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General Category => Wasps Rugby Discussion => Topic started by: Vespula Vulgaris on January 24, 2023, 01:20:35 PM

Title: Well That was fun...
Post by: Vespula Vulgaris on January 24, 2023, 01:20:35 PM
I still have no idea what happened to the forums, but essentially I ended up doing a clean install in a new place and moving it across.

Got a few things to tidy up to make it look right but it does seem to be working again now!

Please use this thread to point out any residual bits I may have missed. And WELCOME BACK!
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: coddy on January 24, 2023, 01:23:33 PM
Well done VV, normality has resumed.

I had resorted to reading a book in my lunch breaks
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Post by: Neils on January 24, 2023, 01:24:07 PM
Woohoo.

Welcome back and good work to get back up and running.

Thanks.
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Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on January 24, 2023, 01:28:17 PM
I cannot imagine it WAS fun. I have had to restore way too many WordPress sites. I can see you have some work yet, so I am going to engage silent mode on my fingers and let you get on with it.
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Post by: jamestaylor002 on January 24, 2023, 01:29:28 PM
Thank you for everything you do to keep the site running VV!
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: Vespula Vulgaris on January 24, 2023, 01:30:31 PM
I cannot imagine it WAS fun. I have had to restore way too many WordPress sites. I can see you have some work yet, so I am going to engage silent mode on my fingers and let you get on with it.

I'm probably going to forget the wordpress section of the site and just keep it as forums. Apparently the two packages often conflict and we were lucky to get away with it as long as we did. And as I haven't written an article for ages it wasn't really serving any purpose.
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Post by: Shugs on January 24, 2023, 01:55:33 PM
Thanks VV. Good to have it back.
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Post by: Rossm on January 24, 2023, 03:49:29 PM
So glad that we're back up and running. Thanks for all the work you put in VV.
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Post by: asteriskszegol on January 24, 2023, 04:13:17 PM
So - the website has risen from the ashes. Would that we had a rugby club that could do the same! Thanks, VV.
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Post by: mike909 on January 24, 2023, 04:38:58 PM
VV - thanks for rescuing the site - I prob rely upon it being there a bit too much - but none the less - it's great to see everyone!
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Post by: JF on January 24, 2023, 04:48:16 PM
Well done VV, if I had a hat I'd raise it to you. Losing both the club and this forum would have been calamitous.
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: Vespula Vulgaris on January 24, 2023, 05:26:07 PM
I genuinely didn't realise how much this place had become part of my life.

I genuinely found myself picking up my phone to check the forums while working on my PC to mend them! It seems my subconscious mind loves this place...
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Post by: ColonelWasp on January 24, 2023, 05:41:47 PM
Thanks VV.

Good to be back!

Has anything happened while we were away? :)
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Post by: DarkKnight63 on January 24, 2023, 05:58:44 PM
Good work VV was feeling lost or more accurately thought I'd lost the plot!
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Post by: Bloke in North Dorset on January 24, 2023, 06:46:51 PM
Well done VV, I know haw difficult it can be debugging your own sites some time after they were written, it must be really difficult with someone else's code.
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Post by: Nrgee on January 24, 2023, 07:01:05 PM
Well done VV really missed this site rely on it for updates from fellow Waspies.
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Post by: hookender on January 24, 2023, 08:39:02 PM
Good to see everybody back
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Post by: westwaleswasp on January 24, 2023, 09:34:54 PM
I tapped on a thread titled 'Well that was fun' and seemed to be invited to connect to several young ladies from Ukraine waiting for me to connect.

I am sure it would have been fun.
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: Neils on January 24, 2023, 10:09:58 PM
I tapped on a thread titled 'Well that was fun' and seemed to be invited to connect to several young ladies from Ukraine waiting for me to connect.

I am sure it would have been fun.

You are not the only one!!
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Post by: MartinB - Radnage Wasp on January 24, 2023, 10:42:50 PM
Thanks VV.......it was really a case that you don't know what you would miss until that suddenly happens.  We all really appreciate your efforts!
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: Vespula Vulgaris on January 25, 2023, 09:43:21 AM
I tapped on a thread titled 'Well that was fun' and seemed to be invited to connect to several young ladies from Ukraine waiting for me to connect.

