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  Is it broke or is it just me thats not allowed to send pm's  ????  :'( :'(

can't seem to send pm's or get into chat????

Me either, well wonder why.. ::) ;) Sorry but I have kept out of this last fiasco, and am not impressed.....

Message at top of board by Dan.  ???

Not guilty - honest guv.

Come on own up if you dare.

Whats happening :(

Well can't respond to Dan either, but surely it would be sufficient to remove those privelages from those causing the problems? Not the 2990 who aren't?

  Pub anyone....???? Drinks are on me........don't all rush at once...not very often you get a scotsman offering to buy a round !!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

You do after closing time  ;D

I'm wiv lottie on this one but to be fair to dan mebbe he has to assess the situ first?

G xx

Jaggy Now listen mate I have friends who are Scotsmen so don't you go making remarks like that ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Just getting my coat and I will join you, get your wallet ready.

We could do a rerun of the panto!!  ;D ;D ;D maybe not.....pint please, Jags..Ooo and some pork scratchings....

One more confused member here.

Lottie. A very sad state of affairs in my humble opinion. I very rarely use either the PM or chat boards. As you know I have used PM's to forward my address or ask for peoples addresses when they have requested either seeds or graphics. However if I feel I do want to still chat to the friends who have shown me support and kindness over the past year then I will email them. Hope you enjoyed the funnies I sent you... sorry folk I haven't found out how to put them to watershed the very funny ones that come by email from my nephew . Sleep tight one and all.

Let's play a word game.  Define the word disingenuous.

G xx

Yes I did Lorna....thank you!! Made me laugh out loud!! I'll email you directions and don't forget your spade.....or glitter ball... and you've been a real mate to me too! Huge hug and sleep tight.... :-*
Was worried you'd think you'd broken chat again...  ;D ;)

Aww G!! I always lose and just realized, we missed a golden opportunity to wind Jags up...... ;D ;D ;D

Georgie. OK I will come clean.... I had to look it up in the dictionary...  ....Lorna xxx

LOL, Lorna,  that quip wasn't meant at you my friend.  Hope you've had a good day?

G xx

Its sad that a few idiots can do so much damage.

Georgie, I hope the word game was not aimed at me.

 Well I got lorna on me arm lottie...and you were going for a golden wind up were you...!!!! we shall have doubles then lorna...I will throw lottie a bag of
scratchings...she can sit in other corner  :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

No Dan, me!!! Cos I always lose..... ::)

Dan, I fort you knew me  better than that. Lottie's point was that you are making the whole class stay in coz of the bad behaviour of a few.  I agred wiv her but I gave you the benefit of the doubt.  We all know who's been causing disharmony here tonite and my jibe was aimed at that poster.  

G xx

I do feel like a school teacher trying to maintain reasonable behaviour amongst adults.

As I have said I shall review my decision in a few days, and if I think it is appropriate I will enable PM's and chat again.

Some people seem to have joined the site to cause problems, and I am not interested in being a police man.

Dan

Dan, again, as a frequent user of the chat and PM facility it seems a shame to get rid of it. 

Both are a way of communicatiing between people on the boards who form friendships.  i think the PM especially will see the board lose members and also see lots of threads giving out email addresses so those friends can still keep in touch.  maybe do more harm than good in the end me thinks?

i agree about disabling the facilities though for unruly members.

Erm...so couldn't you just remove privelages of those you think maybe, til you've had a chance to look?

Georgie. Of course I didn't. Was telling the truth had to look it up to get true meaning. I had a wonderful Christmas Day and more to follow tomorrow on BOxing Day. Very best wishes Georgie.     Love Lorna.

Yay Lorna, you go gal!  Have a bottle of Bolly or Cognac on me and we'll speak soon I hope.  :)

g xx

Unfortunately I do not have the time to remove individual privileges on a offence by offence basis.

Since it looks like it was my thread that has been pulled, I would consider that would involve me ... or am I missing something here?

I totally understand that, dan.  But it's a shame that all posters have to suffer the loss of priviledges due to the thoughtlessness of the few. :(

G xx

Go and enjoy the rest of Christmas Dan and start worrying about the forum again when the drink has run out  ;D

Derek, only two threads have ever been pulled in the history of this website.

Neither of them were yours.

Thanks Dan, I made a silly error by looking on the wrong board ...

yes derek that can cause problems.  ;D

I have a headache after today Adam ...

YAAAWWWWNNNN!

Morning all! Flippin' eck Christmas can be tiring. Only managed to escape to the forum for 5 mins yesterday!

Have I missed owt?

Not really, Max.... same ol, same ol....... ::)

I just wish someone would turn that fan off because I and other innocent bystanders keep getting covered.

It is a Shame, I have not been on since Christmas eve, and when I came back the chat and pm  facility has been disabled.
which is a such a shame Dan, but I understand why you have done it, because maybe one or two want to ruin it for the good folks on this site

Quote from: redclanger on December 26, 2005, 09:37:15
I just wish someone would turn that fan off because I and other innocent bystanders keep getting covered.

I agree with you Red.

Dan do you have any idea how long we will have to may have to wait before we can chat and pm each other again, or even better ban the trouble makers from A4A !!!!!!!!

