In case we go offline again.....

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:39 pm

In case the site goes down again here is a new one Ben created:
http://newsfixlifeboat.freeforums.net/thread/2/newsfixboard-again

Please register if you wish.

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:40 pm

Please register with your usual user ID as we will be vetting all new members

Thanks

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:13 pm

Apparently todo esta bien ahora, but it's still a good idea to register at the lifeboat in case something else happens ...

by Guest Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:26 pm

eddie wrote:In case the site goes down again here is a new one Ben created:
http://newsfixlifeboat.freeforums.net/thread/2/newsfixboard-again

Please register if you wish.

I'll return when you've chosen a color that won't make my eyes BLEED ~~~ OMG

Men, tend to be color BLIND Shocked

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:29 pm

4EVER2 wrote:
eddie wrote:In case the site goes down again here is a new one Ben created:
http://newsfixlifeboat.freeforums.net/thread/2/newsfixboard-again

Please register if you wish.
I'll return when you've chosen a color that won't make my eyes BLEED ~~~ OMG
Men, tend to be color BLIND

Haha, I was just funnin' Smile

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:30 pm

I'm a member there and I'm going to complain to the admin Evil or Very Mad

by JulesV Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:53 pm

eddie wrote:Please register with your usual user ID as we will be vetting all new members

Thanks

No intimate searches please, we're British. Put your latex gloves away! Shocked

by JulesV Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:56 pm

4EVER2 wrote:
eddie wrote:In case the site goes down again here is a new one Ben created:
http://newsfixlifeboat.freeforums.net/thread/2/newsfixboard-again

Please register if you wish.
I'll return when you've chosen a color that won't make my eyes BLEED ~~~ OMG
Men, tend to be color BLIND

New mind that, it's admin's appearance that concerns me. You may wish to rethink your diet, Ben, seriously. scratch

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:31 pm

He looks quite dapper, I thought.

by JulesV Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:35 pm

eddie wrote:He looks quite dapper, I thought.

Hmmm not too sure, he looks somewhat feminised and fat? Cut out the yam (too much oestrogen) and do some situps & aerobics!

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:38 pm

Jules wrote:
eddie wrote:He looks quite dapper, I thought.
Hmmm not too sure, he looks somewhat feminised and fat? Cut out the yam (too much oestrogen) and do some situps & aerobics!

He's carrying a little bit of holiday weight right now.....and it took him a long time to grow that curly perm.
He won't be best pleased with you Razz

by JulesV Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:53 pm

eddie wrote:
Jules wrote:
Hmmm not too sure, he looks somewhat feminised and fat? Cut out the yam (too much oestrogen) and do some situps & aerobics!

He's carrying a little bit of holiday weight right now.....and it took him a long time to grow that curly perm.
He won't be best pleased with you

I tell it as it is!! He's let himself go. In case we go offline again..... 3755771736

Dunno what went wrong with this site last night, eddie.
Cos forumotion usually gives plenty of advance warning if they want to shut their sites down for routine maintenance, plus they usually redirect to an explanatory message.

But it seemed more a case of VERY slow loading of the home page.
Anyway glad it's back to normal now, fingers x'd.

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:58 pm

Should be okay now Jules, we shall see.

I have a lovey avatar on the other place so ignore Ben.

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:00 pm

I think I look pretty over there ... Sad

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:10 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:I think I look pretty over there ...

As do I!
Honestly, some people are so touchy.

by Syl Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:11 pm

I'm waiting to be activated....I think. scratch

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:12 pm

Syl wrote:I'm waiting to be activated....I think.

You're already activated and showing as a member Rolling Eyes

by Syl Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:14 pm

eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:I'm waiting to be activated....I think.

You're already activated and showing as a member

And heres me sat waiting for an activation code. In case we go offline again..... 2984306523

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:16 pm

Syl wrote:
eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:I'm waiting to be activated....I think.

You're already activated and showing as a member

And heres me sat waiting for an activation code.

Poor Syl. She used to have all her marbles..... geek

by Syl Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:24 pm

eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:

And heres me sat waiting for an activation code.

Poor Syl. She used to have all her marbles.....

