General Chat

I think the change in the amount of people who used CHAT, was because non paying members were allowed to use the boards. Since the rule has come in that only members can use it the numbers have dropped. Its a shame gr cant allow non members to use the general topics board. If there are problems with mis-use maybe gr can block the isp address its from, like other sites can. Elaine x

if they did that.then they would not make the money on the upgrades.you need membership to reply to the membersxxxxx(:

not sure I agree with that one Elaine, I;ve used sites before where non members could post and you end up with groups of kids spoiling it.. takes too long to block the IP, you get too much disruption Maybe a non-members board ?

paul, maybe that may turn out to be an us and them situation???

Yes, do you remember a few months ago when some bored youngsters caused havoc on here in their lunch breaks? Stealing identities and all sorts!

cor how did they manage that??

I certainly think that there is a tendancy to use messenger to chat to friends that we have made on GR. I still go on chat but mainly in the evenings. We are a very friendly crowd and I haven't pounced on anyone for a while! lol We welcome newcomers to the board but it has to be said that if the board is very busy it is easy to miss someone if they only say hello and don't chime in again - sorry if this has happened to you. Give it another go! I have cried with laughter some evenings - if you get the mix right it's like a comedy show. I used to be put off by reams of 'I have just mailed you' and 'thanks for the mail' or 'haven't got it yet' etc etc. This rarely happens now - we do try to actually chat! I will say too, I am not criticising at all, that the General Topics Board has changed a lot since I first joined and that people tend to chat on the threads too. If you visit the Chat Board for the first time - stick with it. It is not an exclusive club but may very well seem like that when you first get there. Hang around and what seem like in jokes and code will soon make sense! See you there. Magsxx

Hear, hear Mags - and to anyone new, this chat board is a bit different from others, you have to keep pressing F5 to refresh the board .... otherwise you disappear never to return again! Mandy :)

Hi Paul, I'm not on chat so much now as I'm either at work or I've been decorating, When I do get to go on chat during the day nobody seems to be around - and I'm missing you all. sob sob

i do go on chat but also use other sites too a lot but mostly i use mesneger

louise i thought i had just seen agnes lol my eyes were playing silly beggars