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  1. What Type Of Humour Makes You Laugh?

    in Chat Central

    Posted

    Don't think it was supposed to be a comedy! :lol:

    The classic - I can watch time and time again - is Fawlty Towers. It's not even that I particularly like John Cleese. In fact for the most part it seems he's not even acting or playing for laughs. Maybe that's why it's soo good?

    Was it a mistake to only make twelve episiodes? Difficult to judge without seeing what a second series would have been like. But probably less of a mistake than doing the format to death - like many shows go on to do.

    They made a hell of a lot more shows,the fact is they only have the twelve remaining cos some idiot threw away the rest of the programmes,if only someone had a video and recorded them they would be sitting on a fortune!

  5. New Power Station At Cambois ......

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    You just concentrate on donning your drinking/dancing daps on Saturday. Preferably new ones.

    Is this a party to celebrate the proposed opening of the new power station,or a private invitation only do?Is the cooncil invited?Are there stalls there?Has Osomar been sighted?Has he started interveiwing?Whats the starting salary?Do I need to go to Afghanistan to get special training?Can I push the button eh! eh! please? :lol: :lol:

  7. No More Wdc!

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    GGG,

    I think that is what has held Bedlington back for far too long and one of the reasons I would like to see no "party" references on local ballot papers! Every local councillor should be an "independent" and not tied to party lines, they are elected to serve the whole of their constituency and not promulgate their own party's indulgences and support. At national level things, I accept, are different but locally a person's political persuasions have no bearing as to how quick they can get the road done or Mrs Bloggs roof fixed! That might be a bit naive cos it looks very much that if you are not in the ruling party's gang you get very little done but it shouldn't be that way and opposition councillors have to take their share of the blame for letting it happen!

    WDC has been stuck in a one party occupation for far too long and it has stifled any worthwhile development in Bedlington. Given a level playing field Bedlington has more natural resources, more natural assets and more economic development potential than anywhere else in the district, ahhhh, but the notorious "smoke filled rooms" in Ashington say NO, any economic regeneration has to be there!

    There looks to be an interesting "power play" at the moment with WDC announcing a million squid for Bedders just before the last local election and with Lab having lost the Bedlington central councillors they had WDC look to be trying to back peddle on that commitment!

    We may be a one party domain but realisticaly who else is there to vote for?Have they or anyone else ever done anything for Bedlington that does not involve something for themselves?They are the self preservation society!

    Ideally we need a Party to be involved with Bedlington and Bedlington only never mind the one upmanship of Ashington Newbiggin etc.If this was so they would have to look after the interests of Bedlington or they wouldn't be elected again!I know this will never happen,but what if......?

  9. Mr Darns Second Rant

    in Chat Central

    Posted

    the note on the car was left by someone that looks at this forum, of that i have no doubt. The co-incedences are too great to be overlooked, but as i said, i aint worried.

    As for the content, it basically said if i kept the big head i had on the site, it would cost me my car.

    The cars insured, i dont worry about that, what i do worry about is the mention of my family. Its a forum for gods sake. Not like i'm a government minister that can change things!

    Really, i aint worried about the note, but if i do find out who it was, and any of the threats are carried out, they will be sorry. And i promise no police will be involved.

    Just make sure that you don't have any witnesses,cos you'll end up in more bother than the person responsible

  10. No More Wdc!

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    Strictly speaking it wasn't the council who got the new seats and bins on Front Street it was a community group though a "heritage" bid! Maybe forming a "community group" whose sole intent is to build Merlin's wall might produce better and quicker results! Passport controls could easily be introduced at Stakeford Bridge, Plessey, Bebside and Nedderton and genetic checks made for quislings!

    :lol: :lol: :lol:

  14. No Smoking Ban...

    in Chat Central

    Posted

    In Canadian prisons there is no smoking inside of any buildings, that is until April 1st 2008 when there will be no smoking at all for staff or offenders!

    Vic

    I'm surprised that a van driver hasn't tried to take the government to court claiming discrimination against van drivers.Car drivers chuffing away at the wheel without getting fined thats discrimination.Isn't it?

    Another point.Where is the government going to get the money back from the tobbacco tax they are losing?

  15. Mr Darns Second Rant

    in Chat Central

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    I am certainly not going to go off on one, but i will make this point:

    i come here to catch up on bedlington and the surrounding areas issues. However, as pointed out many times, i also like the off topic banter, and the creation of chat central in my eyes was a brilliant ploy!

    Now, today, i come online (as i always do, sometimes 4 or 5 times a day) to see whats changed. today i see a very good point made in TOTT, something i have heared about today at work: wansbeck is on its way out! I post my inquisitive reply for more info and move on. where i see more has appeared about the proposed power station at cambois: Great! more topical info for me to discuss tommorrow!

    Next i would have went into CC for the usual banter, where i could let my hair down and have a little fun.

    But, what do i find? Yet another Good topic about the town Way off topic. Not 1 new post about the power station at all!

    This is what gets to me about this site, you go to look at a topic you are interested in and all you find is a load of drivel about how unappy people are, or another sexual inuendo, or one member slagging another member off, or one of many other comments that has nothing at all to do with the topic. Most of these 'off topic' posts are also full of bad language.

    A while ago i was going to leave the forum alltogether, i was so sick of it, but i thought wait, maybe i can do something about this: so i took action, asked threegee if i could help out, split the bad stuff out and threw it in the chat area for further discussion. (whereas it would just get deleted before, so the issues never resolved)

    I cleaned up the posts of swearing, and took a great deal of my time making sure i checked every new post, editing out the bad, but leaving the main point behind for discussion.

