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The people who don't vote haven't got the right to moan about the state that Bedlington is in then, have they?

Thats what an old tutor told me anyway...

As for me, my voting card came through the door when everyone else's did - but thats it. I haven't had any leaflets or anything... so to be honest, I don't know who to vote for.

i think it may be a gay brothal

A mobile gay brothel?

is that not against the law? fly postering stuff!

Why dont we all just donate some cash and get our own monopoly board game made? It could even just be a virtual one.

We can have the posh streets of bedlington... along with the more tatty streets.

i dont look creepy do i?

Is that really you Cympil?

Should have gone to specsavers.

And Mongo, its not christmas now, you can take the santy hat off.

Honsetly, those avatars totally creep me out!

So basically Monsta, no one knows what the old kitchen shop is going to be!

Another housing development... is this all Bedlington is about?

Well i think the button should be a Bedlington Terriers face from the front, looking totally daft with its tongue hanging out.

Haway man you lot, a dog is a mans best friend! Why bore us all with Bedlington crosses and nails and whatever else.

Try to put some life and humor into the site!

Saying that I think they look funny enough without the tongue thing going on - aren't they cute?

I would take it all the way until you get every penny back!

wow how topics change, maxine carr to broken windows in tavern, next people will be saying maxine carr drinks there!!!

Basically, they dont want to claim on their insurance.

Didn't Barry_Jones say something about claiming off banks or something in a previous post?

So what is all of this about?

So whats classed as an unfair charge?

What, you mean its still broken.

Yeah, theres two windows on the front of the pub that have boards up at them... dont know if they will ever get fixed.

It seems the pup is slightly confused at how that little sprig of tree could grow from such an old stump! i just had to take a pic!

AWWWWW she is so cute!

Almost as cute as my cat!

Nice!

Fixed

Yep, working now. Cheers!

I personally don't let what other people say on a community forum bother me that much. If I don't agree with it, I ignore it.

Simple.

Sitting in the sunshine, sipping my Pimms, and watching the wee beasties flitting around the water, I got to thinking that my garden pond was very much like this forum ....

Mr threegee, the pond's custodian, had created a wonderful environment for all forms of wildlife to thrive and co-exist. There is the wise old owl (lets call him Joe) perched on an overhanging Maple bough wistfully surveying all below and dreaming of what the pond used to be like when he was a chick. Then there's the two graceful Grey Herons (perhaps we could call them Colonel and Symptoms) watching with beady-eye and razor-sharp beaks, water rippling arounds their feet, poised to feast on morsels drifting up from the dark depths below. A diverse range of other attractive creatures also share this place (missvic, Mrs Pencilneck and many others) contributing to the rich mix that makes this a beautiful spot to visit.

There is, however, a dark side to this idyll; the menace that slithers through the primordial soup at the lowest reaches of this place. Barely formed creatures, monster-like in appearance, drag their wizened bodies through the slime, spewing foul odours and disgusting bile from their mouth parts. Much to their confusion, the graceful Herons occasionally see signs of ambition flickering within these the bitter and twisted forms. Could it be that a graceful Dragonfly will emerge and soar majestically on the wing, impressing all those who witness the start of a meaningful life of contribution and wisdom around the pond. The Herons hope so! Danger lurks however ... the metamorphosis into this dapperly uniformed creature could fail, it could mutate into a belligerent beast who readily attacks the occasional, brightly coloured migrants who visit the pond for respite. The horrors visited on the local creatures by these malevolent beasts fade when compared to what awaits the innocent creatures standing in the way of the September migration through Poland and beyond.

Where do I get a mention in all this then? I'm feeling a bit left out...

Can you upload your pic of the Red Lion again please B. I think 4G was upgrading the gallery software or something whilst you were uploading, and it got corrupted. Sorry about that!

When I try to upload it I get an error message saying "The image you tried to upload appears to be an invalid image."

I've tried uploading other images too.

If its any help, this is the code that appears at the top of my screen:

IPB WARNING [2] file_get_contents() expects at most 2 parameters, 5 given (Line: 484 of /ips_kernel/class_upload.php)

Macromedia Fireworks 8, but not by me.

I was talking about the old banner there - it was made in Fireworks 8? It could have easily been done in MS paint, wouldn't have known the difference.

The new banner is a lot better though.

Anywhere in Bedlington

Probably the "Nail"... thats obvious though. Or maybe St. Cuthbetrs...

Is that him standing next to the fellow on stilts?

Wally isnt in that image... thats a "Wheres Waldo" puzzle. Heres Wally and Waldo:

Wally wears the red and white, Waldo wears brown and yellow!

I like it.

It looks a lot cleaner and thank god that background was replaced!

Well Done Mr. Moderators!

Yes, we know the Galleries and Blogs haven't been integrated into the new software yet - in the next 24!

There are also a number of layout issues to work through over the next couple of days. It will all be worth it in the end!

And, sorry for not giving any proper notice of the work.

One thing you will note is how very much faster this software is!

Love the new look, its a lot better!

Well Done!

I love it, I love it! Monsta'll be bleating-on about the 'good old Queen Mum' next. How she was the glue that held 'Dear Old Blighty' together during the last spot of bother. Conned, like most of the population, that the old girl was somehow our secret weapon against the Hun. Nonesense, of course; the gin-soaked old hag was living the life of luxury, gorging on black-market goods, whilst the rest of the population had to go without. Should have been strung-up alongside Lord Haw-Haw.

I'm no fan of the royal family myself, cant see the point in them to be honest.

I think Harry wants to go to Iraq simply because he's bored stiff with the pampered life he's got.

Saying that, even if he goes to Iraq, he'll probably still have the poshest tent of the lot and a load of body guards.

So missdarn, are you going to share your past user name with us then?

Is William going as well?

My view is that we should give the Windsors what the Russians gave the Romanovs.

If William kicks the bucket then Harry will be king... eventually!