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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ROBIN!!! Dont You Dare! Gey that cork popped! (What are we celebrating?)

Hmm! I was told there was a party on here tonight. No one here. And I brought a magnum of Mumm's along as well. Pity the Japanese crackers are off. Perhaps they'll feel better tomorrow night. I'll come back then.

Think You All Need A Drink! (Damn - who left our minuture whiskys in Hughs Bar last night?) Cant be bothered to see if they are still there. So, we will start with Sherry (Cream or Dry) Few little nibbles - Peanuts, Bombay Mix and Crisps (Japanese crackers are 'Off') Help Yourselves everyone who is here. (Will go onto the stronger stuff later, told folk to bring a bottle along - Hope they remember)

Ooops! Wouldn't be surprised if I don't fall down a hole next ... one of my 'replies' has been removed from a thread on Tips (Irene's 'Goodbye'). It contained no naughty words (unless I had mistyped something) nor anything particularly different to anything said by anyone else. Seditious, maybe? If I am just having a 'senior moment' and it's really there, will somebody please tell me .... Thanks Jane

Joy, I think it was Sherlock's 'spamming' of the board that ultimately got him kicked out, but I am not sure it really is permanent ... tho' that's what someone reported. Do you know who else has been excluded ... I've done a 'headcount' and must have missed someone? Jane x

I think all tips board ''refugees' should take shelter right here! btw I still do not understand the reasoning between suspension for some and GO of the B for Sherlock! :-) Joy (with bouncebackability)

Hi guys, Sloping in around the corner after the fracas the other day ... been meditating on an Ode to Sherlock, but as yet haven't come up with anything apt, still in shock. Who else got the GOB (Grand Order of the Boot)? I seem to have missed any other 'offender' being obvious - I think most folk 'had a go' whilst the chaos was in progress. Decided today that when subs renewal comes around next March I'm going to quit. Yes, I had just paid my dues when it was all change .... and now this stupidity. Really hacked off about it all, really, really hacked off .... Jane PS: Thanks for listening!

Well, we seem to have hijacked Lunars thread. Hope she doesn't mind, since she's away for a while anyway. Pat, Joy, :-)))))))))))))))) You're both priceless! Thank you. Friar, stay for as long as we do. Who knows what fun we may get up to in the future. Kim, well you're just Kim. What more can I say hon? Catch you later in the land of the pretty colors. LOL :)

Friar! No need to go into hiding over what went on. I'm not. I think everyone has learnt a bit from it. Come out to play soonest. Kim That Japanese Cracker you supplied me with the other night was excellent. Well worth getting a warning for ( from GR I mean, not from the wife ;) ) G

Kim ;-)))))))))))))))) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxLOL Joy ;-)))))))))))))))) thank you Pat x

I agree with everything that Pat said. :-) Joy

Pat - ;o))))))))))))))))))))))) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Kim

Hi Rebs, It is now Thursday and I've done nothing on the boards since the debacle. Take care of yourself and who knows maybe I'll get around to speaking to people again in the not too distant future. Best Wishes Friar

Rebs night to you too. But I am so sad about Tips, i am used to the childish c**p that happens on general but when it hits the people who actually do stuff then GR are going to have to look at themselves, because GR are forgetting who makes this site, yes they provide the platform but without the people who do the work genes would be nothing but another glorified chat board. To take every little thing that is emailed to them by people who probably do nothing for no one is not on, to not even acknowledge all the time and energy and hard work that is spent on here as well as just being around to try and help with the puzzles all these things make the tips board what it is. Leave the workers alone why not concentrate on the baddies instead. Pat x

I'm fine Pat, thank you. But like a lot of the gang from tips, wondering why we even bother. I have to say, there have been a few notable absenses over the last two days, not including the two obvious ones. Essentially, the thread never did any harm, apart from annoying the Killjoys. It gave somewhere for the regular helpers to sit back and relax a little in between look ups. Pity the same can't be said for some of the recent happenings on the general board. The repocussions of some of the crap that has gone on here has been well documented. Are the ones who causedtrouble here the same folk who visit Tips and voice their silent objections to management? Guess we'll never know, because they're too gutless to be open about it. But thank you for your concern. There are still some great folk left on the site. Cheers Pat, Rebs

Rebel how are you? I hope you are ok? I just had to express how I was feeling which is very low especially after seeing marjorie last night. Very upset with the whole thing about Sherlock, and all the rest of the sorry tale on tips board. I had so much fun on tips with Lyla she is a hussy that one lol. Well as for Kim and everyone on the fun thread who made me so welcome as everyone always did on tips, its really a great board because of the people that are there as thats what makes any board the good or bad, the PEOPLE that frequent it. Why people take from tips and do not leave the good people who give alone is beyond me. Here I must mention Irene and Little Nell, Judy, Tom, Geoff, Jess, Roslyn, Jane, Cheryl, Jeanette the haddock, last but never least Crista and so many others, who seem to have gone over time, I miss them too. Thank you to one and all on tips, I may just come back to what feels like home and is the best board on genes, because of the people who frequent it. Love Pat x

Hi Sue Knew you would take the joke as it is intended,as in fun!!! Yes sometimes in life we need a bit of fun, and why not? Sue yes agree with you life is too short and none of us know when it may just may be taken from us. Please leave other people enjoy themselves especially when they are not hurting others thanks Sue, now go to bed lol. Be Good Sue, won't you? ;-))) Pat x

Thanks Pat, Pity more don't have a relaxed, laid back attitude. Cheers, Rebs

hi pat- i have a bed and about to get in it, lol. BUT - needed to add . i totally agree with you, we should all know from doing this hobby, life is too short ! sue. xxx

Sue have you no bed to go to? Rebel this is how I feel about the whole sorry state of things on tips: Really upset what has happened over the past while to the people on tips board, I know I am normally on the general board these days but I have a soft spot for tips board and many of those who still offer help and tips and those who helped me. I still read tips before checking general, always still enjoy certain contributions people who where there when I was, not to say that the newbies are not interesting too. Just cannot understand why this place is getting so bad, does anyone have any idea who has it in for the people trying to have a fun and a lively thread in the evening? doesn't make sense that people pick on others for no reason. One thread on tips for people to get together and have a laugh, who are they hurting? is there really anything wrong with people doing that? I actually would have been pleased to see one when I was more on tips than I am now, I would have had a laugh with others that I didn't know, but would get to know through a fun thread. When you think of all the work people do for others and the help and tips they give well I don't think GR could be thinking right to not allow the same people to join together in fun. Love to all the good people on tips that do so much for everyone else. Please don't give up, you would be very much missed by all. Love Pat x