Where are they now?

I said never plan nor predict - very true.

Yesterday morning, who would have predicted that by lunch time Jezza’s Exiles message board, would be taken off line. Without prior notification, members were left dumfounded.

They started to drift off to the new board Exiles Exiles http://exilesexiles.eamped.com/

And the older message board Points Aspew http://www.mfbb.net/speakerscorner/index


Jezza’s Exiles board http://jezzasexiles.eamped.com/
is back on line, but closed.

Who really knows what happened last week. Some people have posted various comments regarding the behaviour of Jezza’s Exiles Site Administer, which I will not repeat. Based on the phrases used and the tone of the emails I received from her, and this is pure speculation, I have the feeling she feels her efforts to setup and administer the board was not fully appreciated. As I wrote two days ago, we all create the world we live in. We make assumptions and judgements, some may be valid others aren’t; but we have to bear the consequences.

I really hope Jezza’s Exiles board reopens. It had over 300 members, 50 of who were active posters. People had formed friendships on the board and it truly was a community. To keep the board closed would be equivalent to bulldozing a country village knocking down its church, pub, village hall, schools and sports field.

I would encourage members of Jezza’s Exiles who have the Site Administrators email address, to contact her and provide words of encouragement to reopen the board.

Cause for concern

I started the month with the blog “Not to plan” - the reason why it is foolish to plan.

Yesterday, I again fell into the trap of planning what I would write about today - foolish me. Yet again I have had to change my plan.

I thought I had finished with writing about Jezza’s Exiles message board; but this morning I wondered across to have a “quick look see”. To my surprise and consternation I saw a thread posted by Rabid saying Welsh Gardener is unable to log on to the board. Why?

I hope there isn’t a witch hunt under way, with indiscriminate exclusion of members from the board.

I now feel guilty that I did not warn Welsh Gardener, that in the email to me from the Site Administrator she was referred to as “my friend”.

A Fond Farewell & Thanks

My premature and precipitated exclusion from Jazz’s Exciles message board prevented me from saying my goodbyes.

I take the opportunity to send a message out to cyberspace in the hope it will reach those who have been my friends and acquaintances on the board.

To Welsh Gardener. It was always a joy to read your posts on the BBC and the present board; and a pleasure to exchange messages and banter. The flowers are for you. I hope the sun will shine on you in West Wales, so that your garden and life will flourish.

To the posters on the Technical/Computer board. Skull & Ian Mac, thanks for all of your advice. Reading your postings was both educational and entertaining. You increased my knowledge of computers tenfold. There were the odd disagreements on the forum, but this made the board even more gripping to read. I will never forget the Sunday morning when Windows XP decided to self-destruct, your advice and guidance brought me back from panic. To all the posters, may your life be free of: spam, viruses and spy ware.

Underdome, thanks for your PM, hope your music career flourishes. Every cloud has a silver lining, being excluded from the board will give me more time to meditate.

To the posters on the Sports board, especially those who posted on the 2007 RBS Six Nations Rugby Championship thread, your postings and humour made the life of this Wale’s supporter just about tolerable. I was looking forward to a World Cup Thread but now that is not to be.

Ponty Cyclops, Ant, I’m sorry I was prevented from responding to your Wale’s Rugby shirt joke, it cheered me up no end. I’m now going to devote my time to advising GJ so that Wales will get back on track.

Finally best wishes to all the past present and future members of Jezza’s Exiles message board. My only advice don’t criticise the Allotment/Gardening board it’s sacrosanct.

If a member of Jezza’s Exiles Message Board happens upon this blog, I would appreciate it if you would send a PM to those mentioned above, conveying my best wishes.

Jezza’s Exiles part company with YesBut

I post, or rather up to this afternoon, used to post on the Jezza’s Exiles message board. Used to, because today, without notification my board membership was suspended.

Subsequently I received this email message from a member of the message board’s administration team:


“I was suspicious from the start I have to say. Do you want to plea bargain?
You a funny and amusing poster no doubt about that so a shame to loose you.”

In response to my request for further information I received a reply that I had concocted and put in place a devious (my word) plan to “attempt to disrupt the forum” (their words).

Now what, you might ask, was this devilishly disruptive action?

I had proposed for discussion the suspention of an undersubscribed section of the message board dedicated to Allotments & Gardening and replace it for a trial period with one devoted to seeking and providing advice on subjects such as: health, sexuality, personal problems, etc.

Let it be a warning to you, don’t mess with gardeners, or else.

The sad thing about the whole affair, apart from me being excluded from the board, is Jezza’s Exiles message board was set up after the BBC, without consultation and with little notification, closed a number of its message boards.

So having, in the company of a number of posters, been put out into the cold by the BBC, I now find myself once again homeless.

I would appreciate any suggestions of a message board I could join which has a lively discussion on: sport, technology/computers and general discussion.