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[Bail]

What if I put a Starbucks cup on your new desk without a coaster?

[iSon]

The members 'who have been around for longer' and believe this gives them superiority and more knowledge over newer members.

Generally speaking this is correct.

[Philip]

Is it odd that although I've nearly been a member for 10 years, I still feel like one of the newbies? So much of the stories about TV Forum that are discussed nostalgically on here ironically happened in those four years before I joined.

[dosxuk]

Cue joke about forum heyday.

[Pete]

Out of interest, what is the general consensus as to when the 'heyday' of this forum was, when it was at its peak?

In 1924, when this was posted:

Have just given the first demonstration of my television apparatus, constructed from a tea chest, biscuit tin and sealing wax. I transmitted the image of a Maltese cross several feet across my attic workshop. The invited audience were amazed apart from MartinDTAnderson who said I had not conformed to the safe areas.

[Whataday]

I wasn't there at the time but wasn't the reason for Metropol's existence because it was forced, not because it was particularly desired by members? There used to be an off-topic forum on TV Forum called 'The Lounge' and it got TVF into some trouble so it was spun off into its own site. Obviously there are people on here who will know more about that than me...

If my memory serves me correctly, (and without repeating the libel) a user stated that a particular presenter spoke with a nasal twang and went on to suggest the reason for this which involved a narcotic.

Unfortunately for TVF, the presenter was made aware of the post and threatened legal action, and all hell broke loose.

So although the post was made in The Lounge, it was closed down due to a TV related post.

I seem to remember it made The Guardian's Media Monkey and everything. Even had a statement from Asa with all the aplomb of Lorraine Heggessey.

[robschneider]

Oh, it was way before that. Remember the brief period where The Lounge was closed totally? It then returned with separate branding and was part of Asanet, though it was still tied to TVF's user database. THAT incident with the news anchor came after that, but Asa was quite public about wanting shot of The Lounge for about a year before Metropol launched.

[Pete]

oh i forgot about the red lounge

home of the infamous, and brilliant "fight thread"

[Whataday]

I'd completely forgotten about the red lounge AND The Fight Thread! Happy days.

[ASO]

Laura's checkatrade sponsor failed to play at 6:43. Just a smiling shot of Laura for around 10 seconds.


Preferred that to a checkatrade advert any day

What a creepy thing to say!

I think when you report a post, the reason bit with the drop down menu should include 'creepy, weird or simply perverted post'

[DTV]

Out of interest, what were the comments in the BBC News Channel thread which reached the 'creepyness level'. Because judging by some of the comments that have passed through on the rota thread recently, they must have been in a league of their own.