On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:49:29 +0100
Ian Sutherland wrote:

I am a long time lurker in this group and have enjoyed many a
relevant discussion about our weather ... the reason I joined the
group. I am sick and tired though of back-biting and all the rest.
Would some kind person like to point me towards (possibly a moderated
forum) a discussion group/web/whatever reminiscent of this group
about 3 years or so ago?

Tired regards,

Ian

This group is just fine as long as you kill-file the few idiots we have
in this village. Although things may get a little fractious from time
to time, that has always been the case; I've been dumping the odd
person in my kill-file for almost as long as this group has existed.

As to forums, I can't stand the things. Why anyone would want to use
anything so slow and cumbersome baffles me. I can use one access method
to check all my mail, RSS feeds and a few dozen newsgroups. Why switch
from a simple system where I can see on a single screen whether anything
new has arrived? I've tried a few forums but most of them are a right
pain to navigate through and each one has its own annoyingly different
set of peculiarities.

Anyway, I use a moderated newsgroup; it's this one and I moderate it
myself for me alone. That way, if I blank someone, I don't annoy
someone else who may find that person's contributions amusing.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
'In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is
bacteria.' - Benjamin Franklin