I used to have all my activation codes too..... In case we go offline again..... 2396444674

I can only post on there as a guest, and I get confused with those bleedin captcha things. tongue

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:36 pm

I'm sure Ben will sort it later for you

by Syl Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:37 pm

No probs Eddie.....I will check my emails later. x

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:43 pm

Syl wrote:No probs Eddie.....I will check my emails later. x

Okay so registration is automatic - check your spam folder Syl

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:47 pm

eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:No probs Eddie.....I will check my emails later. x

Okay so registration is automatic - check your spam folder Syl

And let's not get too caught up in the new place anyway -- this here site appears to be all fixed up, and the Lifeboat site is just a pale imitation.

by Miffs2 Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:26 pm

eddie wrote:Please register with your usual user ID as we will be vetting all new members

Thanks

Why did this place go offline?
Do we know?

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:35 pm

Miffs2 wrote:
eddie wrote:Please register with your usual user ID as we will be vetting all new members

Thanks
Why did this place go offline?
Do we know?

Seems to have been something that affected a lot of forumotion sites. There's also a small matter where I screwed up when I filled out the form to claim ownership of this site and have now had to send GoDaddy a copy of my driver's license ... Evil or Very Mad

by Miffs2 Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:42 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
Miffs2 wrote:
Why did this place go offline?
Do we know?

Seems to have been something that affected a lot of forumotion sites. There's also a small matter where I screwed up when I filled out the form to claim ownership of this site and have now had to send GoDaddy a copy of my driver's license ...

Didge can't be blamed?!
Kinell, bet that went down like a fart in a spacesuit lol!

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:50 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:No probs Eddie.....I will check my emails later. x

Okay so registration is automatic - check your spam folder Syl

And let's not get too caught up in the new place anyway -- this here site appears to be all fixed up, and the Lifeboat site is just a pale imitation.

What's wrong with pale imitations?

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:00 pm

eddie wrote:
Ben Reilly wrote:
eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:No probs Eddie.....I will check my emails later. x

Okay so registration is automatic - check your spam folder Syl

And let's not get too caught up in the new place anyway -- this here site appears to be all fixed up, and the Lifeboat site is just a pale imitation.

What's wrong with pale imitations?

Well, you know -- they pale in comparison to the original Smile

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:04 pm

So you don't like pale forums? scratch

by Stooo Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:36 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
eddie wrote:

Okay so registration is automatic - check your spam folder Syl

And let's not get too caught up in the new place anyway -- this here site appears to be all fixed up, and the Lifeboat site is just a pale imitation.

I told you to sort out a paid site years ago In case we go offline again..... 2396444674

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:37 pm

Hey Stoo
Hope you're well and yes you did..... Laughing

by Stooo Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:47 pm

eddie wrote:Hey Stoo
Hope you're well and yes you did.....

Great thank you Eddie while busily fighting off the multies that are Phil and JD let alone the other idiots that have nowhere to go Razz

Bunging NF onto a paid platform would be easy and inexpensive, just leave a sign on the door of the old place and people get the message. You can host where you want and you can simply move if there's some huge downtime, what did you get, ten days?

I'm still here lurking furiously from time to time tongue

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:59 pm

I'm not sure about the technicalities, you'll have to ask Ben.

What's your site and poor you. I avoid those two posters like the plague!

by Stooo Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:04 pm

eddie wrote:I'm not sure about the technicalities, you'll have to ask Ben.

What's your site and poor you. I avoid those two posters like the plague!

thesleepingdogs.net , yeah we have had issues as well.

by eddie Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:24 pm

Stooo wrote:
eddie wrote:I'm not sure about the technicalities, you'll have to ask Ben.

What's your site and poor you. I avoid those two posters like the plague!

thesleepingdogs.net , yeah we have had issues as well.

Of course, sleeping dogs.
I should have a little nosey over there but I'm too scared. Shocked

by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:33 pm

Stooo wrote:
eddie wrote:Hey Stoo
Hope you're well and yes you did.....

Great thank you Eddie while busily fighting off the multies that are Phil and JD let alone the other idiots that have nowhere to go

Bunging NF onto a paid platform would be easy and inexpensive, just leave a sign on the door of the old place and people get the message. You can host where you want and you can simply move if there's some huge downtime, what did you get, ten days?

I'm still here lurking furiously from time to time

Nah, we were only down for about a half a day, maybe a bit longer.

