Gardian Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Really slow response on the Forum at the moment. Seeing a few double posts, probably as a result of people not being sure what's happening when they get a blank page. Me too.Other sites OK, so its not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Glad you brought this up Gardian. It's been appalling for me for the last couple of days, and I've lost posts and even been logged out. Everything seems to be jammed somehow, and it can take an age to open a post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 And I thought that Norman had his foot on the brake!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I agree, slow for a couple of days now. Thought it was my poor old puter, but it appears that it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Same here; thought it was just me when a few posts didn't turn up - thought my bronchitis had affected the brain and/or fingers! Glad it's not just me - and as Gardian says, other forums are working normally. Wonder if this will disappear too?!Edit - there we are, it just needed a little moan to bring it in line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 [quote user="gardengirl "] Edit - there we are, it just needed a little moan to bring it in line! [/quote]Much better at the moment - well done GG !Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Rubbish again this morning, 7 attempts to load, stalled each time but never an error or 404 message, all a bit pot luck when a page does load, but its rare its as quick as normal, wonder whether this will post?in any case life is too short to be that patient for a forum that hardly carries any postings these days compared to before, it will have even less if this continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Keep it up Chancer..I am still pushing...if you pull ...It's the only Forum I am not banned from, so I hope it continues[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Most of the regular posters have been on the forum for a long time and do know the capacity of members to react when roused, but being mainly older folks, maybe can't be bothered to stir the pot. I must confess to occasionally trying to lob in the odd squib but most of the time they seem to dampen very quickly.And a heck of a lot of people seem to have gone, disappeared, moved on, whatever without the input of many new members. Maybe people are too broke to come to France or even to have an interest any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprogster Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Chancer, the other two French Forums I am a member of have also seen a substantive decline in posting activity in recent years. One of them is a bit busier but mainly thanks to one poster and a lot of posts from members desperate to sell up and return to the UK.A clue to a reason why is that according to recent UK home office statistics the number of Brit retirees leaving the UK to live abroad peaked in 2006 at 22,000, but last year had declined to 4,000. On the basis most Brits moving to France are retirees and early retirees, this explains a lot!Last but not least it is clear from the French forums a lot of Brits seem to be leaving France.The poor economy, weak £ and UK house prices also have had an effect. Add to this the French health care changes for early retirees and rising expense of living in France.Another factor is the demise of the peak time TV programmes about buying property abroad that were so prevalent in the UK . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Certainly the quality of information given here is far superior to the others, which may be why fewer postings are needed correcting the nonsense others have written.Fox example a the recent thread on Taxe d'habitation on the French petrol site (which someone showed me on their computer today) Someone actually said that " no-one is eligible to a total exoneration of Taxe d'Habitation (and subsequently no TV licence) unless they have Zéro income.We fell about laughing. Unfortunately I can't give them the benefit of my vast knowledge since I am persona non grata [:P]Perhaps someone should suggest they read the answers here?This thread for example?http://services.completefrance.com/forums/completefrance/cs/forums/2815507/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 [quote user="NormanH"]Keep it up Chancer..I am still pushing...if you pull ...It's the only Forum I am not banned from, so I hope it continues[:P][/quote]Norman, are you having Chancer's baby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Yes, I've had problems using the forum over the past few days, in fact spent yesterday evening running a bug-detecting program in case it was my fault. Today it seems quicker, fingers crossed.Norman, why are you banned from other forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Don't ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Because I have strong opinions and a sense of humour.The latter is particularly dangerous[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 And he is myopic also [:D]And that is not sarcasm either [;-)]I still laugh about why you got banned from there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Being obsessed with porn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Hmmmm.You're not one of those who "doesn't suffer fools gladly", are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 pom, porn.Its all the same to myopic eyesForum wont let me reduce text size, the first line should be small, shows up small on editting screen but not when posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I made a comment that the combination of HORN and PORN was not a wise choice of Forum name.My eyesight didn't spot that it is in fact HORN and POM.In lower case the difference is hard to spot, and I had made a genuine mistake, which I never realised until I recounted the story here and someone (probably Chancer) explained my mistakeMy Ribald mirth was taken amiss ...[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Porkie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 There is someone on there with the username Pommehomme which I thought might be Norman creeping back in for a pop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Do ipads have separate IP addresses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I imagine they have the IP address of wherever you are connected to, so that if you are picking up a Wifi signal in a café it would be theirs etc.However I NO NUZZINK about iPads, so might be talking out of my hindquarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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