A missing friend
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Why would you say that?
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Because of life my friend.......
I sincerely hope he is OK. An erstwhile long standing and knowledgeable member of this site disappeared because of the politics in the General forum. AFAIK he is still OK. He did come back under new account... and then mocked me for not instantly recognising him.
@EFLImpudence is a top fellow, occasionally abrupt but a top fellow regardless.
@EFLImpudence is a top fellow, occasionally abrupt but a top fellow regardless.
The mods now have a option in the settings which will enable you to not see the GD subforum. I requested it. I don't come here to read "toxic" posts.
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+1 for GD being toxic
Not really necessary for me (nor, really, anyone!).
As has just been demonstrated, I do very well at 'not seeing' anything which happens in GD without the need for any 'settings'
Not really necessary for me (nor, really, anyone!).
As has just been demonstrated, I do very well at 'not seeing' anything which happens in GD without the need for any 'settings'
...Perhaps... but I used to see GD posts in the New Posts tab. They would look quite innocent, then you click on them and it is full of the usual racists. I come here to try and help other people and to receive advice. If I want to see those kind of posts, will go to the likes of StormFront.
Fair enough. I personally never look at the 'New Posts' tab - I only look at forms of interest (nearly always just this one) and my 'Alerts'.
As recently demonstrated, I seem to have quite a lot of 'self-discipline' in this respect. When Harry was first mentioned here, I did a search to see when he had most recently posted, and found that that had been on 8th May. However, since that was a post in GD, and even though it had an innocent enough Subject, I was not even tempted to go and look at it - which is why, at that time,I did not learn anything about Harry's surgery or his statement that he had 'survived' it!
Quite so - the very reason I almost never even look there. I do, occasionally, participate in online discussions in places where one expects the traffic to be controversial, aggressive, unpleasant or whatever, but that's through choice - and not the sort of thing I want to get involved with when participating in a 'DIY' (or other 'serious') forum!
Yes EFLI and Harry we all hope you are ok and some simple explanation of tinternet problems etc or you won the lottery and gone on a world cruise or something is what we hoping for
Very much so - but still nothing from (or about) either EFLI or Harry.
Quite apart from the obvious concerns, these situations in which "we just don't know" (and, in fact, "may never know") are very frustrating. Although it's far from a comfortable topic to think about, as I grow ever older, and with others in mind, I have been trying to reduce/eliminate the risk of such frustrations for people in the future. In the context of this forum (and others) that means that I have taken steps to hopefully ensure that you folks here would not be 'left in the dark' should I suddenly 'go missing'.
As I said, not a comfortable topic to talk about, but I would encourage other 'regulars' here to consider doing similar, for the sake of those who might otherwise be 'frustrated', as well as concerned, in the future.
Kind Regards, John
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