locutus
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Post by locutus on Oct 17, 2017 10:09:39 GMT
Permanent bans for long standing members making innocuous comments is quite ridiculous.
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guff
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Post by guff on Oct 17, 2017 10:42:02 GMT
… I can't remember any of the conversations we listened in to as kids… Just a thought: Is phone tapping illegal?
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macq
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Post by macq on Oct 17, 2017 13:00:29 GMT
thought this would have been one of the safer threads -guess we can't blame the youngsters this time
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oldgrumpy
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Post by oldgrumpy on Oct 17, 2017 14:19:39 GMT
We've just removed several posts and banned several users for racism and mod baiting. This behaviour is unacceptable and will not be tolerated on this forum. Please tell us which members have been banned so we don't spend unnecessary time trying to follow up existing posts, or try to PM them.
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Post by martin44 on Oct 17, 2017 14:56:59 GMT
And how long they are banned for would help please.
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Post by dodgeydave on Oct 17, 2017 15:19:16 GMT
Most of us of a certain age would of had the said item as a toy whilst growing up. And collected the badges .
Ebay is another one of them crazy politically correct places, and if you type the name in , it comes up with lots of items for sale.
A permanent ban does seem very heavy handed. For such a trivial matter.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 15:35:40 GMT
I guess I lost my virginity in a Lion wildlife park on top of a bed of puff-ball mushrooms, you know the things, they go bang (quietly) and generate a slight puff of air upwards when pushed. Story of my life really.
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scc
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Post by scc on Oct 17, 2017 20:47:12 GMT
I don't consider myself that old (born in the 1970s), but bakelite was certainly still widespread in electrical fittings in local houses. Family never had a phone when I was growing up as my Dad was mostly deaf and couldn't see the point. I doubt I used the phone more than half a dozen times before I was 14 or so - and it would always be under stressful conditions i.e. crammed in a phone box, with Dad hurrying us up/pulling the phone out of your hands. No wonder, I still find it slightly difficult to initiate a phone call.
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Post by bonfemme on Oct 18, 2017 6:32:06 GMT
Is there any appeal system in operation on this forum for members who are banned? Are those excluded given any chance to explain their words/actions? Is there any published information anywhere detailing who is banned and for how long?
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oldgrumpy
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Post by oldgrumpy on Oct 18, 2017 11:14:30 GMT
We've just removed several posts and banned several users for racism and mod baiting. This behaviour is unacceptable and will not be tolerated on this forum. Please tell us which members have been banned so we don't spend unnecessary time trying to follow up existing posts, or try to PM them. No response there then! I am waiting for a PM reply from a member who always replies within a few hours, and despite sending him a PM reminder earlier today I still have no answer. Is he one of the banned members. Please tell us. Who has been banned, and for how long?
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ozboy
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Post by ozboy on Oct 18, 2017 11:21:20 GMT
Please tell us which members have been banned so we don't spend unnecessary time trying to follow up existing posts, or try to PM them. No response there then! I am waiting for a PM reply from a member who always replies within a few hours, and despite sending him a PM earlier today I still have no answer. Is he one of the banned members. Please tell us. Who has been banned, and for how long? This is PC (which I absolutely loathe - wottasurprise!) ridiculousness, to the extreme. If you Mods and Rockers won't tell us Why, at the very least tell us Who. Sheeeeeesh.
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Post by spectra on Oct 18, 2017 12:28:49 GMT
Out of curiosity, what do other members think political correctness has achieved in life generally?
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Post by dodgeydave on Oct 18, 2017 13:16:10 GMT
Out of curiosity, what do other members think political correctness has achieved in life generally? A nation of overly sensitive wussies
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twoheads
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Post by twoheads on Oct 18, 2017 13:31:26 GMT
I think I'll head for the land of ozboy, if they'll let me in. Give me some Kevin B****y Wilson any time!
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oldgrumpy
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Post by oldgrumpy on Oct 18, 2017 13:38:16 GMT
Out of curiosity, what do other members think political correctness has achieved in life generally? A nation of overly sensitive wussies It's not the nation. It's the few perpetually offended by everything who make nearly all the noise.
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