Message Board

[Tony Summerfield]

Thanks Barney, I'm delighted to see that you have posted at last! Perhaps asking you to do the Message Board for us has brought you out of your shell!

I'm not quite sure why you have to refer to Anita and myself as 'big cheeses' though!

[Moonraker]

A dog who has come out of his shell, eh? Does this make his writings Snail-Mail?

Welcome, anyway, Barney!

[Anita Bensoussane]

Welcome, Barney!

[Nigel:] Well, I have heard it all now. Calling Anita a dog...

I think I'd rather be a dog, even the female version, than a whiffy old cheese!

Anita

[Moonraker]

Well, I have heard it all now. Calling Anita a dog - remember, Ming, the lovely lady is an administrator and I would hate to see you banned from this forum as you were once before on another Blyton one!

Shut up, Nige, Anita (and you!) knows quite well what I meant!! And don't forget that you were banned too.

I hope Anita does know what you mean, Tass. She has said that she would rather be a dog than a smelly cheese. I hope the cheese isn't too smelly, or the pond will smell too. I hadn't forgotten that I was banned as well, but I'm hardly likely to mention it, am I? By the way, Ihope your fever has come down.

[Ming]

Oh it has, I might be going to school tomorrow. But my cold has become worse than ever because, er, we spent quite a bit of the night out-of-doors, camping under the stars (or rather moon). We met a flute player, and he played it till I almost fell asleep, but then I went back in because it got too chilly.

[Anita Bensoussane]

Sounds fun, Ming! Hope your cold is soon better!

Anita

[Lucky Star]

Sounds very Blytonian Ming. I'm reminded of the scene in Five have a Wonderful Time where they are invited to dinner by the circus folk and then sit watching Alfredo do his fire eating tricks.

Best of luck getting rid of your cold. I've managed three of them this year so far and am thoroughly sick and tired of sniffing, gasping, coughing and blowing my nose till its sore.

[Moonraker]

But my cold has become worse than ever because, er, we spent quite a bit of the night out-of-doors, camping under the stars (or rather moon).

I look at you and suddenly,
Something in your eyes I see,
Soon begins bewitching me.
It's that old devil moon,
That you stole from the skies.
It's that old devil moon in your eyes.
Just when I think, I'm,
Free as a dove.
Old devil moon,
Deep in your eyes,
Blinds me with love.
Old devil moon,
Old devil moon.

[Ming]

The moon! I think this calls for a new signature!! It's a picture I took ages ago, and it was hard to take it too.

Edit: Na, it doesn't look too good. I'll move it after a couple of days.

[Viking Star]

Hope you get rid of your cold soon Ming!

[Moonraker]

The moon! I think this calls for a new signature!! It's a picture I took ages ago, and it was hard to take it too.

Edit: Na, it doesn't look too good. I'll move it after a couple of days.

Oh, I don't know? It seems to me that you are just confirming what everyone knows, that I am such a bright inspiration in your life!

[Moonraker]

I have read (and indeed posted) the comments with interest on the new Message Board. However, I wonder at the comments regarding the concept being aired there. Would it not be better to discuss this here rather than on the more public domain of the Message Board (MB)?

My only concern is that this "Post a Message" section does not develop at the expense of the forums section, which could cause it to close or shutdown, eventually.

As I see it, the MB is primarily for non-registered subscribers - members of the public who might have a question to ask or comment to make on either Enid Blyton or the Society itself, without the need to register. I can only see the Forums suffering if we ourselves use the MB as another thread in our conversations. I would suggest that we write here in the main, and then the MB will be used by people who don't wish to register on the Forums. I can see no reason why the Forums should suffer, only that more comment will be possible due to the addition of the MB.

When you scroll through the list of Members, it is quite incredible (to me, anyway) to see the number who have only posted once. Maybe the new MB will alleviate this.

[Anita Bensoussane]

[Nigel:] It seems to me that you are just confirming what everyone knows, that I am such a bright inspiration in your life!

I think that calls for a rake, Ming!

At the risk of making Moonraker even more swollen-headed and beaming , I do agree with his comments about the message board. Keith, you said in a post on the message board that you have set it so that the latest 20 posts show but that you might review that at some point. Personally I wonder if we need so many showing, as there are only about a dozen there at the moment and they already seem to dominate the Home Page. Perhaps 10 or so would be enough. What do others think?

Anita

[Moonraker]

[Nigel:] It seems to me that you are just confirming what everyone knows, that I am such a bright inspiration in your life!

I think that calls for a rake, Ming!

Chambers Dictionary give this definition of rake:


rake: noun; old use - a fashionable man who lives a dissolute and immoral life.

Is that how you see me, Anita?

[Ming]

there are only about a dozen there at the moment and they already seem to dominate the Home Page. Perhaps 10 or so would be enough. What do others think?

Personally I think about 7 would be enough, with a link to older messages somewhere. And whatever happened to the News page?