Amazon exiles discussion
Amazon exiles
Hello fellow homeless folks!For over a decade I hosted many threads at AMMY's Classic Movies DBs, also contributed over 9400 product reviews. Now with one swift action, like a trapdoor swinging open, all that has ended with a lurch.
I've landed at the DELPHI Amazon Refuge, really high end boards where you can add photos or attachments to your posts, also simply C&P these, change font type, size and color, use bold, italics or underline. A great place.
If you'd care to take a look, I'm hosting the CHATLINE and DISH WASHING threads under GENERAL at that site. I hope these forums and DELPHI's will thrive. AMMY doesn't know what they've lost..
Sign up is easy, just like here: screen name, email and password.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/amazon...
Thank you, Annie ;o>It was quite a painfully emotional moment when I came to sign up for this Forum after spending so long on the Amazon Forums and so I think I'd just like to find my feet on here first with the Forum folk that I feel like I've come to know very well.
But I will definitely make a note of the other Forums, and take a look around too, when I feel a bit more settled in here and am suffering far less from my Amazon Forums Withdrawal ;o>
Is anybody else getting this weird feeling, that bringing everything over from Zon...feels a bit like moving house?! Transferring all the threads, feels like one is lugging a virtual suitcase of accumulated stuff around! lol! Anybody got the keys to the van?!!
My Inbox is certainly filling up with both Amazon and Goodreads notifications now ;o>
Hi Annie,Thanks for the link....every bit helps....nice to have a few other options! :)
Duke wrote: "Is anybody else getting this weird feeling, that bringing everything over from Zon...feels a bit like moving house?! Transferring all the threads, feels like one is lugging a virtual suitcase of ac..."About the van..............
*Rolls eyes & groans* YOU were driving it, SST??!!
Suzy--You're most welcome!
I would like to make clear that I'm not about subverting these boards; I'm just offering an option with more high tech features, and admittedly, lots of ad banners in between posts that already I have come to not even see.
Duke--Hi, and you're most welcome!
I've been posting some of my artwork, things I did 40 years ago, at DELPHI, on the CHATLINE, and that's been a lot of fun.
But I'm glad these chats are here, too!
Annie wrote: "Duke--Hi, and you're most welcome!
I've been posting some of my artwork, things I did 40 years ago, at DELPHI, on the CHATLINE, and that's been a lot of fun.
But I'm glad these chats are here, too!"
Hi Annie. We're all up in a bit of spin currently, looking for a new home to continue playing our games & music threads...as well the banter too, of course! :)
Anita wrote: "🍰🍰🍰we went to a party today for a three year old so I have paw patrol cake...I'll share 😁"I've only recently seen Paw Patrol and hope I can excise it from my brain. And they do live shows???? WTF???
Bring back Bill & Ben and Andy Pandy I say!
Ahhhh....Andy Pandy....that's my bro's nickname! lol!
uglybug saying hello all former amazonian's;-)))
Duke wrote: "Ahhhh....Andy Pandy....that's my bro's nickname! lol!"My Hubby still shivers at the thought of ............ "LOOBY LOO" 😱
suzysunshine7 wrote: "My Inbox is certainly filling up with both Amazon and Goodreads notifications now ;o>"Uglybug saying a big Hello to our Suzysunshine7 💐 . I'm thinking we are all going to need bigger Inboxes now 😊
Hi Uglybug, I'm downunder (Melbourne). We haven't met before but any friend of Suzy's is a friend of mine.
Good morning....hello?
No-one around?
I'll get myself settled in then while it's quiet :)
No-one around?
I'll get myself settled in then while it's quiet :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Good morning....hello?No-one around?
I'll get myself settled in then while it's quiet :)"
Sounds like a good idea. Hope you bought a thermos. With SST driving the van he's probably going in circles on the M4. Our "stuff" won't be here for days!
some people say i'm a round, good morning y'all!
You see, Val;
this is what happens when you get amateurs to do the driving.
Now, a professional like me, I can get lost trying to get out of the yard!
There was something else I meant to tell you..... what was it?.
Oh, yeah - SST is navigating using the hand drawn map I gave him :)
this is what happens when you get amateurs to do the driving.
Now, a professional like me, I can get lost trying to get out of the yard!
There was something else I meant to tell you..... what was it?.
Oh, yeah - SST is navigating using the hand drawn map I gave him :)
Uglybug wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "My Inbox is certainly filling up with both Amazon and Goodreads notifications now ;o>"Uglybug saying a big Hello to our Suzysunshine7 💐 . I'm thinking we are all going to ne..."
Hiyah Lovebug! ... x x x ;o> ... that just reminded me of that bit in 'The Calendar Girls' where one of them says "We're going to need considerably bigger Buns!" ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmpYu...
Philip wrote: "So this is where everyone has got to."Not just here, Philip.
DELPHI Forums' Amazon Refuge offers some really neat posting features like attachments or photos that can be pasted right into the chat window. Any picture or text you find on the web can be posted, and many of the photos can be clicked on tpo see the original pages they came from.
As an example, I just posted a pic of Morgan Earp, Wyatt's brother. Click on it and you're taken to an article on Morgan.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/amazon...
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Good morning....hello?No-one around?
I'll get myself settled in then while it's quiet :)"
Hiyah Grizzlygrump! ... x x x ... your Sat Nav got you and your Truck here then? I hope it's packed with lots of Grocery supplies only I haven't managed to find this Forum's Kitchen yet and there's no sign of a single Cake Tin in here either?!!