Scuse me, sorry.....Lorna!!! Can't PM, obviously... ::) Just to say...the rash is alot better, the doc said the green goo should stop soon, and not to be concerned about my developing 7th toe.... ;D

 LOTTIE  Glad all is well. What a beautiful morning hope the sun is shining for every one.>.Beware  more bad weather forcast.

Sun shing here, Lorna, me liitle profiterole!! I'm off to dig, and have a huge bonfire, been collecting stuff for ages!!! Then a long walk by the river, give the fireman a cup of tea and more membrane application I hope....Have a lovely day, and catch you in about 15 mins when I get back.... ;D ;D ;D

I can get into this  ;D

Oy Doc Steve, I would have pm'd this but...

I have developed a rather uncomfortable rash in the nether regions and have a rather unsightly discharge.  What should I do?

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

RC Oh my goodness. I won't give you a hug today then ;D Urgent medical treatment required!!!!!

weather cloudy, but dry.
May go to the lottie later I hope you all had a good Christmas lets hope a good 2006

In all seriousness, please remember that for some of us the Chat is a lifeline to the outside world.

Eric, it'll be back in the blink of an eye, I'm sure...see you there for tea and scones with sprout jam... :-*

Yes I hope so, as Eric says, the chat is valuable link for people. I am still perplexed as to why the chat was disabled in the first place.

Derekthefox :D

I am sorry guys but I side with Dan on this one. I am an admin on 2 other sites and yes when things like this happen some thing has got to be done about it. It is not a punish -ment it is just to give people time to calm down and for the idiots who signed onto the site to stir it even more to find some where else to go to. Dan runns this site on his own. I am lucky the 2 other sites I am admin on has 6 other members of staff to fall back on. Dan works hard on this site and deserves to enjoy this time of year like the rest of us without the extra work load.

Ok I have said my 2 pence worth. I hope it is all over with now and we can all get back together and just forget it all ever happend.

Jill xx ( JoJi )

Oh no-has it happened here as well?.

I have not been `around` much this year but I used to enjoy `chat` in 2004.

It seems no site is free from trolls and flamers-and I do not mean regular members and those who enjoy a chat.

The Cat is back so watch out, he flirts,he offers advice,he purrs if you tickle his tummy but he has sharp claws.

Mess with his friends or a site he likes then don`t blame me ;)

So there has been unsavoury dialogue in the chatroom then? I have used it copiously, as many have, and I have never seen any overy animosity. Perhaps it was all done using the private messaging facility within chat, who knows?

Cleo, please educate this poor simple soul, what is a troll, other than a creature to challenge the three billy goats gruff ... ?

Derekthefox :D

A troll?-well I just got the feeling from some posts I have read that there is a chance that some people may have `logged in` just to upset and cause trouble. I may be talking through my ar3e.

I hope so

A troll is someone who posts something provocative to start a row then sits back and watches the resulting mayhem. There are some pretty sick people on the Net unfortunately.

Thanks Robert and cleo. Joji has made an important point here, Dan is on his own here and it can't be pleasant for him. I gather my threads initiated the problems but things must have gone on behind the scenes? However, I thought everything was logged, so the perpetrators could be identified, or am I too naive here? It is sad to believe that some people relish causing mayhem ...

Problem is, someone can appear under one name, get banned, then appear under another. I've known it happen time and again with the same guy, instantly recognisable in that particular case by his style.

I don't know about this site but the sites I am on can tell you if it is the same person by the id number your computer gives when you sign in. So anyone that is banned is recognised by the site admin and is notified and is then blocked.  :)

I am not certain here, but I think Dan has indicated previously that he can block by login name (username) or id number.

However, nothing I have witnessed would warrant blocking, some of the posting presented strong points of view, but we are all adults, and the content of my threads was in the watershed. If anyone wishes to update me privately, then I would welcome that, as I definitely feel I am out of my depth here.

Quote from: joji on December 26, 2005, 18:34:43
I don't know about this site but the sites I am on can tell you if it is the same person by the id number your computer gives when you sign in. So anyone that is banned is recognised by the site admin and is notified and is then blocked.  :)

If it's the IP addy you mean, then that can change randomly.  If you were to unplug your pute for a while and then plug it back in, the IP addy would change.

Sidenote, wish this whole thing would bog off now to be honest.  People should stop talking about it and let it die a dignified death.

Quote from: Yellow Petals on December 26, 2005, 19:48:38
Sidenote, wish this whole thing would bog off now to be honest. People should stop talking about it and let it die a dignified death.

I think your sentiments are shared by many Yellow Petals, including myself. But some unknown activities have taken place I presume, which have caused Dan to act the way he has. I feel bewildered by all this, and won't be able to relax until Dan has made his final decisions.

If you find this issue irksome, perhaps avoid this thread (said in the gentlest, politest possible way)?

Well, I've PMd Jags, and asked him to lock it, enough is enough.

Sounds good to me

sites can block you by that little number down at the bottom of your screen,  next to where it seys report to moderator.

the idea is, its eays to block a person, and this is meant to deter a person from saying abd things and also give a chance for them to make things bteer and start again. if problems persist then you can get banned using that number and this stops the suer all togther.

Problem is that changes from time to time so say after 6 months they may be able to sccess the site again.

That is what Yellow Petals was talking about, it changes regularly, but Dan has other methods up his sleeve ...