woolybanana Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 [quote user="Russethouse"][quote user="odile"][/quote]Now if you can't accept that of course you must go, but if you stay perhaps you need to reread the Code of Conduct before posting again[/quote]You mean we are supposed to read it?[kiss] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 You mean you haven't [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I read it every day, does that mean I can be a moderator now ? [:P]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Nah, you have to be able to recite it, word perfect.......[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Why am I suddenly reminded of the punchline of the suppository joke?Yeah, but for all the good it did I might as well have shoved it up my ### ? Only joshing you WoolyBee [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 My favourites: which we alI stick religiously to..........................[Www][:D]Please choose yourwords carefully when posting a message.Please keep to thetopic of the original thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 [quote user="Will"] Oh no, Furry, you cannot leave us - who will stand up for the poor downtrodden lemurs in France if you go? We'll miss your little pug, and that was such a beautiful sofa you had.Oh, OK then... [/quote]Where is FK's sofa? It has gone missing from his avatar. Has it gone to:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnS49c9KZw8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I bet pachapapa is chuckling into his fleece, having transferred the trouble from the Mill to the millstream. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 It's just a storm in a Tf cup!What a sign of the insulation from everyday lives that some people have that they can make so much fuss about something so trivial.Leaving aside International crises such as Gaza or Zimbabwe, and just thinking of France and the UK :There are people who are ill, dying losing their livelihoods, managing on reduced pensions, facing impossible decisions because of the current crisis, and all this fuss is going on over a few ruffled egos on an Internet site.It would be comic out of context, but given the difficulties tackled by members of the several Fora that Clair has quoted, it becomes something darker, a sort of smug contempt for the ordinary person.I'm not talking about the discussion on here, but about the disproportionate importance given to it on the old (other) site and the new imitation.I'm tempted to sign Disgusted of T.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I wasn't going to say anything, for much the reasons that disgusted Norman has outlined so clearly, and because I have far more interesting and worthwhile things in my life than internet forums. But one of the things that really got up my nose about that other forum was the way that if somebody posted who was suffering hardship or was obviously depressed and lonely, there were always plenty of smug idiots saying how happy they were in France and how those whose life hadn't turned out so well should just sort themselves out. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 [quote user="Will"]...and because I have far more interesting and worthwhile things in my life than internet forums.[/quote]Including your own, presumably. [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baypond Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I have to say there is quite a bit of target practise at anyone who is fortunate enough to earn/recieve more than a UK state pension. I am one of those so called city spivs which is even worse. But..... a forum is a great place to express angst, ire, frustration as well as awesome information on pratical subjects and amusing observations. I have realised very quickly, not to take criticisms or comments too seriously. Put it this way, how many people embark on some form of roadrage from growling at other drivers to some form of hand gesture, but take them out of the car where they are no longer anonymous and they transform back to normal well behaved individuals. If you take it all to heart you end up spoiling everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 [quote user="Clair"]There are quite a few other Franco-British fora for you to try, Odile:http://www.grumpyoldgitsinfrance.com/index.phphttp://diyfrance.com/forum/http://www.chiefdreamer.com/forum/index.php?s=65b4abc0c1dec2e50154f94c5078292ahttp://expats.franco-oldtimers.com/index.phphttp://www.pristinestorage.com/thefranceforum/phpBB3/index.php?sid=89f3b9b2ac9e8cf8ec240e5176d19846[/quote]The excessively long hyperlien included above has apparently now been apocopated; so acolytes of "midgetURL" put your cursors away.www.thefrenchforum.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I am intrigued... "apocopated"?Never come across this one before.. I like new words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baypond Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I always liked 'soporiphic' which of course moderators never are ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Not much used in English but a popular word in Spanish, in which language it is even used widely to define the grammatical result of shortening a word. Apocopation is particularly prevalent in Andalucia in general and in particular almost always applied to the past participle used in a compound or modal verbal construction. Madrileños frequently aspire to joke by saying that los paysanos of Castilla La Vieja, who speak the perfect castellano of " el que puso la mancha", NEVER apocopate their words. These castillians accordingly might consider one day visiting Bilbado rather than Bilbao.[:)] "El que puso la mancha....Don Miguel Cervantes autor de Don Quijote de La Mancha. In spanish apocopacion without a "t". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Heavens, I have a couple of days away from my computer and I miss everything - mum always said to kiss and make up -Right - who's first for a snog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 anytime keni (hmmm are you male or female?)xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Sorry, Odile -I'm all woman! xx - Sorry for delay, just had to go and feed the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 You lot are rubbish I left completely silently a day ago in the classiest way possible and no-one even noticed!...........By way of a protest I have therefore decided to stay....Oh and Mills and Boon are publishers of fine romantic fiction (Tenuous link back to original topic in accordance with approved procedures) all is well.........Oh and bananas don't grow on trees, they are a herb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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