If Anita hadn't brought us Cake last night then I was seriously planning on packing up again and going over to the Good Food website! - LOL!!! ;o>
Philip wrote: "So this is where everyone has got to."Hiyah Philip! ... x x x ... and welcome to the new Forums that Gordon has so cleverly and so very kindly set up for us all ready for whatever might sadly happen to the Amazon Forums over the next week.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Philip wrote: "So this is where everyone has got to."Hiyah Philip! ... x x x ... and welcome to the new Forums that Gordon has so cleverly and so very kindly set up for us all ready for whatever ..."
Hi Suzy. Let's hope Amazon spare us all the axe, but good of Gordon to set this up.
Philip wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Philip wrote: "So this is where everyone has got to."Hiyah Philip! ... x x x ... and welcome to the new Forums that Gordon has so cleverly and so very kindly set up for us a..."
Yes, I think it's really wonderful of him to take the time and the effort of putting this together for us all. It's so good to know that we still have somewhere to go online where we know we are always amongst friends and can continue to keep in contact with each other ;o>
I'd just like to say that the way the van looks and the lack of contents, it was like that when I got it.
Uglybug wrote: "Duke wrote: "Ahhhh....Andy Pandy....that's my bro's nickname! lol!"My Hubby still shivers at the thought of ............ "LOOBY LOO" 😱"
Blimey! I'd forgotten about her!
Uglybug wrote: "uglybug saying hello all former amazonian's;-)))"
That comment sounds like we're a displaced arboreal tribe!
Duke wrote: "Uglybug wrote: "uglybug saying hello all former amazonian's;-)))"
That comment sounds like we're a displaced arboreal tribe!"
You're cooking tonight, Duke ... get in the Pot while I get chanting ;o>
Serial wrote: "I'd just like to say that the way the van looks and the lack of contents, it was like that when I got it."You mean you forgot to fill the van up with our gear??!!...Sheesh..can't the staff these days! Looks like it'll be a another night roughing in on the floor.....and there's no hot water on...cos the previous tenant forgot to fill up the gas tank, there's no lightbulbs...cos they were taken out by the aforementioned tenant......and YIKES!...the decor seriously needs a makeover. I didn't know one could get wallpaper like that!
Anyway...there's 20 tons of furniture and personal possessions to shift over from Zon.....so, who's available to lug all that over......hmmm??
Ahhhhh! GG! Got a minute?!
Yay! Heya Nick...found your way here, good good! :)
Nick wrote: "Hi everyone! :-)"And where have you been all this time, young man?!! ;o>
Duke wrote: "Yay! Heya Nick...found your way here, good good! :)"Nick wrote: "Hi everyone! :-)"
Hi Duke, struggling with this format a bit but glad to see you and the others on here. Oh and thanks Gordon for sorting this out, nice one!
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Nick wrote: "Hi everyone! :-)"And where have you been all this time, young man?!! ;o>"
Hi Suzy, sorry for my tardiness, got distracted and ended up on the Goodfellas forum...mmm pizzas. :-)
Nick wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "Nick wrote: "Hi everyone! :-)"And where have you been all this time, young man?!! ;o>"
Hi Suzy, sorry for my tardiness, got distracted and ended up on the Goodfellas forum...."
WHAT?!! ... (*drool*) ... and where's mine?
Ya could have brought some with ya Nick...I had the beer, but that's been drunk...*hic!*
Val wrote: "Hi Uglybug, I'm downunder (Melbourne). We haven't met before but any friend of Suzy's is a friend of mine."
Hello, ooo see I can reply now, haa haa.
Please say gooday to marvellous Melbourne for me
Gordon wrote: "Gordon wrote: "I've just set this up as an experiment to see whether this would be a good home."I may be wrong, but I don't see this thread prospering."
Hya Gordon, see you was wrong ;-) yayyy it looks like it going to proper prosper. A big thanks for finding us all a nice new home.x
I'm still finding my way around this site but I have tell you, it hurts when you read this:"You can't add a comment because you are not friends."
Sob, sob. Who are you GoodReads to tell me we're not friends?
And David? Is that "our" David, recently back from honeymooning in Venice? He's got 30 friends!!!!! I'm jealous!!!!
You need to request a friendship first Val! Or if you're lucky, someone will ask you to be their friend.....like me! :)
I'm not quite sure why people need to be friends on here? And, to be honest, I wasn't planning on doing it until I started getting requests from such lovely people that, of course, I want to be and to stay friends with.But what exactly is it for as a website function on here? Is it to create far more personal and private links between people? Or is it something that was created more to copy just what happens on Social Media such as Facebook and Twitter, etc? ;o>
Yeah, you can send private messages that way, I think.
So it is a far more private way to chat on these Forums but out of everyone else's sight ...You see, what is confusing me is I've already chatted to someone in that way who was trying to work out how to set up their Account and then another friend used a completely different way via a Messaging Inbox in my Profile Account that I have now discovered on here as well - so why are there two different ways to make far more private contact with someone? ;o>
Dunno...I guess Goodreads likes to offer flexibility! I haven't found the messaging service.
It's at the top right-hand side of the page - the middle button which shows an Envelope on it. Lovebug contacted me that way last night but Jemma used a different way via being friends? ;o>
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They look absolutely fabulous! Cartoon Character Cakes were always my most favourite Cakes ever to make. I reckon I must have made at least a hundred of different kinds of Wallace & Gromit ones before the OA finally got too much - LOL! ;o>