General Chat

Why have we become so paranoid on this site that we no longer post names in full
Well I am not scared of the Man

Ancestry
FindmyPast
Sainsburys
Tescos

Just putting in an asterisk does not make the mention of the name any less......

Be brave, brace yourselves and stop using * ;-)

It's not the posters it's GR that don't like advertising other Genealogy sites.

Perhaps G****s R*u****ted are too sensitive :-S

Pops onto thread with my Hoover to get rid of all those *****s

Oops, sorry, slap me wrist . . . vacuum cleaner :-D

'They' have said they don't mind other sites being mentioned as long as we don't say the other sites are much better and make derogatory comments about GR - or words to that effect


edit. I wondered what that buzzy noise was. Dash those vacuum cleaners. :-D

ALWAYS HAD TO USE PRETTY STARS

************

Tescos...............there, i said it! :-D

Ahhh, Tescos. Now I worked for them in management positions for over 21 years and I would just like to tell you about ...........(oh, ok) :-( :-( :-(

I do not know,

Genes reunited staff have stated that other genealogical sites may be mentioned provided that we do not discuss certain aspects of them, such as special offers of subscriptions, and that we do not describe them as being better than genes reunited.

Is this the reason? I know it's iro T*itter ( ;-)) here. lol.

http://www.ehow.com/how_7509592_avoid-spam-bots-twitter.html

Well Annx I have never been sp*mmed. Sure t*t*er is not allowed on here , unless you refer to a giggle.

I was writing to a friend in Cote d'Ivoire tonight about this spa*mming and she agrees totally that it should never happen. Apparently she has £12m that she wants to transfer......

We can post all sorts of things here now that we couldn't once upon a time. For instance, instead of http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ we used to type

BRB can't remember :-S :-)


Edited:
I think it was something like www(.)bbc(.)co(.)uk/news/

(I think).

Joy, someone from GR posted on the subject on 'suggestions' soon after the board was first up, if I remember rightly - it's strange what sticks to the memory file LOL :-D

I remember the days when I tried to say I'd been using a paint scraper - and the thread wouldn't post!!
You also couldnt mention Scunthorpe, or bum bags, sperm whales were a 'no-no' - you get the picture - it would have been hilarious if it hadn't been so sad.

I can see nothing wrong in aint, bags and whales.

Aint - slang but we all use it
Bags - derisory term for Essex girls, but acceptable today
Whales. A young lady was asked if she had read Moby Dick. No, I don't like anything too sexy. Its not about sex, it is about whales. "I don't like Wales or the Welsh either" :-( :-(

Island - about hyperlinks? - 'twas I :)

Time for your horlics I think :-D

edit 'John' LOL

No, it wasn't hyperlinks Joy, it was specifically about naming other sites

This, Island? - http://www.genesreunited.co.za/boards/board/suggestions/thread/1267253

Thanks Joy, just had look at that and although it isn't the thread I'm thinking of, if we can use links to other sites it seems a bit daft to use asterisks