General Chat

I have just come back on and read the thread, all your comments are very valued, and we have had a debate today without anyone being personally nasty, lets hope this continues. Lynda knows that we don't want to loose her or the others that are very quiet at the moment,as they too are valued. so i hope they all return after their break.and to all that have put on threads today thankyou for your understanding of mine. take care all sandra

I quite agree with you Sandra. It's not the same as it was a year ago. Must dash, I'm waiting in the wings.

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm not being sarcastic, but the one-liners - isn't that what the "Chat" facility is for? :-)

I have just added this to Bendy's thread before I saw this one. I would like a General Board where I could, at least occasionally, have a serious and sensible conversation without it being taken over by the inmates or the agro merchants! LOL

Hi Sandra I have only just logged on today and have been reading though your thread.I have been very pleased with all the members agreeing with your comments . I agree 100% i have been so fed up with this board lately what with all those silly one linners, well less said the better. What is going on with all the none titled threads? Someone out there is just trying to annoy people. As for people saying if you don,t like it don,t read it ,i don,t i look and move on. So for the last couple of weeks i have been able to work on my Family Tree,but at the same time would also like to join in some interesting thread.I do hope this makes people think twice about using this as chat board. There has been such a lot of regular names missing and it is a shame as we used to have a laugh as well without being darn right silly. GC TAKE NOTE OF THIS THREAD. Have a good weekend everyone especially you Sandra. Val

Ive been a member for nearly 2 yrs, I only used the records and trying to find boards, i fount this one by accident, i'm sure i only see what i want to see, LOL, Im sorry to see linda go,as when i first joined, Linda was the one who helped me a lot and emailed me to make sure i understood it all, which if she remebers to had to talk in very basic english,LOL. Sorry to see her go, its a shame for us and the site.

hi ok me nudgy up i am 18 lol

Well, I am one of the oldies ... well my number is under 10,000 anyway! I have not been on for 2 days, and to catch up with this board I have had to look at 15 pages. I like to know if anything important has happened to my friends when I have not been here (eg Steph's news, updates from Gaynor etc) and generally what has been going on in our little community. What I am not interested in, and which seems to take up a fair bit of space, is when people are leaving work, going out for a while, going to bed etc. Joke threads, song lines etc is all fine by me, I just don't need a running commentary on someone's day! It used to be that if you couldn't get on here for a week, 15 pages was plenty to allow you not to miss a thing. There was still tons of interesting and funny stuff to read, without it taking half your day to get through it. I do think that a lot of what is on the General these days, used to be done on the Chat a few months ago. Just my opinion - doesn't mean anyone has to agree or disagree!! Maz. XX

I am inclined to agree with you, Sandra. The worst offenders are the ones with enigmatic titles but with nothing particular to say except. perhaps, "look at me" which most of us prefer not to do. It becomes more irritating when they add thread after thread. One I counted had 9 threads in as many pages. undoubtedly elbowing other, possibly more thoughtful topics, off into oblivion. I am hoping it is just a phase and that, eventually, they will get back to the chat board where they belong. This is my second year of enjoying the boards and. although I occasionally comment on an interesting thread, have yet to launch one. Len

And if I said "Dawn, I'm a respectable older person. You can have contact with me anytime." would I get shouted at? Do not trust him, Gentle Maiden, Though his voice be low and sweet. Do not trust him, Gentle Maiden Because he has sweaty feet.

It's better already I think - has anyone looked in on the Chat Board lately!!!! Jan

I just had a quick look. It only reinforces my suggestion that the Chat Board be Threaded and then Gert and Daisy can have their two-way chat in peace without nudging other conversations back to page 15..

Sandra, I agree, I have not been on as much lately. I have also found that the board is not as it used to be. I had wondered where Lynda was, I usually look for her postings, but i had noticed a lack of them lately. Hopefully she will come back soon! Pat

I have just emailed GR a request that they Thread the Chat Board. At the moment it is barely keeping up with two people chatting.

Hello, I'm a new member. I don't use the Chat line as I can't understand what they are talking about or it starts going down hill with the content. I only come on to General Topics and find some of the threads very interesting. Some I contribute to and have put on a limited few threads of my own. I have begun to notice that some of the interesting ones suddenly disappear. On a few I've even added a comment and that's it. The thread ceases. No other comments get added. It's as if you are getting frozen out. I'd like to talk about lots of different topics. After all we mostly live in different parts of the planet and just a snippet in the newspaper could be of interest to a lot of people. Sorry hope this is not too long winded.

I just hope this doesnt become like the 'chat rooms'....all hi's n byes....and night nights, going for a pee. making a cuppa and a/s/ls plz????? Talk to my brain....not my body! I love talking to ALL ages.... Gerri x

Hi Sandra Have you read "A SONG FOR SENIOR CITIZENS! that I added on 03/12/2004" - a witty piece I received sometime ago. John

Mary/Widow Twankey, the panto thread is great, and i did reply to your thread saying that i enjoyed it, the jokes etc are good too as well as the debates. As others and i have said, it was in my opinion for eg we were getting too many one liners of songs when they could all go on one thread and there were too many disagreements personally attacking people.and really silly things for a chat with one or two people. The last few days have been great we have had a good equal balance and alot of people have appeared again for the discussions, all ages putting forward their interests and views. Long may it continue. Sandra

Hi, I've been a member of GC for over a year but browsed it for a while before joining. So I don't know if I qualify as an older member. I do (vaguely) remember the 60s so I am oldish in years. I'm sure there are mails on the general board that irritate all of us but we are not all irritated by the same ones so who is to say which are "acceptable"? Just because I find some mailings tedious or annoying doesn't mean they have no place on GC. As I said on another thread, I like GB's idea of splitting the general board and also Jim's idea about threading chat. The main problem seems to be that the general board moves very quickly so ones that interest you disappear before you have time to read them. I do a lot of work on the computer during the day so most days have time to catch up with the boards when I take a break. I work most evenings so some postings pass me by. I am concerned about some of the personal remarks made on the general board but when people have strong feelings it's bound to happen from time to time. Most of us don't really "know" each other, we make assumptions about each other from what we read and that doesn't give the whole picture of the person. At the risk of being called a bleeding heart liberal (Guilty, yer Honour - and happy to be so) can I suggest we try to be tolerant and ignore posts of no interest to us. Splitting the boards would make this easier. Gwynne

Widow Twankey i did not find your opinion rude, and respect everyones opinion,and i am surprised that this thread hasn't vanished. I missed your cake thread but then i did have a couple of rough days last week. As for joining the panto, i look after my grandaughter mon - wed and i am normally giving her a bottle and her tea at that time, which is why i only get to read it. take care sandra