Spadesclaret

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:11 pm

Not seen any posts from her for a while now.so hope she is alright.

Mind you I have been seriously ill in hospital for the last 3 weeks or so and therefore haven,'t been on here as much.

Pearcey · Post by **Pearcey** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:20 pm

Check out the Winter photo post at the bottom of the page.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:29 pm

Saw a comment from her from 22nd December but that's it

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:38 pm

I was in touch with her today on Facebook.

Duffer_ · Post by **Duffer_** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:42 pm

You can type a username in 'Search this forum', find a post they've made, click on their username within the post (underneath the post #) and then click 'Search user's posts'. Their posting history is shown with the most recent first.

Spadesclaret posted yesterday on adeola friday.

Get well soon mkmel.

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Duffer_ · Post by **Duffer_** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:44 pm

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conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:49 pm

She must be poorly,she "liked" one of my posts ..

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:56 pm

Hi Mel. I'm sorry to hear you are not well. That's enough of that. Get yourself up and about again

I don't post as often as I did. Somehow I don't seem to have the same rapport with this new lot of posters. I also dislike how so many threads degenerate into insult slinging matches.

Thank you for thinking of me. Do you remember how you 'pulled' on CM and, for a while, you were my toy boy? Long time ago.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:57 pm

conyoviejo wrote:She must be poorly,she "liked" one of my posts ..

I was having an off day.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:15 pm

spadesclaret wrote: I also dislike how so many threads degenerate into insult slinging matches.

You and everyone else outside the 'Usual Suspects'

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:19 pm

spadesclaret wrote:Hi Mel. I'm sorry to hear you are not well. That's enough of that. Get yourself up and about again

I don't post as often as I did. Somehow I don't seem to have the same rapport with this new lot of posters. I also dislike how so many threads degenerate into insult slinging matches.

Thank you for thinking of me. Do you remember how you 'pulled' on CM and, for a while, you were my toy boy? Long time ago.

Hear hear.

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:36 pm

Good evening Lady Spades,

Fancy a cup of tea and a piece of shortbread?

Good to hear from you!

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:38 pm

A stalwart!

MDWat · Post by **MDWat** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:39 pm

Still the best poster on the board.

I like spades.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:39 pm

spadesclaret wrote:I don't post as often as I did. Somehow I don't seem to have the same rapport with this new lot of posters. I also dislike how so many threads degenerate into insult slinging matches.

Unfortunately it is becoming more and more difficult to moderate these posters. I wish people would report the offensive posts so they could be dealt with because there are a certain group of posters who are spoiling the board.

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:00 pm

mk take care. Cloughy household is thinking of you.

And agreed Spades. Its too 'shouty' on here these past few months. I log in about once a week (if that) and thats only to see if Bint and Conv are still being their daft selves.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:26 pm

Thank you all for the good wishes and lovely comments.

I won't go into all the details of what happened to me but simply say always listen to your loved ones.

I was really ill and my Daughter kept telling me to go to Hospital and I always replied with the usual I will be alright.

Well in the end I did listen and got an ambulance into Hospital and thankfully just in time.

Big big big lesson learned and no more stubborness from me ever again.

If anything had happened to me it's my kids that would suffer and I never want that and to frighten them like I did this time by my own stupid stubborness.

But I am back on the road to recovery although I have been told it will take time.

Thanks again guys and the lovely spadesclaret.

And yes spades I certainly do remember the toy boy posts from way back when

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:31 pm

Glad your mending, Mel.
I did similar & ended up in Barnstaple, then a Plymouth hosp In Nov.
They told me I couldn't have left it much later.
Sometimes life gets in the way and we don't do what we should.

Erm....and hope Spades didn't make you any bacon butties!

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:45 pm

cloughyclaret wrote:mk take care. Cloughy household is thinking of you.

And agreed Spades. Its too 'shouty' on here these past few months. I log in about once a week (if that) and thats only to see if Bint and Conv are still being their daft selves.

Oy Cloughy, what about me, the original DiBranchio?

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:51 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:Oy Cloughy, what about me, the original DiBranchio?

