficulties on the board and he was involved at the time in some discussion. I like to think someone in my family would bother to tell someone on a board if anything sudden happened to me.
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Yes, missing Norm, ex submariner.

Submariners were volunteers, I think, and submarines were dangerous, so they were heroes.

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Edited by caissier, Sep 18 2014, 05:20 AM.
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Mobson
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Well let's hope this hero is at home, safe and well...
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Let's hope so, indeed. Has anyone tried emailing him?

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Mobson
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Yes I did yesterday...because he has been on my mind for a few days...I did have his email address which he gave me before we first started up here...but perhaps Caissier has it and can send him a short missive on our behalf...
Edited by Mobson, Sep 26 2014, 12:59 AM.
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rumbaba
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You can email via this board to a board member. You don't see the address but the recipient can see yours. I tested it once with Caissier a while back although I am not 100% certain how I did it now :(
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Mobson
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That's exactly what I did Rum - 2 days ago!
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Where's Taf? It's more than 10 weeks since he last looked in, which is a long gap even by his standards. Perhaps he's decided there's no fun to be had without Norm to argue with.

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Caro

I've been wondering where he was too. Hope he hasn't deserted us, since he is a lot of fun.
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There are many reasons why a regular member disappears from a forum - change of circumstances, boredom, ill health & death!...I'd like to think its because he's travelling the world (like Chris Crossing!) in a remote place which is just too difficult for him to communicate from... u75r67r67iryiguho
Edited by Mobson, Jan 5 2015, 10:11 AM.
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I was about to post up over on the POV board in the Spiral thread when I saw a familiar name...becky sharpe! Looks like she started posting in the new year after a hiatus in 2014, so maybe she will venture in here to see us... <seeya>
Edited by Mobson, Jan 17 2015, 01:50 PM.
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Yes .... Becky reappears! ..... <happy> <ok> ..... but I think she had / maybe still has stuff going on so who knows ......

They say POV is under big threat ..... and there's an interesting link about messageboards being on the way out generally .... sadly. hard to 'monetise' they say and twitter is the coming thing.

It's a shame. It's satisfying imo to collect thoughts and do a bit of possibly expressive writing and communicate with others. POV tends to often be rancorous though IME.

Anybody else read 'From the Messageboard' in Private Eye .... very funny and a bit close for comfort sometimes.

With mbs though I guess online bereavement is unavoidably, which can be painful imo, as it's possible to become really fond of someone despite the weirdness of the medium ..... imo .... imo .... imo
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Yes, Caiss, I am fond of people on here, even though we haven't met, funny really.
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Caro

Yes. When I first started with message boards people said you couldn't be sure that people were who they said they were, but it's never been a problem at all. Anyonw who I have met from them has been exactly what I expected. I don't do Twitter but it seems to me to trivialise everything and also is often quite nasty.

Online bereavement happens, but I suspect sometimes that is because actual bereavement has happened. I remember on one board a man, who I think was using his real name, was in the midst of an interesting but amicable discussion for a few days and had been a regular member, and then suddenly we never heard from him again. I tried emailing him but never had a reply. I really do feel he must have met with an accident or died suddenly. There was no suggestion he was going away.
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Where's....everyone! Slim pickings these days on (some) message boards...seems f/b and twitter rule the day! <seeya>
Edited by Mobson, May 27 2015, 09:08 AM.
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There are a couple of limericks on MC that are waiting for you to finish off, Mobs.
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Mobson
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<ok> okee dokee <happy>
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Ullo .... I'm around and about just a bit .........

http://www.e-reading.club/illustrations/1007/1007154-_11.jpg

..... like lots of people I know ............ :'(
Edited by caissier, May 28 2015, 01:30 PM.
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The grey clouds drift apart letting through the benevolent rays of the sun.
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May 28 2015, 01:26 PM
Ullo .... I'm around and about just a bit .........

http://www.e-reading.club/illustrations/1007/1007154-_11.jpg

..... like lots of people I know ............ :'(

Nice picture, Caiss. Puts me in mind of the wedding I attended at the weekend, at which I read a poem. As I explained to the assembled guests, it was a special day not only for the bride and groom, but also for me - never before have I been given carte blanche to say Pooh in public 20 times. Can anyone guess the poem? It has 5 verses, but we omitted the second.

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Mobson
Oct 15 2013, 01:12 PM
<crikey> ...We'd never leave you! <hug> ...

but you're right there is such a forum, set up very similar to ours although I do not recognise any of the 9 members names and since it's inception in Oct 2011, it's had only 17 posts! ... <owl>

As it's a recreation of the original board (which I deleted in a huff after a Zeta mod suspended me from the help forums for jokingly paraphrasing a Starship Troopers line, regarding the way one of their servers always seemed to be the one to go offline), it never got quite the take-up in membership that the first did.

Still, no need for it when this place is doing so swimmingly.

Not much point for any of these boards, I guess...

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