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   theraggededgeposted 7 years ago

   I do wish the Freeform discussion category was moved to the Topical Forums. The 'playful' threads clutter up what should be the place to discuss hubs and writing for HP.

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      threekeysposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      The clarification is helpful.

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      Jayne Lancerposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with this. I find it annoying, too, when people start threads in Freeform Discussion that aren't games and other vacuous fun etc., but also have absolutely nothing to do with HubPages, as though it were some sort of miscellaneous forum—perhaps renaming would solve this problem.

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   EricDockettposted 7 years ago

   I agree 100%. Unfortunately this has been brought up before and nothing changed.

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   Will Apseposted 7 years ago

   You are a serious lot, lol.

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      DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I think that is one reason we no longer hear from Beth, the ex-forum queen.
      (Either that or she is busy up there in the US slaughtering goats to figure out who will be the next president.)

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         Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         I miss Beth. There was a particularly serious and intense individual who managed to bait her enough to get her banned, I think.
         
         p.s. given that the conservative half of the US is about to vote for Donald 'Grab-em' Trump, the mods should forget about all standards of decorum. The old moral majority are obviously beyond shocking these days, lol.

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            Solarasposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            I miss Beth too, and Mark E. There are a number of writers who used to be here regularly that have since disappeared.The topical forums seem like a dank, seedy place, especially those religious ones.

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               Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               Beth was definitely a bad influence on me and often caused me to have unproductive fun. In my old school, they would have labelled her an 'instigator' and probably beaten her with wooden instruments. If I had been beaten less, I would probably have a better attitude to authority, lol.
               
               Anyway...
               
               Theraggededge reckons no dancing, no singing and no messing around in the bike sheds.
               
               These puritan things are usually guilt. I reckon she can't forgive herself for that recent pun.

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                  DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  I think going off topic makes these threads a lot more interesting.
                  So what do you think of those Cubbies? (I´ve been waiting forever to say that.)

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                     Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     You need to spend more time in bars, lol.

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                        DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        Patrons at our sports bars only discuss Football. (It is, after all, the opiate of the Brazilian people.)

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                           Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                           I take a hard line with football talk in bars. I'm lucky that expats are not much given to violence, lol.

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                              DrMark1961posted 7 years agoin reply to this

                              We dont have any Brits here so the last time I heard expats discussing football was when Germany slaughtered our team during the World Cup. The German expats do not turn over cars or break things--most of them just drive around honking their horns and wave little German flags.

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                                 theraggededgeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                 As my daughter said at the time: Bra-nil, Ger-many.
                                 
                                 She is the punning queen.

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                                    Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                    That is a little cruel, lol. Young people, tut, tut.
                                    
                                    How many did Germany get? I forget. Seem to remembers hundreds. Or was it thousands?

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                  theraggededgeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  Ha ha.
                  
                  I've no problem with a bit of off-topicness. In fact, I like sunshine on a cloudy day and all that. It's when people add threads which clearly belong elsewhere. Luckily they don't attract much attention and soon disappear. So perhaps I was in a bad mood, or something

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