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Blah Blah Wrote:

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> The OP has a point though in that there seems to

> be no catagory for things that warrant serious

> discussion, but are not ED specific.


there was a place called the Drawing Room or the Waiting room or something that was full of people opining about things far-flung e.g. Greece, the NHS, US voting habits. i rarely ever dared to venture in, let alone post, in there. It was closed down by Admin in his/her wisdom some time ago

i don't think that this is what the OP is regretting, however

I still think we as posters could contribute further to the forum by helping create, maintain and nurture threads within areas of the forum. I could bang on about ghosts and buggies all day, someone might want to listen. Somewhere.


Louisa.

firstchoicegary Wrote:

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> Please can anyone tell me why there is so much

> utter rubbish and waffle posted on here at times



Because people are bored at work.



> amongst the glorious reviews, adverts, and

> informative happy to read threads. I have used

> this forum for years , so why do some members ruin

> it with unethical unrelated and boring posts????



Unethical?

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