Alexia wrote:Oh.. .and the main reason I visited this thread - I notice Ison hasn't got a snazzy title, he's just "Moderator". Surely something snazzy could be thought up for him? Anyone?

And Hyma was the "eJanitor" for a short while. He's just plain " " now.

Malpass93 wrote:What's wrong with you? I'm trying not to wind people up, and to be friends here, and I'm being met with derision at every step.

Welcome to Metropol. That's the vibe here. Being a long-term lurker, surely you were aware of that?

Hyma you sound a tad like David Tennant. David Tennant is actually from West Lothian, which isn't far from Dundee, which may account for similarity in the accent - but are you from Dundee originally, Hyma? Most dialects have far more local variations than 'outsiders' realise. Before I lived in the ...

Hymagumba wrote:I meanwhile, as a man of taste, bought one with cows with mad eyes on.

Piccie please.

Lorns wrote:Lots of metrolove to the lurkers. Put your fingers to the keyboard and press ' please respond'.

Too scared.

I agree with freddy here. I share his reasons for lurking rather than posting. As far as I see it (and having been a member on TVF since its inception, that's quite a long overview) Metropol has a few things working against it and many of them underlie my decision not to venture over here often. Th...

Hymagumba wrote:we'll see you in another two years then

Who knows, I may stick my head above the parapet with another unpopular view before then.

I don't agree, we do hound certain people but they don't run off crying never to return so we're not half as bad as we're made out. We could be friendly and we are but we shouldn't have some form of rule forcing people to be ultra nice and never say anything that could be considered offensive or an...

shut up stu. You don't think that dismissive comments like the above might have something to do with the lack of new members? no not really. Stu made a silly post, I dismissed it due to it being silly. I'd say they're a healthy part of the way this forum works. If the site was truly ghastly stu wou...

Hymagumba wrote:shut up stu.

You don't think that dismissive comments like the above might have something to do with the lack of new members?

I've gotta ask, although I'll probably regret it - What is '25¢ Mustache Rides'? It's the visible "public view" name of somebody Peter was talking to on Windows Live Messenger at the time he took that screengrab. Thank you. I don't do Windows Live Messenger so I didn't recognise the icon.