General Chat

Think we must admit that the daily thread by Mersey has been a revelation. I don't contribute, but look in occasionally. And it is very fast moving, great fun and many many posts.

Have just checked the rules, and we are allowed to meander, reverse, accelerate, brake. In fact, some threads in the past have meandered rather a lot and become very long and successful threads. :-)

I am one of the 'oldies who can't be arsed' :-D

I had a couple of threads on here .one since 2010 but folks just stopped talking on it .& being ignored one ,i am really ignored now so don.t bother much .a lot of the old posters seem to have gone .its just same old threads when you have a look in ..shame really .maybe pick up on the cold winter nights Take care All Barbra :-)

I think a lot of us oldies really can't be arsed any more, Hayley.

I expect we all have our reasons.

Lately I have been reluctant to post new threads, for reasons which I will not go into in case I get my fingers smacked again, fed up with threads being taken down a windy road where they end up not reflecting anything that the OP post was about :-(

Not you no Hayley, there are fewer p[eople posting and the hobbies board is not moving much either. There hasn't been any trouble for a few weeks now so it may well be that the novelty has worn off, there are other chat sites to visit, more people stay on facebook where they can express their opinions without being reported etc.

Maybe when the winter sets in people will return. Occasionally recently I have seen 'old' names appearing on the boards so they are still around. I think people who enjoy being controversial are more likely to go on facebook as they can get away with putting what they think on there. :-)

Hayley, I thought at first it was a thread about posting and then waiting an age for it to upload. During which time, the debate has well moved on. This site does seem very slow in that respect.

But I have noticed the slowness too. Posted a couple and no posts at all. Last one was Dario Franchitti's crash. Apparently it was an identical crash to the one that killed a British driver some years ago. Same track, same place, same speed, same situation. Yet Dario (one of our great Scottish drivers and cousin of Paul di Resta) is alive and fairly well.

Apparently his survival is due to the safety cell they made cars have after the fatal accident. And these developments make our little Corsas and Fiestas so much safer. Many of us now survive road accidents that would have certainly killed us a few years ago.

I felt the crash was worthy of a post or two. And Marvin Rainwater's death went unnoticed, except for my OP :-( :-( Only about 5 even viewed that post.

All the boards seem slow, including the look-up ones :-0

It could be that with the introduction of the hobbies and military boards the number of threads are the same, just spread more thinly.

If previous regulars have been put off by the disputes earlier this year, they may return in due course. Mind you, they may have found other sites to use with like minded individuals!
Site problems may have put some people off + the cost of renewing at the new tarriff

Is it me or is this board becoming static and stale again? So many regualr posters seem to have disappeared, do you think the wumming has scared them away?




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