I am sure it would have been fun.

You are not the only one!!

All I ever get is paddleboards and camera equipment!
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Post by: BlackAndGoldSunglasses on January 25, 2023, 10:00:10 AM
Just to add my thanks / congratulations on resurrecting the forum, VV. Well done!

Like others, I was missing my daily dose of optimism / pessimism / realism (delete as applicable).

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Post by: Heathen on January 25, 2023, 10:03:41 AM
Good to be back. Hopefully not too long before we can get some positive news to discuss.
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Post by: Steve from Cov on January 25, 2023, 10:24:52 AM
Its nice to be back - thanks VV.
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Post by: westwaleswasp on January 25, 2023, 10:44:57 AM
I tapped on a thread titled 'Well that was fun' and seemed to be invited to connect to several young ladies from Ukraine waiting for me to connect.

I am sure it would have been fun.

You are not the only one!!

Nice to know it is not just me.
VV, I have never seen paddleboards. I have seen a lot of these Ukranian girls recently, a fair few "law changing in Wales", much ebay stuff, and some really odd stuff like solicitor and financial services, most of which appeared after we went bust. I have no idea how it works out how to target,  it doesn't seem to be device specific, I get the same on my wife's phone and computer which obviously will have different search histories. SN is the same. It has sometimes given me specific stuff for regions I am not in. I am yet to see an advert relating to my actual hobbies.
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: RogerE on January 25, 2023, 11:23:35 AM
Welcome back!

I get the invites to meet Ukranian Ladies when viewing site using Chrome (and its derivatives) but not when using Firefox.
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: Rossm on January 25, 2023, 11:25:34 AM
I don't get any ads. I use Brave browser, both on my desktop and my Android tablet. I can recommend Brave most highly. It has a very effective ad blocker built in.
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: Bloke in North Dorset on January 25, 2023, 12:03:11 PM
I?ve been using Brave since it started because of the ad and tracking tracking blocking. 

That's partly why I contribute to the running of the site.
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: jamestaylor002 on January 25, 2023, 01:51:06 PM
I get ads about office chairs as I've been googling looking for a new one.

I think these lovely Ukrainian ladies would be very let down if they were looking for fun from me!
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on January 25, 2023, 03:44:15 PM
I get ads about office chairs as I've been googling looking for a new one.

I think these lovely Ukrainian ladies would be very let down if they were looking for fun from me!

Same on the chair. Decent ones seem to cost around a thousand. In the end I opted for a very expensive gaming chair in XL large (rugby player) size. Lovely and comfy, I must say. I am not sure I believe the hype about this chair that I see on social media, but it IS very well made and designed. Also great to fall asleep in, I have found. As opposed to an 'office' chair, this is a heavy use computer user's chair.

Same on the ladies. I have a feeling the price for me would be double normal rates, at least.
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Post by: DGP Wasp on January 25, 2023, 05:30:02 PM
I tapped on a thread titled 'Well that was fun' and seemed to be invited to connect to several young ladies from Ukraine waiting for me to connect.

I am sure it would have been fun.

You are not the only one!!

So why am I getting ads for more mature ladies (55+). Not sure what to make of that!

Just to add my thanks for keeping this place going so we all have somewhere to go to talk rugby from a bit of a Wasps angle. More important than ever without the diversion of actual Wasps rugby.
Title: Re: Well That was fun...
Post by: westwaleswasp on January 25, 2023, 05:59:29 PM
Often wondered if these sites see the word 'hooker' and thus give us the adverts...
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Post by: WonkyWasp on January 26, 2023, 06:10:50 PM
Congratulations s  VV, and thank you very very much.  I  have missed all of you s o o  much.  My  old  laptop has nearly fallen apart (a bit  like yours truly) but I  got a new one  for my birthday so all is well.  I have really missed all the chat and info ...  ..