She's gone again, Dib.
You'll have to ask her again next week.

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:58 pm

I think I should change my name back to DiB, I used to be famous back in the day y'know.

I'm the original Billy No Mates now.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:04 am

Juan Tanamera wrote:I think I should change my name back to DiB, I used to be famous back in the day y'know.
I'm the original Billy No Mates now.

I think you should revert to DiB. When lots of posters changed their usernames for this new site I felt I was having to get to know a whole new crowd. I still have trouble remembering who used to be what.

jd - a cup of tea and a piece of shortbread sounds perfect.

Reb · Post by **Reb** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:06 am

Hey Spades!

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:08 am

Reb! Good to 'see' you. Hope things are well with you and the two (not so now) young ones?

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:00 am

phew!

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:07 am

ClaretTony wrote:Unfortunately it is becoming more and more difficult to moderate these posters. I wish people would report the offensive posts so they could be dealt with because there are a certain group of posters who are spoiling the board.

"I wish people would report"

People do and have. Repeatedly.
Maybe, by now they too have also given up any faith of actually seeing any meaningful action taken.
Sorry CT.
(but I guess this post will certainly be removed)
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Shappie · Post by **Shappie** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:46 am

Buxtonclaret wrote:Glad your mending, Mel.
I did similar & ended up in Barnstaple, then a Plymouth hosp In Nov.
They told me I couldn't have left it much later.
Sometimes life gets in the way and we don't do what we should.

Erm....and hope Spades didn't make you any bacon butties!

Do you live in Devon Buxton?

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:01 am

Shappie wrote:Do you live in Devon Buxton?

No.
I'm in Buxton. But had to be in Devon for family reasons.
I was taken ill there.

Shappie · Post by **Shappie** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:13 am

Buxtonclaret wrote:No.
I'm in Buxton. But had to be in Devon for family reasons.
I was taken ill there.

I’m from Barnstaple that’s all mate! Hope you’re all better now

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:24 am

Ah right.
I've family in Barnstaple.
Not a bad town.
Couldn't be certain, but thought I saw a Burnley shirt in the Panniers Market.

And yes, thanks.
Improving now.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:25 am

HunterST_BFC wrote:"I wish people would report"

People do and have. Repeatedly.
Maybe, by now they too have also given up any faith of actually seeing any meaningful action taken.
Sorry CT.
(but I guess this post will certainly be removed)
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Sorry, but all reported posts are dealt with as you well know, and I explained everything to you in an email. Disappointingly, you would be amazed how few posts do get reported. Reporting posts would make things far easier, certainly far easier than re-quoting them when removed or making these unecessary snide remarks.

Shappie · Post by **Shappie** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:29 am

Buxtonclaret wrote: Couldn't be certain, but thought I saw a Burnley shirt in the Panniers Market.

And yes, thanks.
Improving now.

Nice one mate - it could well have been me !

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:21 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Unfortunately it is becoming more and more difficult to moderate these posters. I wish people would report the offensive posts so they could be dealt with because there are a certain group of posters who are spoiling the board.

It's often very difficult to know which post to report. A thread starts off well but then someone posts a fairly innocuous comment to which someone else takes offence and responds a little stronger. From there it escalates with, perhaps, other posters throwing in their twopenn'orth until the theme of the original thread is completely lost.

Do we report the first 'fairly innocuous' post or the latest quite offensive post or, indeed, the whole thread? It seems a shame for a whole thread to be pulled on account of one or two silly posters with an agenda.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:33 pm

spadesclaret wrote:It's often very difficult to know which post to report. A thread starts off well but then someone posts a fairly innocuous comment to which someone else takes offence and responds a little stronger. From there it escalates with, perhaps, other posters throwing in their twopenn'orth until the theme of the original thread is completely lost.

Do we report the first 'fairly innocuous' post or the latest quite offensive post or, indeed, the whole thread? It seems a shame for a whole thread to be pulled on account of one or two silly posters with an agenda.

And the ones reporting a post could have an agenda as well.

I've asked this before, but are the reported posts just taken at face value and the post/thread removed or are they actually investigated to see the context?

