woolybananasbrother Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 [quote user="Ron Avery"]What so you can shoot the messenger? [/quote]I am working on it[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 The mods might have an idea as they have the IP addresses of the computers used by membersOh no they don't...and in case you can be who you like, at hotmail, yahoo or google.......Does anyone really care - I certainly gave up worrying what people 'elsewhere' thought about me. a long time ago.Do they know me ? NoDo I care what people who don't know me think ? NoAm I true to myself ? YesEnd of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I'm a pacifist Ron - I'll leave the shooting to people like you, maybe? I'm just curious and a bit bored at the moment[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Twinks, using the bickering thread as a clue....................We'd never have guessed![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I'm a bickering, nosey pacifist Glucky[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 What on earth is a "Glucky"?[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 [quote user="Gluestick"]What on earth is a "Glucky"?[8-)][/quote]A cross between Gluestick and lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Too close to Yucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 And even to mucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 I thought we weren't allowed to go "off subject" on threads. I'd still like to know what's happened to DIY France. This thread has gone on for 4 pages not one post answering my original question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote user="oscar"]I thought we weren't allowed to go "off subject" on threads. [/quote]If that happened, Oscar, there would be no one left in the Forum......I hope that you find your DIY. I was looking for it yesterday out of curiosity but wasn't sure where to start. What's the website address? Am I allowed to look at it or are we only allowed one Forum at a time? I only belong to this one (so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote user="oscar"]I thought we weren't allowed to go "off subject" on threads. I'd still like to know what's happened to DIY France. This thread has gone on for 4 pages not one post answering my original question.[/quote]Quote from the post directly under your one"If you mean the forum where some of the old members post, it's working again this morning."Why not PM or Email the people who use it who have posted to this thread and ask them what is happening, they are more likely to know aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Ron, my understanding is that there was a fire at the place where the hosting servers were located, followed by a problem as the fire brigade would not let anybody in to initiate the data recovery procedures. I think it is all sorted now, so I am sure you will be welcome if you log in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote user="Will"]Ron, my understanding is that there was a fire at the place where the hosting servers were located, followed by a problem as the fire brigade would not let anybody in to initiate the data recovery procedures. I think it is all sorted now, so I am sure you will be welcome if you log in.[/quote]Will, I presume that you meant Oscar can now log in, I only contribute to this Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Almost anybody can - they're not fussy [:D].Unlike another France forum I recently heard about, where you get banned if your 'level of activity' doesn't come up to the owner's expectations and you can apparently only join by invitation. Needless to say I have not been invited, so can't tell you how true that is.[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote user="Cathy"][quote user="oscar"]I thought we weren't allowed to go "off subject" on threads. [/quote]If that happened, Oscar, there would be no one left in the Forum......I[/quote]Oh but you are wrong there Cathy. There are many, many, many threads where Mods have said they will lock or delete them if contributors don't get back on topic, and it isn't just ones where people are getting abusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Ah yes Oscar, but often a request to get back to the original topic is also a gentle reminder that the code of conduct is being stretched almost to breaking point. Being abusive is one way of breaking the code of conduct, but there are others too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 OK, Oscar. Point taken. Sometimes it's quite fun how the threads wander off on a tangent. But I do realise that the original poster may be a bit taken aback. Usually, they get back to the subject. A bit like conversation generally?We are wandering off subject now, I suppose. Have you found the Forum, Oscar? I see that Will says that there was a fire there. We had a fire in the next village, fronting the ocean (department 33) - a car caught alight at 3am (possible vandals) and the wind fanned the flames into a restaurant business. No one hurt. It would be funny if the website is done from the ocean village - the restaurant in question is run by a whole load of surfers of different nationalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I can confirm that the forum's working fine this morning, just a bit of smoke blowing acrosss the screen occasionally and the occasional drip of water from underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I believe that this thread went off subject, mainly as a majority of members felt it had reached past the bounds of decency and I for one, tried to take it along more happy paths.Hands ups to that.[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Me too for once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Now look here you lot. In order to keep on topic (not neccesarily this one) what exactly is the DIY France forum? I did a google, posted a question and Roofer Ron told me to s*d off. I'm not used to being spoken too like that. Keeping on topic (look at earlier closed brackets) I see that forum members are complaining about the lack of prompts about receiving PMs. I have never received an email about PMs, perhaps it's because I have never received a PM. Why am I so unpopular?[:'(] Short answers please.........and "irritating git" is not the answer I am looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 WeedonCheck here: http://www.completefrance.com/cs/user/PrivateMessages/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote user="Weedon"] what exactly is the DIY France forum? [/quote]Good question, all I can say is that it's another forum for discussions about France, tends to be quite frivolous, a bit anarchic, and is unmoderated, and we aren't really supposed to talk about it here because it is home to some who have been banned from this forum. What I do know is that it has s** all to do with DIY - why it's called that is something that only its owner can answer.[quote user="Weedon"] I did a google, posted a question and Roofer Ron told me to s*d off. [/quote]I'm not surprised you aren't happy. The forum under discussion here doesn't have many members so it is easy to search for individuals (unlike Total France which is the one that comes up when you google 'DIY France Forum') and none are called Roofer Ron or anything like that. Edit - I'd send you a PM to tell you where to find it, but that wouldn't be any use [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Who is Roofer Ron? I've never come across him on Total France. Which is not THE DIYfrance forum, though it does look like it's cobbled together out of old tin cans. I am occasionally seen posting here, though: Le Forum du bricolage . Flo is a builder, isn't he? Maybe that's why it's the DIY forum. Cos you're better off DIY-ing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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