General Chat

It must be better on here today as my wife was able to read threads on here without having sunglasses on. :-D

I am a myrter to it myself Rose ... :-(


As Rose has said, its a shame that it has been taken in another direction :-(

THANK YOU HAYLEY

Hayley :-D don't start me off about the soles of me feet lol.

It's to be lived with Ann lol, it is irritating when writing though, I will have to try and cover the empty white page quickly ;-)

:-) Dizzi, you asked a perfectly sensible question, a shame the thread was taken into another direction.

Here here :-D


I admit I do hate change I am old, but normally I try to embrace it, when I first logged on after the revamp , it wasnt the change it look bare but I did post a thread after a few mins my eyes were stinging, I kept away for a few days and low and behold they have had a tweak and I have adapted now just because I have I dont expect others to have, but lets hope something is sorted soon so EVERYONE can get back to enjoying the site.

AS FOR YOU DIZZI , WHEN I FIRST READ THIS THREAD, THIS MORNING I TOOK IT AS GENIUE CAUSE FOR CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO ANYONE WHY YOU HAVE POSTED A THREAD. I DONT DO GARDENING OR BIRD WATCHING OR COME FROM WALES IT DOENST MEAN OTHERS DONT SO EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT INTERESTS, YOU CAN POST A THREAD ABOUT THE HARD SKIN ON THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET IF YOU LIKE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO APOLIGISE (sp) :-D

All anyone ever asks really Rose is a little bit of thought and compassion for others. Sadly that is sometimes lacking on here. I was hoping that your eye was improving, sorry that it is not. :-)

ROSE
THANK YOU
I CANT WRITE WITH A PENCIL
WITHOUT THE PC
HOW AND WHAT COULD I DO,

THE REASON FOR ASKING RE EPILEPSY
THERE ARE DOZENS ON THIS SITE
SOME WILL NEVER SAY NOW.FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO DISABILITY LUCKY YOU,BUT FOR SOME THEY HAVE HAD TO GIVE UP A MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY DID EVEN A SMALL HOBBY,,THE PC IS A LIFELINE AND TO HAVE TO STOP USING A WEBSITE DUE TOTHE COLOUR HUE WHICH COULD BE SORTED AT THE START

I wondered if this would still be here this morning. I didn't add last night, lolol just as well.

a little description ( and no I don't suffer from epilepsy, though I have had a couple of migraines in my middle years) this is why I get so annoyed by people who 'don't know'.

About 2 months ago I was sitting reading this board when a small very black spider on a web came across my left eye ( it's my 'bad' eye anyway, worse vision than the right eye),, I brushed my hair away thinking it was attached, but the spider remained. It is a large black 'floater', eye tests immediately, showed it 'could ' be the beginning of a detached retina...but I knew that already because my mum had it.

She described it as a 'black blob' in the centre of everything she looked at.But I really didn't comprehend how difficult it made things, you don't unless you experience the same.

My little friend is a floating spider, it doesn't show particularly intrusively if I look at darker colours, but againsy expanses of white, or pale colours it swings about back and forth, and in an effort to 'not see it' I frown and concentrate until the effort to do so gives me a headache.

Now why do that you ask? why not do 'something else', well I don't know , do YOU have a hobby that you love, that you fight against giving up? for me that is being able to write, it is being able to do research for myself and others, it is being able to chat to people who I have something ( or often nothing) in common with.

No it isn't the end of the world that this site is harder to use now, harder than Ancestry say, (where a page of census has more black than white) but for me, and I suggest for some of those who are complaining about the changes here, it is just another little thing that is 'taken away', a bit of pleasure that is subtly denied, one more thing one 'can't do' for fun.

I think it wouldn't hurt for those who are hale and hearty to just think for a moment how they would feel if it were them with the problem. Some might have a real whinge, some might be more stoic lol, but it doesn't mean people are imagining the problem, nor should keep silent just to please those who don't ( and some use the boards so infrequently then the problem for them IS minimal) .

Alll anyone is asking for is a bit of thought to go into finding what will suit as many members as possible.

dear me the rr it out and about :-(

Maybe now we know who the RR'er is.

and there goes Aivlys true agenda ........ :-D


I am delighful I ant little (mores the pity) and I pride myself in being a very good friend of ma Suesue Mwahhhhhhhhhhhhh xxxxxx

The whiteness has been been turned to grey and the letters are bolder much more easier to read and the glare ( of the colour and not off memebers) that is has been reduced) :-D

I would like to add this morning that I was not aiming my comment above to anyone other than the delightful aivlyS.

Apologies to anyone who thought it may have been them.

Why should I stay off a site I pay to use? GR chose to change the appearance of the site...not me.

But hey, our feedback may make a difference to be inclusive not exclusive and they may then conform to DDA in the cyber world.

With that I am off to rest my eyes (and also enjoy a rest from argumentative members who delight in stirring with a damn great wooden spoon)

Oh really Dizzi so you was not asking if the brightness on this site could affect epilepsy .. wel that is backtracking for sure lol

aivlyS-The reason you do not agree this site could give an epileptic a fit is you clearly dont know anthing about the condition.

Some people do understand about it but it would surely take far too long to name them...you know who you are, its all in your mind! :-D

And the something positive is ? If people re experiencing problems best to stay off the site then surely your health is more important ?

Nite Dizzi :-D

SYLVIA

(NOT agree with people that this site is causing people to have fits ) YOUR COMMENT

I DIDNTN ASK THIS AT ALL ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
BTW I DONT HAVE EPILEPSY ,I HAVE PARKINSONS,BUT IKNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WITH IT,,
AND GUTS SYLVIA ,,IT NOT GUTS YOU GOT,,

ITS PLAIN BAD MANNERS AND RUDNESS AND BULLYING,

WELL IM OFF NOW AND SYLVIA YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ALL DAY MAYBE ITS TIME YOU HAD A BREAK FROM THE SCREEN

GOODNIGHT ALL,,FRIEND OR FOE

I know 5exy was having trouble with this site because I was on the phone to his wife and she mentioned it.

I also know of many others who are experiencing eye problems and headaches since the change either through existing medical ailments or just poor eyesight.

I have trouble because my pupils do not contract quickly and I use tinted specs because of that.

One bloody screen filter does not fit all. Each of us will be experiencing different degrees of glare as each of our processors/screens are different.

This thread has turned into a damn stupid slanging match and guess who is in the middle?

GR members who are not experiencing problems are jolly lucky and they should really keep out of any discussions unless they have something positive to contribute.