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just had fish and chips type bump:DPROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBT NERD #869
DFD 5/1/16Numpty,Not sure why but I'm crying
. Of all the peeps on this board you're the kindest & most supportive of all & I'm :mad: & 
for you all at the same time . Wish I was there to give you a big :grouphug: & emergency hobnobs
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Hi everybody.
Over the last few weeks we have had a number of "troll" attacks on the boards.
What is a Troll? A troll is a person that posts deliberately provocative, nasty or hurtful comments on threads. They may be a person with no previous connection to the board or someone that has created a pseudonym to get their point made.
If you should get a comment made on any thread you post asking for help and advice please realise this comment is not directed at you personally.
We really are all a lovely bunch here (oops, modest, sorry) so please ignore these nasty comments and continue to post here as normal.
what should i do if i get a comment made on my thread?
firstly do not respond to the comment as this invariably is what the person wants. At the bottom of the post, on the left hand side is a red "warning" triangle. Click this and then "send" the message that comes up. This will report the message to abuse who will review it's content and delete it.
The person we had this morning was particularly vile and nasty and please believe me is an extreme rarity here.
Above all PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THE BOARDS. THIS SITE IS AN ASSET TO SO MANY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT FEELS THE WORLD IS FALLING IN ON YOU. THERE IS SUCH A WEALTH OF ADVICE HERE TO BE HAD THAT THE COMMENTS OF ONE MUST NOT DETER YOU FROM AVAILING YOURSELF OF THE KNOWLEDGE HERE!!!!
It is testament to the work that martin has done and continues to do that so many people give their time knowledge and experience freely to others, without judgement, to lift people out of the depths of debt crisis
PLEASE DO NOT LET THE ACTIONS OF THE MINORITY RUIN THAT.
Kind wishes
P
refreshed as the other was getting to long because evryone is wonderful and helpful!!!.:D
If many little people, in many little places, do many little things,
they can change the face of the world.
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A flying bump PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBT NERD #869
DFD 5/1/16Numpty,Not sure why but I'm crying . Of all the peeps on this board you're the kindest & most supportive of all & I'm :mad: & for you all at the same time . Wish I was there to give you a big :grouphug: & emergency hobnobs
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Hi everybody.
Over the last few weeks we have had a number of "troll" attacks on the boards.
What is a Troll? A troll is a person that posts deliberately provocative, nasty or hurtful comments on threads. They may be a person with no previous connection to the board or someone that has created a pseudonym to get their point made.
If you should get a comment made on any thread you post asking for help and advice please realise this comment is not directed at you personally.
We really are all a lovely bunch here (oops, modest, sorry) so please ignore these nasty comments and continue to post here as normal.
what should i do if i get a comment made on my thread?
firstly do not respond to the comment as this invariably is what the person wants. At the bottom of the post, on the left hand side is a red "warning" triangle. Click this and then "send" the message that comes up. This will report the message to abuse who will review it's content and delete it.
The person we had this morning was particularly vile and nasty and please believe me is an extreme rarity here.
Above all PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THE BOARDS. THIS SITE IS AN ASSET TO SO MANY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT FEELS THE WORLD IS FALLING IN ON YOU. THERE IS SUCH A WEALTH OF ADVICE HERE TO BE HAD THAT THE COMMENTS OF ONE MUST NOT DETER YOU FROM AVAILING YOURSELF OF THE KNOWLEDGE HERE!!!!
It is testament to the work that martin has done and continues to do that so many people give their time knowledge and experience freely to others, without judgement, to lift people out of the depths of debt crisis
PLEASE DO NOT LET THE ACTIONS OF THE MINORITY RUIN THAT.
Kind wishes
P
refreshed as the other was getting to long because evryone is wonderful and helpful!!!.:D
aka ... a flying bump!If many little people, in many little places, do many little things,
they can change the face of the world.
- African proverb -0 -
Not been about today, so just popped in for a quick 'bump'I am NOT, nor do I profess to be, a Qualified Debt Adviser. I have made MANY mistakes and have OFTEN been the unwitting victim of the the shamefull tactics of the Financial Industry.
If any of my experiences, or the knowledge that I have gained from those experiences, can help anyone who finds themselves in similar circumstances, then my experiences have not been in vain.
HMRC Bankruptcy Statistic - 26th October 2006 - 23rd April 2007 BCSC Member No. 7
DFW Nerd # 166 PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTS0 -
Hi ZTD ... you have just made me feel like a politician - "my comments being an extract" not my full speech. :eek:
In no way was I seeking to be unfair to newbies - I refute that entirely - I was indeed (as I would hope my full post showed) trying to address how best they might be helped in being provided with access to the SOA web page under discussion in the most effective way.
First, you can't refute...you can only deny...
Secondly, it was only a figure of speech - I could have used "On the other hand"...don't take it so literally....
I concede, as I did in my full post, that my experience here is limited, but it is extensive I assure you on other fora.
On this forum - to address your point about percentages, what I have witnessed in the vast majority of cases is a thread being opened for the first time with an outline of a debt problem - more or less immediately followed by a pre-existing member suggesting that the starting point would be the completion of an SOA.
But what you're seeing with a thread being opened, is a newbie not having read the stickies. What you haven't seen is how many read the stickies, lurk on the diaries, put together an SOA, read how people make savings (let's face it "ditch SKY" is not a trade secret) and so on and so forth. What I see is a lot of diaries starting up "from nowhere", which would indicate long time lurkers who have absorbed the culture of this board - or at least the good bits...I am happy, more than happy, to be told that the posts I have read where that has happened are NOT in the majority, but are in the minority - if I am in error I apologise in advance.
I don't know if they are or not. What I do know is that I can't assert it is - there is an equal chance it isn't (and vice versa). It is a known unknown.. :cool:But it was from within that - genuinely held - perspective that I then made my self conceded rather fulsome comments - from which you have taken a shortened extract and I regret inherently accused me of being unfair to newbies - which is the absolute opposite of what I intended - and I hope you have no objection to my regret that you may have inferred otherwise.
Short and green you are...hmmmm.....
It would be a reputation I would not seek to gain.
PLUR ZTD
Revel in your reputations. For some you can enjoy living up to, and some you can enjoy destroying..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Bumpity bump0
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Runnybabbit wrote: »Morning Horace,
How's things going?
Babbit x
Evening Babbit
Just a tad fed up, I have lots to do and no ready cash to do it with plus I am get tired of MSE:rolleyes: Well, I have managed 4 NSDs this week more by necessity than anything else.
Oh and I had to deal with a persistent salesman this morning - who did not understand the words, No, skint, no money nada..he even offered me interest free payments:mad: I already have debt and don't want more debt.
Sorry for whinging.
Hope things are ok with you Babbit
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:rolleyes: My god what have I started - this thread is getting all deep and esoteric :eek: , only teasing folks. Some very good points raised.
Numpty - hope you're having a better day, will take a dekko this evening at that link you sent.0
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