You might be confused because a week ago I disabled the site in a fit of pique Smile

by Fred Moletrousers Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:27 pm

It's the initiation ceremony that worries me. I mean, wearing an apron, rolling up a trouser leg and baring a left tit? Worse than the bloody Masons........

by Ben Reilly Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:32 pm

Fred Moletrousers wrote:It's the initiation ceremony that worries me. I mean, wearing an apron, rolling up a trouser leg and baring a left tit? Worse than the bloody Masons........

We also accept left nuts -- it's not that bad.

by Ben Reilly Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:33 pm

Stooo wrote:
eddie wrote:Hey Stoo
Hope you're well and yes you did.....

Great thank you Eddie while busily fighting off the multies that are Phil and JD let alone the other idiots that have nowhere to go

Bunging NF onto a paid platform would be easy and inexpensive, just leave a sign on the door of the old place and people get the message. You can host where you want and you can simply move if there's some huge downtime, what did you get, ten days?

I'm still here lurking furiously from time to time

That might actually be our best bet. Please tell me more about this Bunging of NF onto a paid platform.

by Guest Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:45 pm

I had a community on ProBoards - didn't last long the members started tossing hand grenades and posting personal information right as my mom was dying so I just closed the doors.

But the page layout is much easier on the eyes - none of that 'NEON PURPLE' whatever that other page was ...and even your avatar isn't that scary, Ben. Just a bad HAIR DAY? Shocked

by Ben Reilly Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:47 pm

Only thing is, I really like the way this site is set up and it hosts so much content now, after more than three years. There's just a lot to look at here, I hate the concept of starting over with an empty forum.

And as far as I know, FM doesn't allow you to export your site to another server.

by Guest Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:52 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:Only thing is, I really like the way this site is set up and it hosts so much content now, after more than three years. There's just a lot to look at here, I hate the concept of starting over with an empty forum.

And as far as I know, FM doesn't allow you to export your site to another server.

Hmmm, since it's a 'FREEBIE' community and ProBoards allows other server communities in ...Hmmm, that's a valid question.
What would stop Forumotion if they didn't OWN YOUR COMMUNITY? Suspect

by Fred Moletrousers Tue Aug 23, 2016 6:25 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
Fred Moletrousers wrote:It's the initiation ceremony that worries me. I mean, wearing an apron, rolling up a trouser leg and baring a left tit? Worse than the bloody Masons........

We also accept left nuts -- it's not that bad.

That had not entirely escaped my attention.....

by Stooo Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:07 pm

eddie wrote:
Stooo wrote:

thesleepingdogs.net , yeah we have had issues as well.

Of course, sleeping dogs.
I should have a little nosey over there but I'm too scared.

It's mainly news and a bit of bitching about Digital Spy forum, there's gossip and chatter stuff going on all the time in the Arms. It's evolved as things do naturally, changed a lot but still enough to keep four of us on our toes Razz

Sorry, not scary anymore Smile

by Stooo Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:08 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
Stooo wrote:

Great thank you Eddie while busily fighting off the multies that are Phil and JD let alone the other idiots that have nowhere to go

Bunging NF onto a paid platform would be easy and inexpensive, just leave a sign on the door of the old place and people get the message. You can host where you want and you can simply move if there's some huge downtime, what did you get, ten days?

I'm still here lurking furiously from time to time

Nah, we were only down for about a half a day, maybe a bit longer.

You might be confused because a week ago I disabled the site in a fit of pique

Ha ha, been there, done that! lol!

by Stooo Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:10 pm

Fred Moletrousers wrote:It's the initiation ceremony that worries me. I mean, wearing an apron, rolling up a trouser leg and baring a left tit? Worse than the bloody Masons........

Er, that is the Masons young gentleman Shocked

by Irn Bru Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:46 am

Jesus H. Have you seen the skipper of the lifeboat? I think I would maybe choose to go down with the good ship MV Newsfix and take my chances with the sharks.

I'll join anyway as a precaution Laughing

by eddie Wed Aug 24, 2016 8:20 am

Irn Bru wrote:Jesus H. Have you seen the skipper of the lifeboat? I think I would maybe choose to go down with the good ship MV Newsfix and take my chances with the sharks.

I'll join anyway as a precaution

Now don't speak ill of the skipper....you may summon something horrid.... Shocked

by Original Quill Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:19 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
Fred Moletrousers wrote:It's the initiation ceremony that worries me. I mean, wearing an apron, rolling up a trouser leg and baring a left tit? Worse than the bloody Masons........

We also accept left nuts -- it's not that bad.

I lost my left nut in a bet, two years ago.

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