Mr Darn

I believe the 'nail' was first 'erected' as a podium for the town crier.... like in the days before t'internet, newspapers etc. People would gather all round and the crier would walk all the way around addressing the whole crowd... at least thats what i was told

come on blank, were biting at the bit here!

Hehe! hmmmn, full alert eh? cancel my trip to the dogs...

Nope, i just missed it! see? not god after all, just mortal (drunk)! You got a yellow card? it would seem not!

I remember hearing alot of talk back when the police station was being built about that mine, apparently that building stands on huge stilts hammered into the earth to bypass the possibility of subsidence caused by the mine... but back to the topic... i aint got any photos, but my mother does, i'll see what i can get scanned...

I am an asda employee, and i agree totally with you. asda, tesco and sainsburys, as well as morrisons etc, have the ability, and the customers to create big, out of twn hypermarkets, for those who can travel to them, and for those that cane, they have online shopping. i say keep those big supermarkets out of the towns and villages, and give the good old village shop a chance. i liked the idea put forward a while back for the old co-op ( i think thats what it was!) building to be three smaller shops, more stores at the bottom, a DIY place in the middle and offices at the top. Whatever happened to that idea? the place could even be split down the middle creating 6 spaces for smaller buisnesses! The bigger supermarket chains have a lot to answer for...

Hello Sarah, and welcome to the forum !

lol like the embedded pic, shame my firefox browser dont show it...

yes, and this would be great if the same person started, replied and ended each thread with no other intervention, unfortunatly several different users post on each thread, leaving several people capable, in each thread, of modifying their own posts. This first user has shown us a flaw in the system, and the only alternative is to remove all users editing ability, which i think would cause more of an outrage than an old topic being closed, thats if it can be done. Anyways, this is the decision that has been made, the only thing left to decide is the length of time before an inactive thread is checked and closed. Obviously this will only be decided from the input of the members, ie, how often were called to re-open posts. if, after a week, a post is closed, and no request for a reopen is recieved, a week is where it will stay. if we recieve many requests, it will be raised to 2 weeks, etc etc.

i dont have the power to remove privalidges, only to suspend accounts. and its been the case that we dont know who's doing it till well after its done. This way means we only have a weeks worth of threads to look thru at a time, rather than months. I'm moving this to chat central, as i think its more chat than discussion of bedlington.

With what? what do you disagree with? the masking of bad language? the suspending of a member that was abusing the forum? you cant say the deletion of posts, as i have not deleted any. you cant say the deletion of topics, as i have not deleted any. the closing of threads? fine, i welcome the feedback, how long do you think a thread should lay dormant before being closed? or should they never be closed and lay open to the abuse of the children that wish to disrupt this forum? I've been asked by the moderators of this forum to lead these two forum sections, making sure the topics are not disrupted, that posts are acceptible for review by visitors of any age (ie language) and to close spent threads. Thats what i'm doing. Of course i will get it wrong at times, i'm human, and i'm suseptible to moods like anyone else. sometimes things will slide, sometimes i'll keep to the letter of the rules. same as threegee FourGee and missvic. of course, if you disagree with anything, you can always dispute it. i will listen.

no, what shouldnt happen is people shouldnt change them. unfortunatly we have been forced into this position as certain members have been changing their posts in old threads to reveal indecent content. unfortunatly this change does not alert the moderators, so the change can go unnoticed for a good while, offending visitors to the site that are 'reading from scratch'. Now, should this childish behavour not have happened, their would be no need to close threads. Besides, its easy enough to open a new thread on the same subject I completly agree with your quote above tho....

It seams the point has been proved.... "some people are never happy!"

see--> HERE <--- As explained, threads can be re-opened if need be.

OOOH, YEAH! i love a good frost! and i love the snow, it makes my garden look like everyone elses!

nail...head...etc

The local kids would leave with the dog and come back with £20, my cut on the sale!

Well, its coming to something when i start a conversation about the weather! Anyone enjoying the rain? i personally love it, except when i'm at work. i'm one of those sad people you see walking the dog when its pis.....istantly raining... Whats your favorite type of weather?

^^^^^^^ Hear Hear!

lol, they aint by far the only ones. i never did understand it myself!

Since the 'edit' feature has been abused, all topics that seem to have died a death are being closed both here and on Talk of the Town. Should you wish any of these topics re-opened, please use the PM feature, and ask. Simple really! (please allow a few hours for someone to reactivate the topic, as, contrary to popular belief, we are not here 24-7 to see to every whim!) Another method is to open a new topic, and if its close enough, i'll merge the two and leave it open. The cut off point at this time is 7 days, although this may be adjusted in time.... Regards, Mr Darn

i just noticed the other day, when i had a few hours spare and watched the activity on the board for a while... Missvic and threegee sometimes sign on as an anominous member, which accounts for them, i look in all the time although i dont always post. i've never noticed FourGee sign in anominously, but he might. I do try to chat where i can, but hey! i cant help being boring!

Yes, i suppose that is a point. i was refering to the parking on the buisness premisis tho. If he/they is enforcing the law so far as what the Highway Code states, i hope he/they have checked with the relevant authourities.

I'm in two minds on wether to let this continue, as it is a bit close to the mark. I appreciate people wanting to make a point about what the company is doing, and have their views made clear, but the content thats appearing is very close to slander, and could result in bad reprecussions on the site. It might be better to refocus your attention on the company its self, and not individual employees/managers/directors. as for clarification, Mr Perry works for, or owns, a 'parking managment' company, where he has saught the permission of several of bedlingtons buisnesses, to implement a clamping scheme, where he clamps cars parked illegally arround the buisnesses premmises and charges a release fee. i am led to believe he 'hires' these rights from the buisnesses for a modest sum, and keeps any profit for his own buisness. Now, as far as i know, he is leagaly within his rights to do this, although it seams the rules are bent a little at times, so, any remarks made personnally towards Mr Perry or his employers/employees are the views of the poster, and in no way reflect the opinions of this site, its moderators or its owners. The comments made previous to this post will remain until a complaint is recieved, or until we as a website decide to remove them. Please, from this post on, be careful how you word your posts, as this is a publically viewable forum.