Site security

He did say, when challenged on the question of confidentially, that he had the express permission of the people concerned. I know he made a couple of crass and tasteless remarks on other threads around the time of the anniversary of the London bombings but I wouldn't have thought they were 'banning' offences.

I think Geraldine did what she genuinely thought was best. Perhaps she had "reasons". Who knows.

I've done the sudoku and the crossword and having a cup of tea and then I log on . Most days. And I haven't a CLUE what is going on.

Of course.

As to preventing any former member from registering again, it must be virtually impossible if they use a different computer in a different location.

Story of my life.

I really don't think anyone would confess to not having the permission of people concerned, the people concerned may not realise the importance of confidentuality or that their business was the topic of conversation's on open forums we all know the forum's are open but there is certain etiquite to be followed,someone sitting at home using a forum for company & friendship/advice and maybe being of a nervous disposition could possibly be un-nerved receiving unwelcome messages I don't have this problem but there could be a few who are and maybe not aware of how to block unwelcome messages.

Stansgran, I think we should have a thread that is called something like 'Just in case you missed it, read the thread entitled such and such' but it would probably be against the rules.

Alternatively, we could ask if thread titles could be coloured red [which could be switched off and on, obviously!] as an alert for those of us who miss things!

As a new member [new-ish anyway] while enjoying this site, we have to remember that the internet is not a private club, it's like sending a postcard, virtually anyone can read it.So if there is anything really personal that you wouldn't want people to know about generally, don't post it on here.Don't tell friends your user name, and log out each time if you share a computer.It's pretty horrible if anyone pm's you for anything other than friendly helpful means, though I have been lucky so far.

I was PM'd once to ask for sexual favours, but think it was a student prank, as there were a few cheeky threads started around the same time. I just reported it and smiled. It is the only approach I am likely to get!