Where's the Glasgow teenager thread gone and why?

[Caradoc]

A nice hot ginger beer with a twist of lime really satisfies on those nights when you're not drinking. Well, cold ginger beer, over ice, but hot! ginger.

Or if you are in a low class dive, cheap barely gingery ginger ale will do with some lime. Still tastes pretty good.

I guess I'm lucky. Just about 400 yards from my front door is a little shop that has shelves containing pretty much every ginger beer or ale you can imagine.

I like the "Cock 'N Bull" brand. The Bundaberg comes in a close second.

[Dreadbelly]

I guess I'm lucky. Just about 400 yards from my front door is a little shop that has shelves containing pretty much every ginger beer or ale you can imagine.

I like the "Cock 'N Bull" brand. The Bundaberg comes in a close second.

I'm coming to your house for kilt night. I bet some of that stuff would make my dreadlocks curl.

Edit. Reeds is a favourite of mine. I can buy it at the health food store. It is very, very nice for the price, is smooth, satisfying, and refreshing.

[Alan H]

I finally read this thread, and my reaction to it is simple enough.. I wanna know what the teenage girl from Glasgow had to say.

[KiltedKnight]

"Or if you are in a low class dive,...?

Huh? Look, if you continue to put down the only places that will let me in I may have to file a complaint with the Mods....


Chris.

[katmills2005]

*leaves a cup of fresh brewed joe for Mike1*

I've been a mod on forums as well as HTML based chat sites. Its a thankless job with few if any benefits. Ya'll do a fantastic job here. Its not always black and white and rarely easy. So thank you and keep up the good work.

[Jimmy the Celt]

I've never had to be a mod, but I imagine it's somewhat like being Dungeon Master for a D&D campaign; sometimes, you have to make decisions that people may not like, but it's part of the job. You guys do a great job here indeed.

[Splash_4]

I have tried to stay out of this, but I am simply amazed at the diversity you all already have. Although there is not a native Scots on board (as of yet), the fact that you are across the globe is pretty amazing. Likewise, for a board that started in the US, it has certainly not ceased to amaze me at how culturally and geographically diverse this group is.

Secondly, while I understand the folks apprehension at this being a moderated site, this fact allows me to let kids and other family members on this site to ask their questions or to do research with no qualms. The moderators do a nice job at keeping most things in balance. Good job guys!

[Belegnole]

To the Moderators, Thumbs up....I have been coming here since day one or close to it. I saw a couple of major changes, lost my name, re applied, got divorced....but still love kilts and here I am. For those looking at my post count...no I haven't much..lol

Running a forum is for the most part a thankless job. I know this for a fact because I do it in another part of the web. I and a couple other people run a gaming site. Five gaming servers and a forum..hours spent each day/night (aside from our employment) keeping things running smoothly. We try to run a family friendly set of servers which causes us to constantly be on guard for anything that may not fit that. Only infrequently do we hear a "thank you" for all that we do but its still worth it.

So THANK YOU!


as to the girl....I think she made the usual teen sort of statement that anything not currently a teen fad ( in this case Kilts) were just not cool.

[thomsec]

I'll echo the comments of those thanking the moderators. They all do a great job. Without the moderators the site would be unreadable. Thanks guys for all your hard (and largely thankless) work.
Charlie

[Robinhood]

I have for quite a while disliked the sudden
disappearance of interesting threads. This
coupled with the public scolding of members
who posts drift innocently has caused me to
lose interest in the site. I would occaisionally
check in to see that there would be something
possibly interesting, but mostly the same old
thing.

I can understand simply removing a post that
is clearly offensive, and doing so without any
remark to anyone other than the offending poster,
but I strongly dislike any moderation that
includes commentary from the moderator.

There have been many posts from moderators
about keeping on topic. What this seems to mean
is nothing except the same old boring kilt questions
should follow. The variety that drifting topics brings
is more refreshing.

Equally frustrating is the moderators
insistance that they are clairvoyant in the future posts
that will follow any particular comment. These
remarks make me feel like if my contribution to
a thread must be a particularly astounding
revelation in support of the original topic or else
it will only result in further degradation of the
thread. Usually I just don't bother.

I also participate in discussions on other moderated
sites regarding topics which easily become
controversial,and the moderation is nearly invisible.
This makes the environment much more friendly,
because people don't have constant reminders that
punishment is only an exclamation point (!) away.

Now to keep this post on topic; though I've not
been posting here much recently, I have been
actively wearing my kilt very VERY frequently.
I've had quite a few stories worthy of posting
here, had I been more comfortable sharing them.
In spite of the interest it creates, I have yet to
see a single kilt outside of scottish/etc. events.
I have on occaision mentioned this site, but am
reluctant to do so regularly because of a response
I got from someone who did look it up (along the
lines of 'a bunch of whiney men talking about how
pretty they look in their kilts'). I'm not going
to argue about it with them or anyone here.