I used to be cracowian - only just re-joined following change of format a few months ago. Not sure how it all works but here goes!
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There you are! I was just getting ready to post âwhere is everybodyâ. Weâre still missing too many people. Welcome back!
Woohoo, Iâve been wondering where you were K/Crak/cowian. Glad youâre back with us.
Blimey thereâs been some changes around here. This new format is weird. Youâd maybe think some of us were used to weird! But itâs not caused by our kind of oddity!
Anyway, here we are. Or at least, here some of us are. Notable absences: Boudica (no idea why), CWCarole (computer died and needed a break anyway), Scudger decided we were boring (again) and a bit cliquey (again).
Obviously Anthony/professor of general âknowing thingsâ is sadly gone from us 
Iâm very glad youâre back though. Who else is to attempt to teach us all fragments of the Welsh language?
Sue
I wondered what happened to Carole. Does anyone know if sheâs okay? Any updates on Bouds?
Great to hear from you once again. The forum has changed and so has the way it is used. Good ? Bad? who knows Different certainly.
Hope you are as good as you can be.
Mick
I did speak to Carole a few weeks ago. (We exchanged numbers yonks ago because someone went missing and we didnât know where they were!!) Sheâs OK, just the computer thatâs ill. And she decided to take a bit of a break from the forum for a while.
As far as I know Bouds is OK. I know sheâs been active on another website. So I assume sheâs either got a problem with her user ID as her computer is fine and/or she too is taking a break for a while.
It happens now and then. Particularly when thereâs a change to the site, people have trouble getting comfortable with the new site and decide theyâll absent themselves for a while. I took a couple of years off when the last incarnation was launched. It didnât look or feel right, which seems incredible now that I subsequently spent so long on that site!
People usually show up again. Sometimes with new usernames.
Sue
Thanks - good to see familiar names on this site. I seem to have acquired a new user-name â no longer (K)Cracowian but now âvalleyboyâ - not quite sure how that happened but hey ho!
Had a bit of a health scare recently - have had a lump on my neck for some time - referred to local hospital to have it scanned - saw consultant and told it was cancer - advised to have operation (4 hrs!) and warned that I would probably end up with a weak/limp/useless right arm because of the position of the lump - evidently lots of nerves in that area. Refused a biopsy - made a fuss - 8 months! later at another hospital a biopsy taken - no sign of cancer. Massive relief but 8 months of worry. Complained to the first hospital and have an appointment at the end of the month with original consultant - as if having m.s. wasnât enough to contend with!
Any way good to be back - so sad England lost the Euro finals - )I think not!)
Flippinâ heck, sounds like you have been through the ringer. Good to hear that there is no sign of cancer.
As for the football, not sure I give a flying ****
Bunch of prancing millionaire lawn fairies.
M
Nice to see you Cracowian. I didnât give a *#+@„ for the football either but thatâs because itâs an annoying game, nothing to do with nationalism.
So Iâm in Micks gang. Lawn fairies. Not that thereâss anything wrong with fairies. If youâre a little girl who doesnât want Tinkerbell to die.
Iâm relieved your âscareâ didnt end up being cancer. Bloody hell though, youâve been through a really rough time.
Sue
Welcome back.
Iâm on school holidays now so maybe have more time to read and reply.
Take care
Jen
So itâs not just me who doesnât like change! I used to post on the old site (usually when I needed advice or just cheering up). Iâve been looking at this new site over the last couple of days, and itâs making me feel a bit unsettled - Iâm not quite sure what to make of it.
Best wishes to everyone,
Janet
No Janet, not just you. Thereâve been several threads on the themes of âI hate the new siteâ, âwhy is it so brightâ, âI donât like itâ, âwhere is everyone?â, âIâm off!â âI canât get to grips with itâ, âI hate itâ (that one has appeared a few times!)
Some of the old timers like it. Some are gradually getting sort of used to it (but still mourn for the old site) - Iâm in this group. It still doesnât seem to âflowâ as well. Conversations are clumsy because the latest post always appears at the bottom, so instead of being able to reply to an individual post, it appears all mixed up. Friendships are difficult to develop. Those of us who know each other from years on the old forum are keeping up - just. But building new relationships is difficult.
I think Admin believe they are responding to comments, but that doesnât mean everyone feels that their problems with the site are really being addressed. The trouble is (I think), that the new site is built, itâs here, it works in the way it does, and thereâs no fixing some of the problems. Thereâs certainly going to be no âbinning the new site and reverting to our old comfy familiar forumâ.
If you keep trying, eventually it starts to make sense and itâs manageable. Sooner or later it will be second nature!
Sue
Hi Sue, I wouldnât say I âhateâ the new site (thatâs a bit strong). Youâre absolutely right that navigation seems to be the main issue, and putting the latest posts at the bottom just seems a bit silly. Oh well, thatâs progress I suppose some would say??? But, like you, I still prefer the comfy old site. Xxx