what happened to abctales???

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Thu, 2003-10-09 16:23

Hi all I am not sure whether it is me or the lot of us but for some time now i've been unable to do simple things such as search or contact the abc team or whatever. So what is the problem? is it likely to be solved? is that it? is it over or is it just me?

many thanx for all and everything over time anyhow

marcus

Thu, 2003-10-09 16:41

marchioness

blimey you need to look at the gen diss a bit more...i know it can be boring but...they're doing a major rehaul of the site...but it should all be back soon (and i tell ya Tony et al have caught a lot of flak for this) so just have to be patient and wait. It'll all be worth it in the end, i'm sure.

Thu, 2003-10-09 16:57

d.beswetherick

Everything is being reconstructed, but it's a bit like the rebuilding of Wembley, and so we have to be patient and play in other venues for the time being. d.beswetherick.

Thu, 2003-10-09 16:59

Mark Brown

We will be back, all singing and dancing as soon as we can. We really are trying. The situation is similar to the situation you have when you employ a builder to do something to a building. You are given an amount of time the work will take by the builder. As you are not a builder, you agree to this amount of time as you find it hard to weigh up how much time the work will take. As you lack the specialist knowledge the builder has, you defer to her professional knowledge and judgement. When the work overruns, you are then left in the situation of having to continue to trust the builder until the job is completed. We really are trying, and we are confident in the abilities of our builder. [%sig%]

Thu, 2003-10-09 18:42

mississippi

Well if you will use female builders Mark you have to suffer the consequences.

Thu, 2003-10-09 20:43

Nicoletta

ha ha I'd rather wait for females to finish than males ;o)))))

Thu, 2003-10-09 20:44

Nicoletta

whatever that means to whoever :)

Fri, 2003-10-10 09:49

Mollusc

Whomever

Fri, 2003-10-10 10:03

neil_the_auditor

I hope it's NOT like the rebuilding of Wembley, otherwise it will be replacing one lot of crap facilities with lousy connections with another at unjustifiable cost when there are perfect reasonable sites elsewhere, all to massage the egos of prominent people living in London. [%sig%]

Fri, 2003-10-10 10:30

#10

Nicoletta

yes thanks Mollusc :)

Fri, 2003-10-10 18:01

#11

mississippi

The problem with waiting for females to finish is they often fake it, at least whe a guy finishes you know by the mess.

Fri, 2003-10-10 19:59

#12

Nicoletta

Re: The contract's out Author: skydolphin (---.otenet.gr) Date: 05-30-03 11:50 Women are very strange, their psychological nature is sexually incompatible with honesty. If I were a man I would be gay. That way I'd know.

Fri, 2003-10-10 20:06

#13

Nicoletta

the big question is " How often women fake it and why would this be of any importance for a man that always waits long enough?" :)

Fri, 2003-10-10 20:18

#14

mississippi

By all accounts, most women fake it at some time or other, maybe some fake it all the time, who knows? Contrary to popular female belief, most men are concerned that their women genuinely fulfill themselves, and see (possibly mistakenly) an honest positive outcome as being the only true evidence of this.

Fri, 2003-10-10 21:27

#15

Nicoletta

furthermore, most women are not willing to share their lives with men that cannot finish even periodically, whereas men have no problem in accepting the periodical or even permanent, sometimes, inability of their lovers to finish in a genuine fulfilling way as you very well said Mississippi.

Fri, 2003-10-10 21:31

#16

Nicoletta

Maybe we should not discuss such matters in this particular forum. so, what happened to abctales?

Fri, 2003-10-10 21:35

#17

Nicoletta

(it's my mistake of course, I started implying things about women and men and I'm terribly sorry for steering the topic of this thread to a completely different subject that may offend or annoy members who want this forum to be used strictly for discussing writing from abctales.)

Fri, 2003-10-10 23:16

#18

brit_grrl

This is a very interesting topic, but probably far more suitable for general discussion. Why not take it there? Missi? Nicoletta?

Sat, 2003-10-11 19:29

#19

Nicoletta

brit_grrl? ====================================================================== :) how are you by the way?

Sat, 2003-10-11 22:57

#20

mississippi

*wanders back to the Gen Diss forum with tail between legs for daring to come here in the first place*

Mon, 2003-10-13 23:33

#21

uppercase (Erma)

Is it ever gonna be working againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Tue, 2003-10-14 17:23

#22

mississippi

*wanders back in to see if there's any newbies that need a slap* Well for starters as a 'newbie' it doesn't help to refer to the residents as 'tight arsed people'. Secondly the forum has never been the right place to post work except as a reference. Thirdly, no one has a clue how long the lights will be off. Fourthly try and be patient like the rest of us. Does that help?

Thu, 2003-10-16 00:21

#23

Sybil

a fellow newbie? that implies you know him/her tollam or else you have been here longer than you admit. promise me one thing though, trollum. if you do marry phillip waldemar please treat his children as your own. it's horrible when stepfathers pay little attention to stories begat by their partners.

Thu, 2003-10-16 01:06

#24

Sybil

no darling, i wouldn't do that. it was really nice to see you commenting on grey's work.

Thu, 2003-10-16 14:10

#25

Philip

Sybil - You know, I'm already married, but I appreciate the compliment. Tollam - I want us to keep corresponding, you know, regardless of the homoerotic jibes!

Thu, 2003-10-16 14:15

#26

Philip

Nicoletta - you know it's interesting but in the event of God suddenly turning me into a woman, I've always resolved that I would be a raging lesbian. Weird eh!?

Thu, 2003-10-16 22:51

#27

lexy

Words To words I am addicted, desiring them, as air Yearning each flavour, stalking connotation To the satisfaction of moist lips, they melt Like dewy moss over corpulent stone Through briar and man-made barricade, I chase Immune to chide of meagre barb or corporal deter Speculative is their nature, depiction enthrals Rushing senses to fruitful earth To each summit expression soars Gaining ground encompassing all in its wake As pasture asphyxiates earthen terrain Verdant is their climax entire is their surround As nature they course season, phrase, and its entity pooled As sun and moon, night and day and those that gaze upon them Secular, yet, sole in intonation they face, and I follow Conversant to their whim astride this regal beast As it leans to times tempo shaking loose histories shackles It matures, possessive of pace, random of spirit, free of soul And recklessly I follow [%sig%]

Fri, 2003-10-17 11:30

#28

Nicoletta(skydo...

Philip, not so weird! lexy, to words I'm addicted too. I like what you posted, is it yours?

Fri, 2003-10-17 12:00

#29

lexy

Hi Nicoletta, Lol, I'm glad I'm not alone, yep guilty... it's mine [%sig%]

Mon, 2003-10-20 14:31

#30

lanky_guy

Lexy, I love the poem! Have you got more on the site? Oh wait... and now we're back to 'when is ABCtales coming back' debate. Can we have an estimate at least if there's anyone out there in ABCland listening? I'm getting bored of looking at the same 'the site will remain read only until this has been completed' message.

Fri, 2003-10-24 07:36

#31

Sooz

I'm being patient as requested ... but I miss ABCT. Hope you come back soon folks. Sooz.

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