NickP Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I'm very disappointed to find my post being deleted, I thought it created a lot of very sensible discussions by the normal forum contributors. Why didn't the moderators just eliminate the idiots and refugees from other places who obviously only joined in the discussion to cause trouble and try to impose their mischief on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Hush, Nicko, we will just wait a week or two until the idiots have departed to marshes new and then have a sensible debate, as we always do. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Did you really want to wade through such rubbish? If the comment about "come on ALBF, sod the barstewards" etc is normal then perhaps a more fundamental change is necessary.sorry NickP - was referring to the whole thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Richard, too much regulation kills forums. It is so easy to break strict rules which stifles debate. For example, you have already broken a rule today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Please tell.Do you believe that I am wrong when I said that most people look at the whole picture?Do you believe that most people don't?I'm sure it can't be the quote that Corbyn is the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 You mentioned a politician in another thread, implying advocacy of a politican cause. Not allowed. Sorry, nothing personal!Most people look at their own interest then choose a broader picture to suit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I'd be grateful for your reference to that not being allowed.I will obviously comply if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Threatening and intimidating another member! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Chill Nicky, this idiot is departing.Richard can take my place.Go girl.Ps..your post got 3000 views. Not bad. I tried my best to get it to 5000 but Hoddy was not up for it.I wish you all the best my friends.Mimis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 ?Who and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Me! Mention of JC is threatening and intimidating and I have a heart condition. So, please, think of your audience when you post these things as there can be consequences.I am surprised that you have not taken up ALBF on his personal insult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 How silly - be more sensible and keep taking the tablets. Who is ALBF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I have a feeling that I have encountered the least intelligent person I have encountered since I attended primary school in darkest Essex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 That could have been very dark indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 For a heart condition most medics would give the same advice. (caviat, as one of my colleagues said - I dont only have 2 first degrees). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Is that caveat or caviar?Take care, or a good nosh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Caveat - never had caviar as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I've just wasted three minutes of my life reading this thread, minutes I will never get back. Same people, same quarrels.I used to be a regular (and some would say useful) contributor to the satellite technical forum on here; what a sad lingering end I see for this forum when I venture in every three months or so, just to see if the corpse is still twitching.You people really should get out more..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeJay Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 MartinHave to agree completely, I joined the forum for sensible, rational information and advice on living in France. How it has changed!I also miss your very valuable input on matters technical, but completely understand the reason for leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 If you look carefully I think you will find that there is a pretty balanced approach. Technical questions are almost always answered and there is an abundance of information about France as needed or volunteered.That being said, there are threads that go to strange places, but these can be avoided; I for one find it best to avoid threads about Breton knitting with walrus tusk needles, what I had to eat today and what music I happened to be listening to, the latter being essentially a private conversation between two of our more knowledgable members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 This all depends on what one expects from a forum and I for one am pleased it still exists. And I am now as I have been for years, very sorry that the lurkers do not post, or not much. Boards needs posters.I for one do not want ALBF to leave either, I enjoy his posts and relate to them.Still, it goes back to what one expects from a board. When I found this board I had been in France donkey's years and never expected to get information from the board. I have asked advice on the very odd occasion but remember I have been on and sometimes off this board for about 20 years now. And truly it was rare when I asked anything.The reason I didn't ask, was because I knew how to gain information by other means and still do. Even when I spoke little french, I got stuck in and got any last bit of info I needed.... tenacious moi!And knocking posters and saying we are half dead.......well![:D] lots of us are getting on now and so what........... remember that we are perfectly entitled to live our lives as we like and if we LIKE coming on here, then that is up to us and it is rather disparaging to imply that we shouldn't.Re other boards, I have joined the odd one, but apart from a couple I didn't post and some of the others I saw years ago were not my cup of tea, even though I knew some of the posters on them..... from here[Www].I like this board, and I hope that this board remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Thanks idun for your support.After the week I have had on forums. LOLYou and I know France. We live/lived in the real world. We have grafted through life in France. Especially bringing up kids. But our opinions don't count.Our experiences are really not in tune with someone who wants to move to/lives in a stoney house in a field in the Dordogne.I'm going to the UK tomorrow. I can't wait. Kids say 'We can't wait to go the UK, people are so nice'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I was going to stay out of it, but...Martin: didn't you leave after having a bit of a spat with Quillan after a "difference of opinion"? Selective memory and criticism has become quite a feature of this forum as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 You'll have to remind me of that if it's the case YCCMB, I remember having some off list correspondence with Quillan but I seem to remember it was entirely friendly.....? My main reason for stopping posting on the sat forum was because someone who thought they knew more about satellite than I did turned up, kept trying to catch me out, and then of course when he'd "taken the field" he promptly disappeared, leaving a void thanks to his interference......And thank you to CeeJay, how kind. All that said, of course the sat situation has been relatively stable for a few years now, and it's also the case that so few people are coming over now (compared to the noughties) that advice is less sought after, particularly also as so many people find ways to use the internet to get what they want from the broadcasters rather than via satellite.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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