What's happened to Derek the Fox? He's disappeared. He's helped me more than anyone since I joined this forum. When does he come back?
Yes Derek is a miss. I am not sure if he is a poster here anymore garwrc. :( busy_lizzie
Shame if he isn't posting here - he's helped me with encouragement a few times, and he's an interesting bloke.
Cheers,
Rob ;)
I'm sure he'll make like Arnie and be back.
this is my favourite poster
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/GREENWIZARD/tnc.jpg)
;D ;D ;D
I miss DtF too. Hope he comes back again.
:) Lishka
Hate to be the one to tell you - he's been banned. Don't know why though.... :'(
Has he? His profile says he was last active yesterday and I'm sure I saw a post from him fairly recently.... ???
It may have only been a temporary ban?
Yes I heard he'd been banned too? Hope he gets back soon.
Don't know why he would be banned. ??? Wonder what for? He seemed like a good guy and was always very helpful. Hope he will be back soon.
Sorry I spelled your name wrong grawrc in my last post. busy_lizzie
Don't worry. Everyone does (me included) ;)
Yes I hope he's back soon too, am sure he's a 'good guy' and miss chats and posts a lot. :(
Diana/ Grawrc,
How do you know this? I'm not having a go, just genuinely curious, because I've also been reading a lot of posts referring to trouble on the forum, but I haven't yet seen anything which would make me think there was something wrong.
Is this all happening via the PM network?
I believe a lot of it has been, but it hasn't involved me. Tempers have been very frayed since the New Year, and there was some quarreling going on on the boards, which wasn't very pleasant.
Cheers, Robert -
I take it all these quarrels have now been deleted from the site, as I didn't spot anything to explain all this upset - I thought I was going mad...
ahem... madder...
ok guys that I think is enough on that subject. :)
Explain yourself Joji , if you would be so bold
I don't think we ought to say too much, as there are still a lot of hurt feelings.
Nothing has been deleted from the site, there was however a dispute between some members of the site.
2 members are still banned, for varying reasons which they are aware of, I would not presume to announce on the site why these people are banned.
The bans may remain, they may not, it depends on a lot of variables.
I hope we can let the matter rest and move on.
Dan
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only 2 bans remain in place
OK Dan I won't mention it again, but can I please put in a plea for DTF? I really miss his helpful and knowledgeable advice. Whatever he did wrong he's had a warning and hopefully it won't happen again. So please lift the ban and let him back. From now on :-X
Thanks!
Dan,
Rest assured, my only reason for asking about this 'subject' was because, as someone who was absolutely unaware of the problems, and having seen some rather cryptic and mysterious (well, to me, anyway) postings on the subject, I thought I'd stumbled into a parallel A4A universe!
On a need-to-know basis, your simple explanation has told me all I needed to know. Many thanks.
Oh, and by the way, I've offered some seeds in the swap shop, so you might get some requests for PM outbox facilities.
What a carry on !!!:
Technical problems, bans, all sorts of ups and downs. Members working tirelessly to sort these problems, for which I am eternally grateful.
Just like with the buses, problems don’t arrive in ones, and there have also been major events and changes in my personal circumstances. As a result, I don’t think I will be able to contribute as I have been doing. This is not to say that I won’t be around, I just need to focus my energies.
I think this thread has completed its objectives, so I will ask if Dan or grawrc considers it should be locked.
If anyone wants to send me messages, considering the limits on PMs, can you use my hotmail addy on my profile.
Thank you Dan and everyone, for making this a glorious site.
Derekthefox signing off …
Derek,
I know many on the site will miss your contributions, and I wish you well for the future.
As requested I am locking the thread.
Dan