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Old 06-12-2007, 08:49 AM
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:42 AM
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I haven't really got the face for it....but I've got a lot of books!
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Old 06-12-2007, 10:59 AM
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Old 06-12-2007, 12:03 PM
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*bc one?.........
There is a missing 'B'.

Don't want to advertise them.
Or recomend them actually.
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:13 PM
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i've been a regular user of lots of forums over the last few years - just about the only "social life" i could have as a self-employed single parent - a welcome break from work etc

these days this is the only forum i participate in - i do read a couple of others regularly but don't join in

one day kids will be more grown up and i'll have a real life all of my very own!!
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:00 PM
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Do you mean officially a member of, or active like on here?

I am active on another parenting forum, and inactive on 2 others.

I have posted occasionally on another gardening forum (but then I found the Vine!!).

I have membershiip of another general forum, mainly for the money and economics boards, but never get a chance to login at home (and it's banned at work - nothing wrong just bosses afraid of timewasting.....).

I think that's it,. But you may find a Winged One floating around elsewhere too that I have forgotten about - I used to be on a hockey goalies forum, but the toddler put paid to that one, for example.
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:44 PM
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I was meaning 'active on'

Ah, hockey! I'm a hockey widow
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:48 PM
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I've been a member of a Seat (the car, not the bum park) forum for a number of years now - pretty much since I got the car. It was helpful to begin with, but my interest has waned (or should that be Wayned?) of late.

I'm on Bookface (I've patented that!), but don't really consider that a forum - so you guys pretty much have me exclusively you luck beggars!

Oh, I did try an Aimee Mann forum for a while, but it's mostly run by septics, and they don't seem very friendly (I posted a "hello" and got about 2 replies in as many months...).

I'm pretty boring, and don't have many interests you see.
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Old 06-12-2007, 04:16 PM
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This one, a self-sufficientish one and a dog forum...

Spend most of time on here or dog forum, lurk and occaionally post on the SS-ish one
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Old 06-12-2007, 05:40 PM
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I did go back when the toddler was 7 weeks old (I think they were desperate) to finish out the season, and played 2 matches last year, too busy this year. But I am half afraid to give my gear away (I'm going to donate it to my old school when I am done) cos even though it takes up a lot of attic space, I did love it and might go back (and tis blooming expensive and difficult to locate decent goalie gear).

OH would empathise with you though - he's afraid I intend corrupting the toddler, as I already have a little stick for her!!
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Old 06-12-2007, 05:43 PM
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himself is still playing at age 46 and 3/4 - aww love him

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OH keeps muttering (I don't know in fear or trying to persuade me) about me being eligible for Vets next year. Tthey play midweek nights and retire to the pub afterwards, so I am thinking their league mught suit me very well!! (And I hear their keeper might, just might, be thinking of retiring herself).......
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Old 06-12-2007, 05:54 PM
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yay you go girl
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Old 06-12-2007, 06:28 PM
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Apart from this site, 1 other gardening forum (mainly flower growing), a music/general affairs forum and our own WT forum (just starting up). I visit quite a few other sites for reference value but rarely take an active role.

HeyWayne (post #43) did you really mean SEPTICS or are you missing a 'C'
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Old 06-12-2007, 08:13 PM
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Well, given the necessity of sleep and food, and having a job of work to do, unless there were rather more than 24 hours in each day, how could I possibly be a member of any other fora?
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:26 PM
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Includuing this one -
4 gardening forums (fora/fori ?who knows or cares)
3 mobile phone ones.
3 fishing ones.
1 school one - an old pupil network -just found one of my best mates whom I'd lost contact with 20 years ago.
Then I've got Facebook and Friends Reunited as well.
And when I have a minute I'm on 3 Freecycle groups as well.
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:34 PM
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And when I have a minute I'm on 3 Freecycle groups as well.
Ummmm... you have a spare minute?
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:35 PM
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Ummmm... you have a spare minute?
Sunday 1600 - 1610
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Lol! So that's 3.33 minutes per freecycle group in that time then?
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Lol! So that's 3.33 minutes per freecycle group in that time then?
And 185 messages per group - you do the math
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:53 PM
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1.15 seconds per message. Wow that's some speed reading Beefy
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Old 07-12-2007, 09:08 PM
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I've just found some more forums/fora/fori ??? now its too wet to garden.
1) a sewing one (about one posting a week
2) a compers one (not won anything yet)
3) a money saving one (cheesus, some of the people are so vicious and nasty on that one, I don't check in often
4) this one, which is the Mutts Nuts
5) Freecycle
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this one, which is the Mutts Nuts
agree with that, I have learnt so much in my very short time here
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