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Told you I was over-sensitive at the moment Kate:) Or I told someone anyway. Praps if we say 'someone' or 'some people' we should have a disclaimer lol

David! You silly sausage! I didn't mean you or anyone else on this thread, I meant in general. It dosen't happen all the time and it is only natural, I hold my hand up because I know that I have probably done it also. There isn't a way around it I don't think. You see, even lickle 'ole Kate Burl can feel lonely and left out at times. *sob* *sob* *SOB*

Hi Kate Er....do you mean like I'm doing just above you? lol. Guilty as charged but there are lots of groups of people who talk on here and I have no idea of what they're on about- isn't that just life? We all feel invisible at times and I've deleted loads of comments lately as soon as I've posted them - having an oversensitive phase:) I've met quite a few people from here and a few of them are mates but there are also a few who I've never met but I count as mates. What else can people do? Be less friendly to their friends or chat off the site on msn or phone which leaves the boards night after night without people on here - and that has seemed to happen before. I don't really know what the answer is

I can only repeat what I said earlier, and thank you all for replying It isn't my intention to fall out with anyone over this, I am making my opinion known, and am pleased to see some people are able to see where I am coming from Dee x

Gwynne and Kate, all those things keep people away from the boards, methinks. There was a discussion recently about some people feeling invisible, and I know just what they mean. :-) It is difficult though when a thread moves so fast that someone will think that they are posting a response to the previous post and someone else slips in between. The poor someone else often goes completely unnoticed.

One thing that does irritate me is when you are replying to a thread and there is a conversation going on over and around you. It does make me think as to why I bothered in the first place. I know people make friends on here and naturally you want to speak to your friends but to me it does seem a wee bit rude. Kate x

Others have pretty much said all that I would like to say - except perhaps to add that these things do seem to go in cycles, feast and famine and all that. When enough people get sick of all the trivia the serious discussions get a look in and vice versa. The serious threads do seem prone to provoking name-calling unfortunately and that brings the death-knell to anything in the way of constructive dialogue. Once it's gone it seems to take people longer and longer to venture into that kind of discussion again, and who can blame them?

David - Well I'm just as bo...... *passes out into boredom-induced coma*

Oh yeh Gwynne - that's another thing I'm irritated with....people making snidey remarks about people. If people want to moan about someone, I wish they'd name them or shut up. Bec, I am soooo bored by you agreeing with me all the time that I probably won't even bother to finish this p...

oh dear, here we go again.. 'I agree with David' lol Paul

................. about my various reasons - David just mentioned them. I'm sick of the snide remarks and backbiting as well. Gwynne

I'm going to boring and do what I usually do. I agree with David. *falls off chair with boredom*

Hello Dee:) I would normally just reply to this sort of thread saying if we're not happy with what's being posted we should post more things to our taste but because it's you I've thought about it a bit longer. That'll be double standards I suppose:) I'm fairly bored with the boards at the moment. There's enough room for everything but I am finding that there isn't a lot to interest me and I haven't got anything very interesting to say. So I tend to drift on and off and look at the posts that appeal or things posted by people I know. There have been some potentially really interesting debate threads posted recently but - for example - I noticed Grampa Jim posted a couple a week or two ago and he had hardly any responses. There's also the problem of personality clashes on debate threads. Some people (and I've probably been guilty of it myself) will post aggressively cos they don't like the poster of a comment rather than the comment and I'm finding I'm avoiding so many bloody people at the moment it's hardly worth coming on lol. Without even getting into the amount of people who seem to come on as newbies but are actually ex or suspended members:) Don't think this was a very constructive or well constructed reply but I have replied:) Oh and you're neither old or boring but I have no idea about your wind habits;))

Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply I must admit I look at this board less and less often as I find when I do nothing 'grabs' me. I happened to look in earlier today and it struck me that there was a lot of trivia and I wondered what had happened to some of the more serious threads. We are all indiviuals, and are entitled to our views I just wondered if there were others who shared my views. Dee ;-)

Hi Dee, There always has been a mix of all sorts on here but I do agree that there have been less serious threads than usual for a while. I was going to post one earlier but I was going to work, so I wouldn't have been around to respond. One reason I haven't contributed much lately is because a lot of my 'old pals' have either left or don't post any more for various reasons - some of which I am in agreement with - but they are not relevant to your topic heading. Gwynne

Hmmm Kate I see exactly where you are coming from

I think there is room for all sorts of threads except nasty. I also have the feeling that the best idea is, if you want one type of thread, post one and get whatever you want started. Some days I have come on the board it has been all fun, others it is so sad and serious that I actually end up feeling fed up. So my suggestion to everyone is add to the board what you want to see on it....then like minded people can join you....that way a fair mix should reign. I nudged a serious thread today. that had fell to page 5 with one answer.....within minutes in the niddle of hilarity....it jumped and stayed to the top. Room for all on the board.....so everyone just do what you prefer, but please also do not criticise others because they are not to your taste. Dee please do not think I am answering you in particular honey just cos it is your thread, I am generalising as best as I can XXX

Dee, In some ways I agree with you. I would love to see more debate threads on the boards, I can't do it because when people see my name it is like ringing the dinner bell for the sharks, lol! I also think that there have been many debate threads on here that have degenerated into a slanging match and that I believe puts a lot of people off. I asked somebody earlier to delete a joke about blindness, the person deleted their joke but is now relaying and making other jokes about it on another thread! If that wasn't bad enough other members have now joined in! That unfortunately is the mentality of some people on here. Kate x Sorry it got waffly.

Hi Dee I like both serious and light hearted threads and have posted both. I've found that the serious ones I have posted in the past only tended to get a few answers while the light hearted ones got more response so I stopped posting them. As for being ousted from the board surely it is up to those who want the serious discussion type threads to post and reply to those threads and keep them on the front page. Juliexx

I think we can all do both ! Life is like that , a mixture of people..and on here a nice mixture...