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Nah!...you're def older......I've seen the film!
Fine! I'm older...... but I'm definitely the prettier less ugly of the two. 
Well, I have less moles.
Those were the days on C4BB
mary hopkin - those were the days
mary hopkin - those were the days
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It's 7 months on now and you don't seem any happier here. If you try posting in some of the light hearted threads maybe it might make the transition easier. But to be honest, if I was finding it this difficult to settle in, I wouldn't come back, again.
Well I just keep on trying ......some nights are better than others TBH. Unfortinately for some I'm not rid of that easily
. Although it would seem some would prefer it.Is it terribly wrong to post an opinion? And ...........actually I do sometimes post in light hearted threads .................obviously goes un- noticed
Steady on Essie! 
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Steady on Essie
I'm having a moment 
I even bought a pair of Baileys Uggs coz my feet were killing me when I went shopping, proper ones 160 smackeroonies and 30 quids worth of stuff to keep the ugly buggers clean
like I'm gonna wear them twiceHows you Xochi
I think the problem is C4 is where it all started and everyone met. And from there came sub-forums where like-minded groups of people collated. It was sad when it went cos some of us had known each other for 6 or 7 years, and although still in daily contact, it's like the hub of it all has gone. It was the one place everyone went back to and you knew you could find someone if you needed to.
Saying that though, it was a pain when it closed at midnight. For me, the best C4 days were when it was open 24 hours and there was always someone around to have a laugh with, although there were no more members on there in the early hours than there are on here.
The moderation on C4 got to the point of being overly anal aswell. The minute they got a new mod everyone would know cos they went into rule overdrive and you'd get banned just for farting in the wrong direction. It was pathetic. FM's were treated like children.
And I think there are less spats on here then on C4. The problem with spats here is they are magnified because there are a lot less members. Most on here know each other whereas on C4 you would have a newbie everyday and sometimes up to 2000 people on the forum at the height of BB, so there wasn't time to keep up with forum wars on a regular basis.
There are a couple of things I dont like about here, but that's for me to take up with the mods privately (at least you can have a conversation with the mods here, not like C4 who thought they were High Court Judges)
Life, and all that surrounds it is what you make it. This is what is available to those from C4 who want to stay in touch, so it's either like it and try and improve it or look elsewhere. T'internet is a big place. *shrugs*
Saying that though, it was a pain when it closed at midnight. For me, the best C4 days were when it was open 24 hours and there was always someone around to have a laugh with, although there were no more members on there in the early hours than there are on here.
The moderation on C4 got to the point of being overly anal aswell. The minute they got a new mod everyone would know cos they went into rule overdrive and you'd get banned just for farting in the wrong direction. It was pathetic. FM's were treated like children.
And I think there are less spats on here then on C4. The problem with spats here is they are magnified because there are a lot less members. Most on here know each other whereas on C4 you would have a newbie everyday and sometimes up to 2000 people on the forum at the height of BB, so there wasn't time to keep up with forum wars on a regular basis.
There are a couple of things I dont like about here, but that's for me to take up with the mods privately (at least you can have a conversation with the mods here, not like C4 who thought they were High Court Judges)
Life, and all that surrounds it is what you make it. This is what is available to those from C4 who want to stay in touch, so it's either like it and try and improve it or look elsewhere. T'internet is a big place. *shrugs*
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Unfortinately for some I'm not rid of that easily. Although it would seem some would prefer it.
