Fletch wrote:jra wrote:I'm not having a go at you with the BIB. That's a general comment. Mash you started this particular 'spat', so don't complain if you get a bit back. Them the 'unwritten rules'.
That's why I changed one word in that post to retaliation, because that is what I do the vast majority of the time, not pick on people first, despite what others try and try to claim.
This thread is not exactly renowned for truths.
Another poster called me a pedant, kind of ironic regarding this little storm in a teacup.
Instead of that, and creating all than anxiety for yourself, why don't you just join in with the conversation and have a laugh? I saw Holly say much the same not long ago.
What's with the block posting bringing up posts from pages back all the time? The conversation has moved on, if you're not around when it's being said why try to recreate the discussion days later? It's gone, the moment has passed. The column of blue background with Christmas tree and red background with a singer is the kiss of death to conversation.
And this 'in real life' meme, what's that all about? Are you not typing in real life to real people also typing in real life? Are you of the belief that people are unable to judge a persons character by what they say (type) and the attitude they display on message boards? You don't have to have personally met someone to get to know them, a lot can be learnt from written communication, sometimes more than people would say face to face.
tl:dr Lighten up ffs.
I like you Fletchers but I disagree completely.
There's absolutely nowt wrong with ''block posting'' , or with discussing a matter that has ''already been discussed''.
Have you clean forgotten that
some of us are NOT online all the time, posting day & night ???
When you do log in, if you see several posts you wish to respond to, of course you end up doing a block of consecutive posts.
As for going back to pull out posts form several pages back, remember that in this fast-moving thread......
you sometimes have to go
30 or 40 pages back to see posts from the previous day!!
I am not here everyday, been away for a couple of days.
Later I will be taking a few more days off forums, maybe a week off -
so of course on my return I might do a block of posts or I might mention something that has ALREADY been discussed in my absence, no laws against that, fletchy!