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The upgrade process is complete. 20 minutes, in and out. :bow:

There were 23 members that were using their usernames as their passwords. Those passwords have all be reset and e-mails have been...

This is just a reminder I'll be pulling the plug in another 60 - 90 minutes.

We won't be away long.

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I meant to say there is one, possibly significant change that will take place as part of this upgrade.

Forum spam attacks are on the rise and many spammers know a lot of people will set...

At some point tomorrow morning (Saturday, 30 August), I'll be closing the forums down for an upgrade.

The upgrade is pretty straightforward and I hope the forums will be down for no more than...

Why you're absolutely correct - I would love a can of Irn Bru about now. :D

Casey, with all due respect for the work done by LEO's, do you see why I politely refuse to talk to them without an attorney present?

The guy was very likely telling you the truth about his...

Inasmuch as I realize this thread is heaving with rich, kilt-related content,



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What you would actually be joining would be a clan society and not an actual clan.

And as gilmore pointed out, most clan societies have two, basic prerequisites for membership -

1. Can you fog...

We've already implemented that step. If you scroll back through the newbie forum, you'll see the older threads are locked down.

As for having designated greeters with a canned welcome message, I...

Phil, we can extend that argument to the point where it is safe to say we've touched on nearly every kilt topic there is, in the last 400,000+ posts. So why have the forums open to posting, at all? ...

Every time we add a bit of code to do something special, we simply add more queries to the database and more data to transfer on page loads. All of which slows the forum down.

We're always trying...

That information is classified.

I'll add it to my list of things to do. :wink:

[EDIT] - Change that to my list of things already completed. :D

And you're not alone, it would seem.

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Maybe you should read the forum rules about promoting sales of non-personal items on the forum?
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:rofl:

The puir, dear child just registered on one of my own forums (for the third time, no less), to complain about being binned on this one (for the third time, no less). I've had the...

Sorry, Panache, but Seanboy won't be sticking around long enough for proper introductions.

Sean, you're nothing if not persistent. Did you really think I wouldn't twig who you are?

Keep...

The group is the Clanranald Trust for Scotland and the fellow you mention is Charlie Allan, their Chief Executive Officer.

I always enjoy watching shows like this one and seeing people I've...

I'm just being curious here (and also admitting that I spent virtually no time at The Pub), but what were recent activity numbers like?

How many people were visiting in a day's time? ...

As I said, we're looking at some things.

As several of you have noticed our sister site, The Pub, has not been available for the last couple of days.

It was time to make a business decision concerning that site and the decision was made...

Daz, that is an excellent analogy.

It's difficult for people in the States to realize that there are nearly as many 'accents' in Scotland as there are over here. And Scotland being geographically...

It's interesting to see how the moderators have voted in this poll. :silenced:

I'm guessing the motor will have enough torque to make the wheelie bars necessary? From this angle, they sure seem to be fairly close to the rear axle and up pretty high. Have you tested them for...

You'll laugh as you read this, but it is generally interesting around most forums during a full moon. And no, I'm not joking.