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Very sad to see the forum is closing for contributions for good at the end of the month, and thanks to Asa and the mods for keeping the ship afloat over the years.
He's a good egg, not met him in person but we have emailed when I couldn't get my email changed and he does care for the place. However, it can be understood that he wishes to pack it in after two decades. It's a long time for anyone, and where we may have been spotty (or not) teenagers when we joined with endless time (or so it seemed) we are all much older with other varying demands of life.
I've only ever had one other username which got nicked in aftermath of the big crash of the early 2000s, so have not been through as many rebrands as some members or indeed channels.
Certainly been an interesting and unique community - who can ever forget some of the tall tales. If you're old hands to this forum think the first name of a similar vein to the male chart-topping member (rather large some may say?) of Cats the film and metal on the surname? Or how about the time someone started banging on about another kind of TV?
I've not posted as much as I once did, but it's good to see some old names here. Who'd have thought a venture onto the TV Home website and downloading ropey quality real video clips on a dialup modem in my teenage years of a rainy weekend would have had all us still here after 20 years or thereabouts...
Certainly grateful for those that have traded/sent items, and likewise those that I fulfilled the occasional request for. I do remember taping onto VHS some local BBC News for someone who didn't have Sky, so whoever you are that I did that for I hope you enjoyed a slice of the local news.
This forum has also been a constant in a world of change. Not everyone wants to be able to able to have their entire internet post history relevated by typing in their real-life name into Google, or indeed be doxxed because we don't agree with a certain viewpoint. It's also helped us to all maintain a sense of anonymity but community at the same time.
Thank you for everything. If we quote the old BBC line with some adaptation, we make it what it is.
He's a good egg, not met him in person but we have emailed when I couldn't get my email changed and he does care for the place. However, it can be understood that he wishes to pack it in after two decades. It's a long time for anyone, and where we may have been spotty (or not) teenagers when we joined with endless time (or so it seemed) we are all much older with other varying demands of life.
I've only ever had one other username which got nicked in aftermath of the big crash of the early 2000s, so have not been through as many rebrands as some members or indeed channels.
Certainly been an interesting and unique community - who can ever forget some of the tall tales. If you're old hands to this forum think the first name of a similar vein to the male chart-topping member (rather large some may say?) of Cats the film and metal on the surname? Or how about the time someone started banging on about another kind of TV?
I've not posted as much as I once did, but it's good to see some old names here. Who'd have thought a venture onto the TV Home website and downloading ropey quality real video clips on a dialup modem in my teenage years of a rainy weekend would have had all us still here after 20 years or thereabouts...
Certainly grateful for those that have traded/sent items, and likewise those that I fulfilled the occasional request for. I do remember taping onto VHS some local BBC News for someone who didn't have Sky, so whoever you are that I did that for I hope you enjoyed a slice of the local news.
This forum has also been a constant in a world of change. Not everyone wants to be able to able to have their entire internet post history relevated by typing in their real-life name into Google, or indeed be doxxed because we don't agree with a certain viewpoint. It's also helped us to all maintain a sense of anonymity but community at the same time.
Thank you for everything. If we quote the old BBC line with some adaptation, we make it what it is.
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