Is that directed at me? Because, as I already clarified in my post, it wasn't meant as a dig. You are perfectly entitled to your opinion Soozy, as long as you are able to take others disagreeing with you. My point was, if I was finding it this hard to settle in, I wouldn't come back. Not a dig, not an insult, just a comment
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I think the problem is C4 is where it all started and everyone met. And from there came sub-forums where like-minded groups of people collated. It was sad when it went cos some of us had known each other for 6 or 7 years, and although still in daily contact, it's like the hub of it all has gone. It was the one place everyone went back to and you knew you could find someone if you needed to. Saying that though, it was a pain when it closed at midnight. For me, the best C4 days were when it was open 24 hours and there was always someone around to have a laugh with, although there were no more members on there in the early hours than there are on here. The moderation on C4 got to the point of being overly anal aswell. The minute they got a new mod everyone would know cos they went into rule overdrive and you'd get banned just for farting in the wrong direction. It was pathetic. FM's were treated like children. And I think there are less spats on here then on C4. The problem with spats here is they are magnified because there are a lot less members. Most on here know each other whereas on C4 you would have a newbie everyday and sometimes up to 2000 people on the forum at the height of BB, so there wasn't time to keep up with forum wars on a regular basis. There are a couple of things I dont like about here, but that's for me to take up with the mods privately (at least you can have a conversation with the mods here, not like C4 who thought they were High Court Judges) Life, and all that surrounds it is what you make it. This is what is available to those from C4 who want to stay in touch, so it's either like it and try and improve it or look elsewhere. T'internet is a big place. *shrugs*
Bloody hell Karm...that's a flippin brilliant post
slim
good post temps
IMHO you need the good and the bad to make a forum work *shrugs*
IMHO you need the good and the bad to make a forum work *shrugs*
How long have I got hold this bliddy mirror ferny?
cheeky cah!!!!!
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And I think there are less spats on here then on C4. The problem with spats here is they are magnified because there are a lot less members
Good point Karma.
I've settled in here now and won't leave, although I haven't posted much lately.RL has a habit of interfering with forum life darnit!!
I'm also guilty of 'forum fatigue', but that's my fault not the forum's
I'm also guilty of 'forum fatigue', but that's my fault not the forum's
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I've settled in here now and won't leave, although I haven't posted much lately.RL has a habit of interfering with forum life darnit!! I'm also guilty of 'forum fatigue', but that's my fault not the forum's
If I don't feel like posting or feel I have nothing to contribute, then I just don't post. That feeling comes and goes and sometimes I'm forum fatigued even when the forum is jumping.
ok i have thought a bit, cags is right everyone is trying to be to nice in here, ass liicking the mods and being all pc, this is why the forum is friggin dying.
remember spykas a year ago?
peeps came in droves to see the forum wars and for the most part spyka let it go into the vent room.
in here the so called troll tank is shit!... read the rules of the troll tank and then tell me why they lock every friggin thread that doesn't suit the pure gaga image?
american crap at it's worst!
tanks and vents should be left to run till everyone is bored and then we move on; if this doesn't happen then nothing will ever be fixed, just a a nicey nicey love forum where anyone is scared to say anything in case the real big peeps and their mates jump on them,
remember spykas a year ago?
peeps came in droves to see the forum wars and for the most part spyka let it go into the vent room.
in here the so called troll tank is shit!... read the rules of the troll tank and then tell me why they lock every friggin thread that doesn't suit the pure gaga image?
american crap at it's worst!
tanks and vents should be left to run till everyone is bored and then we move on; if this doesn't happen then nothing will ever be fixed, just a a nicey nicey love forum where anyone is scared to say anything in case the real big peeps and their mates jump on them,
Not sure I agree with you Contessa...I know a fair few that left because of the trivial squabbling...(& let's face it most of it was just nonsense!)...Live & let live I say!
There's enuff hostility in the real world without it here too..
I for one used to watch the arguements...but never joined in & in all honesty couldn't tell ya who was batting for who...& don't care really!
I'm glad certain folk have gone cos trouble used to follow them around, the sort of folk I would keep at arms length in reality!
Yes it gets quiet here at the moment..but I reckon it's only a question of time before word spreads that we are a welcoming bunch & enjoy a laff!..
imo of course!..
There's enuff hostility in the real world without it here too..
I for one used to watch the arguements...but never joined in & in all honesty couldn't tell ya who was batting for who...& don't care really!
I'm glad certain folk have gone cos trouble used to follow them around, the sort of folk I would keep at arms length in reality!
Yes it gets quiet here at the moment..but I reckon it's only a question of time before word spreads that we are a welcoming bunch & enjoy a laff!..
imo of course!..
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& the Ugly...don't forget the ugly.....*Looks in Duckypups direction*...
Speaking of squabbling. You, me, troll tank, now! Prepare to be uglified.
yo - fight night
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Unfortinately for some I'm not rid of that easily. Although it would seem some would prefer it.
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Is that directed at me? Because, as I already clarified in my post, it wasn't meant as a dig.
