General Chat

LOL Dorothy I wouldn't blame you especially they way he looked in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or way back in 'Spellbound' drool.........lol. I am pleased you haven't left this thread so disheatened Frances I look forward to seeing you more often :-))) Thank you too. Just like to say thanks again to everyone its been very interesting :-))) Pat x

Thanks Pat for your reply (and pm). I have not been put off joining in with all the fun on these boards, just a bit more wary now. I appreciate we all have different views on things, that is what makes it so interesting. I enjoy a good discussion and really enjoy reading the boards. Best wishes, Frances

Hello Dorothy :-))) As long as Gregory Peck wasn't involved I'm sure you couldn't upset me lol. Pat x

Frances I would hate for you to leave this thread feeling like that. I asked a question and got many replies differing to my own and some the same, no problem and no one (well I don't think they are) is offended upset or angry at anyone else deleting stuff. You have every right to do what you see fit with what you have added to these boards. This thread was not meant to upset or hurt anyone it was to find out what other people thought. I do not delete replies to others on a regular basis I may have deleted the odd thing but I don't bother on a regular basis I think GR should do it. Oh and I heard before us deleting stuff makes no difference to the speed of this site :-((( If it did I would leave nothing on here :-))) The unpleasantness has always been here reckon it will always be here it comes and goes just wish the nastiness would go for longer periods. Pat x

I have just seen this thread and am feeling really bad now! Just this week I decided (as I was a bit bored) to read through all my 'your threads' and deleted a lot of them. I did this for several reasons, some (with hindsight) gave too much personal information, some were trivial/fun threads and others were no longer relevant (ie. past meets etc.) I also thought that this might help speed up the boards/my computer (I`m not really techno minded so don`t judge me on this one!) I was not trying to hide anything nasty as I hope I have never added anything that could be described as that, also I have to say that I am often reluctant to add to threads for fear of offending. If I am now to feel reluctant to delete replies or threads as well, I wonder if I dare come on this board again. Just lately there has been so much unpleasantness that it spoils the enjoyment that we have all had from the many amusing and interesting threads on here. I am sorry if by deleting my replies and threads I have upset people. I will be more careful in future about adding and deleting! Frances

In answer to your question, Pat: ''Can you please explain to me WHY people feel they should be sitting at their computers deleting answers to other peoples threads?'' - no, I can't. :-) Joy

Hi Guinevere See what you mean. Here's some of my energy tablets and herbal tea. You will be buzzing around and clear that backlog in no time. Ready ........ catch. Sorry, oooh, did that hurt? Just as well it wasn't the Baileys I lobbed at you. You could have broken the bottle! Ooh eh...... just popping off to watch the rest of Doc Martin. Will pop in later to see how you are feeling. xxxxxxx Put a cold compress on that dear and put your feet up.

Aileen I reckon you nearly blew the system at one time :-) I still blame you for me getting booted so often lol. Norah there are no worries as this thread has proved as well as your own we are a mixed bunch and you are not out of step as many others do exactly what you do. so at least you are not all on your own, thanks for putting your question up as its something i am intriqued by I added to your thread also. :-) Keep trying Gwynne the good stuff must be there somewhere because I'm lazy and never delete mine LOL Thanks again all Pat x

Gwynne you could leave the easy quizzes to me :-))) Didn't know you did that Lynda I agree about the dozy ones who cause problems & what is worse is when others get dragged in on it and then the wrong people get the blame. :-( Cheers Kim I never bother going back on old threads for the very reasons you have just said which i also have said here. Thanks Pat x

Oh! Flipping Heck! - As the originator of a 'Silly Question'! I can assure you Pat I have no ulterior motive for doing so apart from the pages getting longer and not being very knowledgable about puters I just thought it might be a good idea to delete so therefore I asked, to make sure, that I would not delete anyones thread, then when the feedback came I realised (I know I'm a bit slow) how it would spoil the threads and said so there and then. Norah

Hi As Guinevere has pointed out about quizzes. I quite agree. I delete my threads on any quizes I post eventually and wouldn't expect anyone to not delete their replies on those types of threads. There are topics on the weather, what's for tea etc etc. Who wants to keep that sort of stuff. No one (is there?). On the other hand, there are many topics which have been discussed on here and some of these have been full of good information on a subject which someone in the future might find really useful. They then go to find it and it ends up useless because there are lots of gaps in it where people have deleted their postings. Thus the thread is useless because its so disjointed. Just my opinion. Everyone is a free agent to do as he or she pleases. In the end its up to GR to decide how they archive threads. Cheers

Im with you on this one Pat!! When there are no threads up that interest me I occasionally look back on the old fun threads that I was a part of - Cheer me up they do! Sort o spoils it when there are posts missing for no good reason that I can see!! ;o))) Kim X

:-) now I will buzz or everyone will be confused lol XX

LOL I was going to say we all get those lemon but I don't think I have actually ever had a lemony day, but I think it should be a lovely refreshing thing as I always associate Fresh with Lemon. :-))) Pat x

But Peter if people delete stuff doesn't the threads look disjointed and what you added seem out of place? Pat x

I agree with Gwynne. Once a month or so I have a big clear out and delte everything that is past it's sell by date or where I am no longer interested in the subject. This leaves me with those threads I do wish to keep in contact with through 'Your Replies' Just a bit of practical housekeeping.

Ok thanks Pat, I wasn't sure if I had it right, I am being a bit Lemony today, need an early night :-)

Hi Lemon Just to say I am not talking about deleting your OWN threads, it's comments on other people's threads I mean. GR always deleted whole threads but this may have changed as the last couple of days it seems they have deleted parts of them instead ??? that has never happened before :-( All this came about because I read on another thread that people actually delete comments made on other peoples threads and not just their own threads I was thinking it would take me months to remove all the comments I have made on this board as I have never deleted very old stuff so there must be thousands :-((( More importantly I see no reason to even try to delete them at this stage, let GR do it if they want. Pat x

I have deleted 3 threads I think, one because I thought I had upset someone and so terminated a party. One cos someone said something on my fun thread that could have caused someone else personal problems on board and their outside life, if what had been said was taken as a serious comment. Last night because I stated the thread would be there till 12pm, and then deleted so if anyone had any bone to pick it was now or shut up. Other than that never really gave it much thought, and still can't copy and paste doh! XX

Sorry trying to multi task today just isn't working lol. Hoovering cooking dinner and reading here :-) No not doing very well keep missing people. That's it BC be a lady of leisure, let someone else spring clean :-))) That's it Gwynne not fair to have aching hands from cleaning better having them for enjoying, think of the nails :-) Pat x