    The thing is, everytime i did something, a wall appeared a little higher. certain members worked as hard as i did undoing my hard work, others changed their names to try to confuse me, and many others were just looking for the line i had drawn, testing the boundaries.(which i can cope with!)

    a few warnings later, all seemed to be going well, people were well on their way to getting their accounts cleared of warnings, and everyone seamed content. Then it got personal.

    Whoever it was that left the note on my car, Thankyou. It made me realise how much time i was wasting trying to create a safe environment on this forum.

    I really couldnt care less about idle threats on notepaper. in the line of work i used to do i was confronted with people on a daily basis that actually carried out their threats, not little children that cannot even look me in the eye.

    Now, back to my main point. Myself and a few others thought i was doing a really good job on the site, the real extent of actual town topics revealed themselves as hardly any posts remained in TOTT, and the chat area, relieved of the outlet for members to swear and abuse each other, started calming down, with a few nice games appearing to keep people coming back. But it seams that is not what you want.

    Members of this site seem to be quite content just letting any comment that anyone wants to post stay. Any swearing, howsoever graphic, should be left alone as it is the right of the poster to say what they like, and stuff anyone who visits the site.

    So what if their offended by whats put here? after all, who's heard of bedlington anyways? And why cant the board members make the moderators lives a misery?

    I forget who mentioned it before, but it was mentioned that they had not seen that much questionable material. I only wish i had cut and pasted most of it, and posted it somewhere else where you could see it. Perhaps you dont see most of it as the four people who can do anything about it are working so hard removing it every day.

    I guess i did go off on one after all, but it just annoys me that a site i have made my daily read has an area for topical info that just turns to crap at the turn of a hat, when a place for that has been created for you, and a moderator supplied free of charge to make sure it stays that way, but who has been forced to ask for his name to be removed because of all the static he gets for doing it.

    Am i a little too strict? maybe, but i think rules need to be made and those rules need to be stuck to. That way everyone knows where they stand. Yes, i did make mistakes. I have bad moods like everyone else. some of you got on the wrong side of those moods, and appologies were made and the action corrected. Do i take this too seriously? maybe, but this is my home towns website, and i dont want anyone thinking i come from a place full of idiots with no opinions other than how to swear and !*!@# people off.

    Its the likes of Pete, Joe, Tokyo and others that i feel sorry for. They use this as a means to keep in touch with their birthplace, and I am ashamed to be a part of it.

    Rant Over!

    Good rant Mr Darn and some very valid points!

    I have been called a lot of things on this and the old site,but took it on the chin,after all not everyone's opinion is the same as mine,my opinions have probably upset more people than yours.All I want is for people to think for themselves and not believe all the guff the spin Dr's spout,but I draw the line at threatening people!To the TOE RAG who left the note on your car "You are a COWARDLY B*****D" even if it was meant as a joke you have over stepped the mark,I hope you are really really proud of yourself,now you can !*!@# O** back down the hole from which you emerged :angry: :angry:

    Merlin

  17. No More Wdc!

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    :P

    no only northumberland and parts of cumbria. they will be merged into two large councils instead of umteen small councils to "save money" (or in other words more holidays and flashy cars!).

    The councillors are going to have to get some strong lacky bands as braces for all that cash thats going to go into their back pockets,we dont know where the money goes with small councils,what chance do we have with one big council ;)

    Build the Bedlington wall and be quick about it :lol: :lol:

  18. Black Testicles

    in Chat Central

    Posted

    rule 4:

    Don't waste time moderating forums when most original members have stopped visiting, especially when you have more important things to do!

    There's very few people visiting the forum these days, and those who do must be aquainted to the bad language and inane opinions by now... and surely there's more to life than offending folk/moderating folk offending folk/ explaining why moderating folk offending folk (I'm sure you get the picture)?

    Yeah the old ciques were best <_< the best at being boring the best at agreeing with each other,brown nosing,bum licking etc etc etc yawn b****y yawn,the dummies they spat out are at this minute travelling over Russia.....for the third time ;)

  23. Closed

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    Tell you what, shove your moderation up your a***! i Quit!

    Thing is Mr Darn you are not consistant you blow hot and cold too often.

    Sometimes you join in with a post and have a laugh,next you are on your moral high horse,people just don't know where they are with you.When you are good,you're good,when your'e bad you're............................................Well! :blink:

    Anyway we shall all look forward to M.V. moderating our posts.............AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

  24. One For The Lads

    in Chat Central

    Posted

    Only five more to go ;)

    Took me a while,but here they are,

    Notts County Magpies

    Brentford Bees

    Torquay The Gulls

    Stockport Hatters

    Not sure of the last one though Rochdale Dales

    These were harder to find as they are doubles of other teams :lol:

  25. One For The Lads

    in Chat Central

    Posted

    Leyton Orient. Wall

    Boro Bottom of tv

    Man U,red devils,sweet bowl

    Brighton and hove albion,seagulls

    Everton,Toffees

    Bristol Rovers,Pirates

    Cardiff,Blue birds

    Crewe,Railwaymen

    West Ham,Hammers

    Reading,Biscuit men

    Hartlepool,Pool

    Preston North End,Lilywhites,lilies

    Coventry,Sky blues

    Plymouth,The pilgrims,people in white robes

    Aston Villa,Villa in window

    Burnley,Ley on fire

    West brom,Baggies,woman with baggy trousers

    Bolton,on side of table

    Fulham,Cottagers,cottage in distance

    Milwall,Lions top of frame

    How many is that now my eyes are hurting staring at this picture,an my brain hurts :blink:

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