Actually it was directed at you. Just because you 'clarify' by saying 'this is not a dig' ........really doesn't absolve you .........it was quite clearly a dig as many of your posts directed at me lately have been. if you look back at my history I'm really not adverse to people disagreeing with me .........i think it's a case of the pot calling the kettle myself. You obviously find me offensive .......that's your perogative .........why look into a thread when you know what it's gonna say
and it's one of mine and it obviously get on your tits. I'll avoid yours if you'll avoid mine.
Jelly tots?
Oh get a bloody grip! I am fed up with all this negativity. "Oh, it's not the same", "Oh, people are having digs at me".
Sorry, Soozy, but I have NEVER seen you post anything that was lighthearted. It's all doom and gloom. Some of us face death and dying on a daily basis, with family and friends. I, for one, come on the forum to get away from all that.
Have you ever heard the expression, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?".
Sorry, Soozy, but I have NEVER seen you post anything that was lighthearted. It's all doom and gloom. Some of us face death and dying on a daily basis, with family and friends. I, for one, come on the forum to get away from all that.
Have you ever heard the expression, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?".
Oh Sooozy-Woo you edited your tots 
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Have you ever heard the expression, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?".
You obviously dont look hard enough. I like a bit of banter ..........I do get involved.
Do you know .........one thread I started on here went pear shaped ................I've been judged ever since. I know you have problems Suzi and I really and truly sympathise ................I read your stuff and wish you well. FFS ...........no ones life is a bed of roses though ......................I have posted negatively I'll put my hands up to it ........................seems that anything light hearted is overlooked. People see what they want to see quite obviously.
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Oh Sooozy-Woo you edited your tots
I know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dIDN'T SEE YOUR POST UNTIL AFTER - otherwise I'd have let it stand.
One thread? You had a birthday thread not long ago and then started having digs at people who posted in there because you felt they weren't "genuine". In all the years I have posted, on Channel 4 and on here, I have had one birthday thread and I was really touched that someone took the time and effort to post a thread for me.
Yes, I have had a lot of health problems. I have seen several people that I have gotten to know during my dialysis sessions die. One woman died a couple of weeks ago. She was very positive and always asked how I was doing, and asked how others were doing. Even though she was in constant pain and in and out of hospice. For me, that is more important than whining about rubbish on a forum.
The thing that has gotten me through is keeping a positive attitude and laughing at myself. I don't take myself seriously. I don't take anyone on the forum seriously - none of it's important in the grand scheme of life.
Yes, I have had a lot of health problems. I have seen several people that I have gotten to know during my dialysis sessions die. One woman died a couple of weeks ago. She was very positive and always asked how I was doing, and asked how others were doing. Even though she was in constant pain and in and out of hospice. For me, that is more important than whining about rubbish on a forum.
The thing that has gotten me through is keeping a positive attitude and laughing at myself. I don't take myself seriously. I don't take anyone on the forum seriously - none of it's important in the grand scheme of life.
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She was very positive and always asked how I was doing, and asked how others were doing. Even though she was in constant pain and in and out of hospice. For me, that is more important than whining about rubbish on a forum. The thing that has gotten me through is keeping a positive attitude and laughing at myself. I don't take myself seriously. I don't take anyone on the forum seriously - none of it's important in the grand scheme of
Please believe me when I say I really and truly and honestly have total respect with what you are going through. I'm sure the lady you speak of was positive and lovely but ............................i'll stake my life on it that she probably had miserable. whingey moments. I sometimes come on here and have a whinge .............i happened to take offence at a b'day greeting from someone who'd been not just a bit nasty but had actually started a thread about me negatively . That's all.
Suzi Q ..............I know you really wont believe it but ..............I am a compassionate person ......................i know your situation and I have the utmost respect in the way you deal with it .....really I do. are we not allowed a whinge now and then though? .......................this is somewhere to vent our feelings. look at my opening post ...........................WAS IT THAT BAD? When thingsd are slow on here .............(as they are quite often) is it not good to have more stuff to discuss? does it always have to be ha ha ha ha and fluffy bunny stuff? FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did I do that was so wrong?
