for landie enthusiasts who like bangin on about the oil leaking brum brums
Mud Club
Aug 01, 2003
5 Replies
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The problem with these web based forums is that they try and take away punters from the traditional usenet newsgroups. Newsgroups tend to be better and have a bigger audience - for what reason would anyone be compelled to join your club?
C'mon, be a little more charitable here. Poor chap has spent ages setting up phpBB, then he's paid for the domain, give him a chance to 'have a go'. Us old usenetties (?) will be here regardless, so let the poor bugger have a fair shot, this is how
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became popular. We all have a choice. Expanding that choice must be a good thing? (did I really say:
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was popular?)
Martyn
Hi Alex how can a web based forum make you do something. People need to realise like all things you have freedom of choice you could do both forum and NG (what a good idea)..
As for jo>
Hi Mother,
Yeah I know that was a bit harsh! I'd wasted the evening giving my steering relay another good beating and had lost my patience for 'another' standard install web forum.
Actually I recently used the phpBB forum at the British Lawn Mower Racing Association
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to give away an old ride-on lawnmower to an enthusiast so maybe they are not all that bad [grin].
"usenetties" - isn't nettie newcastle-speak for cludgie? In that case, I would hope you do!
Jem
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