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:48 pm

I don't personally report the posts because I am afraid that the whole thread (that in many cases was a good debate/discussion) would be completely removed. I'd prefer the threads to exist and just ignore those who posted the offending posts as a safeguard against that happening.

That said, I by no means post this as criticism against the board's moderators.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:49 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:And the ones reporting a post could have an agenda as well.

I've asked this before, but are the reported posts just taken at face value and the post/thread removed or are they actually investigated to see the context?

I AM THE PROBLEM

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:22 pm

Foshiznik wrote:I don't personally report the posts because I am afraid that the whole thread (that in many cases was a good debate/discussion) would be completely removed. I'd prefer the threads to exist and just ignore those who posted the offending posts as a safeguard against that happening.

That said, I by no means post this as criticism against the board's moderators.

For CT, could the mods not overwrite the offensive post,
"Deleted by Mods for content"?
This would then stop the escalation.

whilst I'm on xxxxxxs from Ireland for Spades.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:23 pm

piston broke wrote:

whilst I'm on xxxxxxs from Ireland for Spades.

Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:01 pm

Here’s a photo of Ladies G and S on the plane to Tenerife last Friday, Your Maj.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:16 pm

Just beautiful!

I see that Lady G still has 'those eyes'.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:32 pm

KRBFC wrote:I AM THE PROBLEM

No your not.
You just like to think you are.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:32 pm

I’m in a holiday kinda mood, so here’s some more from the year just gone, Your Maj.

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:41 pm

Hey spades, it is good to know that you are still flourishing. One question from me --are you still doing the crosswords? If so, what do you think of them these days?

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:16 pm

Ashingtonclaret46 wrote:Hey spades, it is good to know that you are still flourishing. One question from me --are you still doing the crosswords? If so, what do you think of them these days?

Yes, still doing the crosswords. There has obviously been a new compiler recently. Some clues and answers are quite obscure. I have been tempted once or twice to call on your assistance but usually Mr. spades and I manage to finish them. Having said that, there are occasional days which are ridiculously easy.

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:36 pm

spadesclaret wrote:Yes, still doing the crosswords. There has obviously been a new compiler recently. Some clues and answers are quite obscure. I have been tempted once or twice to call on your assistance but usually Mr. spades and I manage to finish them. Having said that, there are occasional days which are ridiculously easy.

I have to agree with your observations. I think that there may be two or three different compilers at work and one of them seems very obscure, even though you can get the correct answer.
I also agree that there are odd days when they seem very easy --strange isn't it?
On the whole I don't think that they are as good as they used to be, however, they keep the grey matter ticking over, which is important at our stage of life! x

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:35 pm

Sorry for not metioning it earlier but I would like to pass on my good wishes to buxtonclaret and any others that are currently or have recently been ill.

Good luck to you all and hope you all have a full recovery at the earliest opportunity.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:08 am

Buxtonclaret wrote:And yes, thanks.
Improving now.

All the best Buxton and look after yourself

spadesclaret wrote:Yes, still doing the crosswords. There has obviously been a new compiler recently. Some clues and answers are quite obscure. I have been tempted once or twice to call on your assistance but usually Mr. spades and I manage to finish them. Having said that, there are occasional days which are ridiculously easy.

spades

Did you ever watch this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08h7trr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you haven't seen it you should get round to watching it (somehow) ASAP. It's very darkly comic but great fun at the same time. It's amazing!

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Rowls

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:02 am

Thanks Mel/Rowls

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:09 am

Good morning your majesty.....delighted to hear that all is well along the A47 .
Do you not find that the older we get then things never seem the same as they used to be ?.... usually changed for the worse.
I used to love attempting the Daily Telegraph crosswords.rarely managed to fully complete one I might add.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:23 am

Hi The Lovely Enclosure.

Yes, the older I get the more difficult life is. I even have to have the doctor visit me instead of me visiting the doctor because I'm not always able to move easily. That brings its own problems - i.e. making sure the house is tidy before she arrives

I have my own live-in house-tidier. He's quite good at preparing meals too.

Fortunately, the old brain is still ticking over nicely so I still enjoy the cryptic crossword every day.