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PigletsPal

PigletsPal Report 3 Oct 2012 21:00

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 * ;-)

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 3 Oct 2012 21:03

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

JohnLovesHorlicks

JohnLovesHorlicks Report 3 Oct 2012 21:08

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

Researching:
Bondi Beach, Kovalam, Maldives, Chamonix, Palm Springs, Leamore, Pleck, Groeswen, Bagillt, Splott and Gabalfa

Wend

Wend Report 3 Oct 2012 21:14

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

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

Researching:

Island

Island Report 3 Oct 2012 21:19

'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

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 3 Oct 2012 21:25

ALWAYS HAD TO USE PRETTY STARS

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

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 3 Oct 2012 21:27

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

Researching:
If i don't see through the week............I will see you through the window.

JohnLovesHorlicks

JohnLovesHorlicks Report 3 Oct 2012 21:29

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) :-( :-( :-(

Researching:
Bondi Beach, Kovalam, Maldives, Chamonix, Palm Springs, Leamore, Pleck, Groeswen, Bagillt, Splott and Gabalfa

Joy Kentish Maid

Joy Kentish Maid Report 3 Oct 2012 22:41

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.

Researching:
Sadd - Suffolk, Newton - Buckinghamshire, McCusker - Galway and Fermanagh, Brooks - London, and many others

Annx

Annx Report 3 Oct 2012 22:51

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

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

Researching:
Staffordshire, Warwickshire

JohnLovesHorlicks

JohnLovesHorlicks Report 3 Oct 2012 23:16

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......

Researching:
Bondi Beach, Kovalam, Maldives, Chamonix, Palm Springs, Leamore, Pleck, Groeswen, Bagillt, Splott and Gabalfa

Joy Kentish Maid

Joy Kentish Maid Report 3 Oct 2012 23:19

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).

Researching:
Sadd - Suffolk, Newton - Buckinghamshire, McCusker - Galway and Fermanagh, Brooks - London, and many others

Island

Island Report 3 Oct 2012 23:26

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

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 3 Oct 2012 23:27

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.

Researching:
Henry Floyd, my g x 4 grandfather

JohnLovesHorlicks

JohnLovesHorlicks Report 3 Oct 2012 23:33

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" :-( :-(

Researching:
Bondi Beach, Kovalam, Maldives, Chamonix, Palm Springs, Leamore, Pleck, Groeswen, Bagillt, Splott and Gabalfa

Joy Kentish Maid

Joy Kentish Maid Report 3 Oct 2012 23:38

Island - about hyperlinks? - 'twas I :)

Researching:
Sadd - Suffolk, Newton - Buckinghamshire, McCusker - Galway and Fermanagh, Brooks - London, and many others

Island

Island Report 3 Oct 2012 23:41

Time for your horlics I think :-D

edit 'John' LOL

Island

Island Report 3 Oct 2012 23:43

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

Joy Kentish Maid

Joy Kentish Maid Report 3 Oct 2012 23:44

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

Researching:
Sadd - Suffolk, Newton - Buckinghamshire, McCusker - Galway and Fermanagh, Brooks - London, and many others

Island

Island Report 3 Oct 2012 23:53

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

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