Problems with The Ram Inn

[MadAmster]

Been logged in all morning. On 4 or 5 occasions I've had the "prove tha's yooman" screen pop up. Why? Surely once tha's in, tha's in, until tha's aht (not an explanation of cricket...)

[macstheman]

Been logged in all morning. On 4 or 5 occasions I've had the "prove tha's yooman" screen pop up. Why? Surely once tha's in, tha's in, until tha's aht (not an explanation of cricket...)

Tut tut, thee should know better! Logic and Footymad aren't close buddies doesn't thee know!

[MadAmster]

'ad enuf. Ahn off wommit.

[swaledale]

It still logs me out when I post but at least the post remains posted! Some improvement.

[Andy_Faber]

Still no response from the admins but it looks like somebody is working on issues so we may get an improvement over time.

I spoke to a ‘friend’ who used to run a very similar forum (the Metal Hammer forum, long gone now) that I was a mod of and having listened to my list of issues he thinks the maintenance has been handed from a pro to a happy amateur and they are struggling to recover from the cyber attack the website apparently had.

He referred me to ChatGPT for a lowdown on how tricky such forums are to maintain, I actually use Deepseek and the response to my question ‘How easy is a vbulletin forum to create and maintain’ was an eye opener, check it out for yourselves

In summary of the summary, suck it up and hope for improvements some time or other

In response to one of rA’s question from a while back, there’s no financial reward for being a mod

[MadAmster]

In response to one of rA??s question from a while back, there??s no financial reward for being a mod

In fact, it costs a fair bit these days. Regularly having to buy new mohair suits, Italian shoes, Ben Sherman shirts, ties. Then there's the cost of a refurbished scooter. A TV175, bored out to 200 would, in top condition cost between 8 and 10 grand these days... most expensive one I've seen was 14 grand.

[Andy_Faber]

In fact, it costs a fair bit these days. Regularly having to buy new mohair suits, Italian shoes, Ben Sherman shirts, ties. Then there's the cost of a refurbished scooter. A TV175, bored out to 200 would, in top condition cost between 8 and 10 grand these days... most expensive one I've seen was 14 grand.

On balance the rockers had it right, one set of clothes to last five years and a Triton made from bits

[MadAmster]

On balance the rockers had it right, one set of clothes to last five years and a Triton made from bits

I was going to suggest two sets, a wash and.... then I thought, nah, AF's right

[swaledale]

I was going to suggest two sets, a wash and.... then I thought, nah, AF's right

They were known as "greasers" for a reason!

[Geoff Parkstone]

Another day of next to no access here

[MadAmster]

OK yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon all I got was "timed out" messages. Did a bit of a search online and found that the site was offline.

[MadAmster]

BTW - why, every time I refresh the page, does the site revalidate that I'm human?

[MadAmster]

Just created a new post, or, more to the point, I tried to. Typed it all in, hit the button to post it, got the verifying youse yooman page, screen went back to the thread list and... no post. Others have had problems like this and logging out and back in has proven to be the solution. So, log out, log in and... my new post aint there.

[Geoff Parkstone]

had same thing a few days back MA - ended up retyping it 4 times - thankfully it was short. Now if I do anything longer I copy the text before hitting "post" so dont at least have to retype it

[MadAmster]

Just retyped the post the thread that disappeared. It's gone AWOL again following the "R U yooman" page. All there is, is a blank page with the URL https://boards.footymad.net/newthrea...tthread&f=2428

What on earth is happening?

This one will appear as I logged in on a new tab. Uterly weird.