Can we ignore the same old questions please?

cloud_dog

masonic wrote: »

Of course, you need to be using the old forum version to get the benefit of that feature.

Old forum rocks!

bowlhead99

cloud_dog wrote: »

Old forum rocks!

Yes, I'm still using it. If it ain't broke, and all that.

*edit: the new version does still give you the ability to jump to the most recent post in a thread when selecting it from the thread list, but not the 'new posts' since you last visited it, so far as I can see. Selecting the "new posts' or 'today's posts' from the thread view, gives you all the latest posts across the forums, not just the one you're interested in (like savings & investments or whatever)

gingercordial

eskbanker wrote: »

It does! It's the small down arrow logo immediately to the left of each thread title, clicking takes you directly to the new posts since last visit....

Blimey, I've been on this forum for 11.5 years and I had no idea. I've been cursing the lack of that function all that time. This thread was worth reading, thank you!

Old forum style rules. I get so distressed the odd time my browser logs me out and I see the new forum and think they've finally imposed it on all of us.

hoc

Thanks for the tip on the little triangle! Of course I was using the old theme (the new theme is pants, who uses it?) but in all this time it had never occurred to me to click the triangle.

badger09

Elijah_Bailey wrote: »

At the risk of breathing life into this corpse of a thread.....

I find reading the title of a thread a helpful clue as to whether it deserves my attention. If a thread is called "I have a boil on my bum and I cannot site down" I will not read it as I have no interest in carbuncles nor do I possess any medical knowledge to assist with localized skin infections.

I think regular visitors should try to be a little considerate as financial management can be a difficult and scary issue for some people to face and they do not deserve mockery or dismissal.

We were all learner drivers once upon a time.

This post has made me :rotfl: but, despite a thorough search, I can't find the link to the 'Boil on my bum" thread usually provided by xylophone:(.

Could someone please provide it, as t'internet speed here on this Greek island might just as well be on dial up:p

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

This thread is quite right.

I recently came into some money, but I didn't feel the need to ask for advice on investing it. I simply googled and found some very useful advice that had been written previously.

I have sensibly split my investment three ways between the South Sea Company, the Darien Scheme and tulips.

Sanctioned_Parts_List

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

I have sensibly split my investment three ways between the South Sea Company, the Darien Scheme and tulips.

Mine's being managed by that nice chap, Mr Madoff...

Given that this site is a business that makes money through advertising trackers and page impressions (among other things), is it really in their interest to start limiting the "help me I can't read" threads?

coyrls

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

This thread is quite right.

I recently came into some money, but I didn't feel the need to ask for advice on investing it. I simply googled and found some very useful advice that had been written previously.

I have sensibly split my investment three ways between the South Sea Company, the Darien Scheme and tulips.

Good to see such a diversified portfolio.

talexuser

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

I have sensibly split my investment three ways between the South Sea Company, the Darien Scheme and tulips.

Tsk.. you forgot to diversify with Bernie Madoff.

talexuser

Anyway, back on topic, what is the best return I can get on £131, should I invest in student flats in the Outer Hebrides guaranteed at 30% a year, or put it in
a Zimbabwean bank at 69% interest, or listen to that really nice chap who phoned out of the blue with something I didn't quite understand but the returns sound really fabulous, given that things are going so brilliantly well after Brexit and everything the remainers said has been proven wrong?