Nobody's started a birthday thread for me, even though my birthdays not til April 
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Seriously the comments that were made about the birthday thread were a tad thoughtless, I always posted in birthday threads, whether I "knew" the person or not, it always seems to be a polite, friendly thing to do, and good forum manners to acknowledge another persons special day, I have always done it right from the first days on the BBC messageboards where I started this forum madness!! You think C4 was bad, you should have been on some of the BBC boards, it was mayhem at times there!! now I find myself thinking twice about posting in them in case people are finding me insincere, when I am just tyring to follow good forum manners, the same as if people speak to me in a thread, if I am around I will answer them
Soozy, I am going to say this in a genuine way, whether you want to take offence it is up to you, I have had a run in with you over a thread you made, but so far as I am concerned, it is over and done, I don't hold grudges, I have not liked people on here, but if I can I will still help them and speak to them on here, if you are so unhappy at the way the forum is changing, prehaps not having a huge flounce and stomping away, but just reading threads or finding out how the whole site works could give you some enthusiasm for the place again, we all get fed up at times and then a discussion starts that makes you engage with the forum again, maybe even starting a really light hearted thread or writing a blog about your grandchildren would make you feel more part of things again, but at the moment until CBB starts this looks as if it is how it is going to be. I hope you can and not feel the need to start threads like this, but may be able to start a thread where it is a subject where we can all have a good laugh, which is what most of come here for along with a little discussion. RL is bad enough, without the backbiting you get on here sometimes.
Well you will probably disagree with my post, bring up that I have disagreed with you in the past, but Soozy, honestly nothing is meant unkindly, just to help you maybe feel a little more at home here.
!!Seriously the comments that were made about the birthday thread were a tad thoughtless, I always posted in birthday threads, whether I "knew" the person or not, it always seems to be a polite, friendly thing to do, and good forum manners to acknowledge another persons special day, I have always done it right from the first days on the BBC messageboards where I started this forum madness!! You think C4 was bad, you should have been on some of the BBC boards, it was mayhem at times there!! now I find myself thinking twice about posting in them in case people are finding me insincere, when I am just tyring to follow good forum manners, the same as if people speak to me in a thread, if I am around I will answer them
Soozy, I am going to say this in a genuine way, whether you want to take offence it is up to you, I have had a run in with you over a thread you made, but so far as I am concerned, it is over and done, I don't hold grudges, I have not liked people on here, but if I can I will still help them and speak to them on here, if you are so unhappy at the way the forum is changing, prehaps not having a huge flounce and stomping away, but just reading threads or finding out how the whole site works could give you some enthusiasm for the place again, we all get fed up at times and then a discussion starts that makes you engage with the forum again, maybe even starting a really light hearted thread or writing a blog about your grandchildren would make you feel more part of things again, but at the moment until CBB starts this looks as if it is how it is going to be. I hope you can and not feel the need to start threads like this, but may be able to start a thread where it is a subject where we can all have a good laugh, which is what most of come here for along with a little discussion. RL is bad enough, without the backbiting you get on here sometimes.
Well you will probably disagree with my post, bring up that I have disagreed with you in the past, but Soozy, honestly nothing is meant unkindly, just to help you maybe feel a little more at home here.
Just read the OP.
Soozy, have you ever seen the film 'Field of Dreams'? It contains a pretty blinding quote: "Build it and they will come". I can offer a solution (and you don't even have to pay me ) Start enough (and enough interesting threads, polls, etc) and people will post. I'd offer my bit but I don't come here often. On my fourm though, that's exactly what happens. People post honest, interesting, thought-provoking, funny and sometimes poignant threads and people flock there to add to it. The 'authenticity' and not contrived thing is the key with us.
Seems to me that if one puts enough effort into enjoying where they are and who they're with, the 'void' just naturally never occurs.
Soozy, have you ever seen the film 'Field of Dreams'? It contains a pretty blinding quote: "Build it and they will come". I can offer a solution (and you don't even have to pay me
) Start enough (and enough interesting threads, polls, etc) and people will post. I'd offer my bit but I don't come here often. On my fourm though, that's exactly what happens. People post honest, interesting, thought-provoking, funny and sometimes poignant threads and people flock there to add to it. The 'authenticity' and not contrived thing is the key with us. Seems to me that if one puts enough effort into enjoying where they are and who they're with, the 'void' just naturally never occurs.