Profiles

[Pete999]

I'm probably going to get some flak over this thread, but, here goes, is there any way the Moderators can get the offenders, and I say offenders with tongue in cheek, to update their profiles?

I understand some members may not like to add to much detail, but things like :are you a trainee, DIYer, etc etc, the number of time when you look at the profiles, there isn't any info, it could lead to less people getting grief from the more experienced members, if they know who and what the experience the OP has, just a thought, don't know if it's feasible, but hey ho. :wheelchair:

 

[Engineer54]

I'm probably going to get some flak over this thread, but, here goes, is there any way the Moderators can get the offenders, and I say offenders with tongue in cheek, to update their profiles?

I understand some members may not like to add to much detail, but things like :are you a trainee, DIYer, etc etc, the number of time when you look at the profiles, there isn't any info, it could lead to less people getting grief from the more experienced members, if they know who and what the experience the OP has, just a thought, don't know if it's feasible, but hey ho. :wheelchair:

And at least what county they live in. Come to that what country they are posting from!! lol!!

 

[PEG]

I understand your point,but do you believe everything you read on the internet? Everyone is tall,dark and handsome,until you see them carrying a rose,where you arranged to meet....then it's down to who can blag the most :conehead: What do you list? It turns into a pi**ing competition and eventually,people get to their 50m front crawl,and cycling proficiency badge. I,for instance,can hit a golf-ball with a base-ball bat,further than anyone i know who plays golf. Can i list that? ...because i am prouder of that,than many of the other money-for-the-boys certificates and cards i have had to stump for over the years. If anyone gives a squids-trump about what training and qualifications i possess,then they can ask me directly,and i will be as honest as i was brought up to be.....but then,you just don't know,do you? :smart:

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

On the internet nobody know you're a cat. Nobody.

Yeah on the internet people chat a load of :icon_bs:Most of the time... Not me though. I really am 6foot tall and ripped.

 

[Spoon]

I have to agree with what Peg says on this. I understand that filling in a profile about training might be useful but how can you tell its the truth. My FB profile is all lies. wrong age, where I live...

 

[Pete999]

I have to agree with what Peg says on this. I understand that filling in a profile about training might be useful but how can you tell its the truth. My FB profile is all lies. wrong age, where I live...

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

They'll be regular forum users that'll take time to fill out their profile but for DIYers coming in for one post to ask how to do this and that they're probably just get a username and that's it

 

[Spoon]

Everyone is different Pete999. I have just checked out your profile and you have filled in everything. I have pretty much bugger all filled in on mine.

 

[Slowhand]

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

Pete it's like employing someone who says they're the mutts nuts at installation and qualified to the point they advise C&G on exam questions. ( I've had someone who claimed that ) Once you've talked and worked with them for an hour you know how truthful they are.
If people want to lie about themselves on here then ultimately they're only fooling themselves.

 

[PEG]

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

I disagree,Pete,your view is both respected and pertinent. Look at us lot chatting like girls at a wedding...Probably my cynical wirings' insulation breaking down,but cast a glance at that web site,i think it's Linkedin? find someone you know,and check out what they have put on their CV...every time i have done it,i expect to see noses growing...there was even one local charmer,who i have known all my life,listed for all the world to see as a "Rail Management Executive"......and he's doing 16 years of porridge presently :bobby:

 

[ian.settle1]

Be like an online dating site description I'm tall, blond and beautiful; when you actually meet them they turn out to be short, fat and a face like a bag of scanners.

This is the internet so how can it be proved what you are until the questions get asked.

P.S. before you ask no I am not talking from experience about an online dating site, anyone who uses them are sad buggers just like old men who go to Thailand looking for young women.

 

[Spoon]

before you ask no I am not talking from experience about an online dating site, anyone who uses them are sad buggers .

I know quite a lot of people who have used them. I don't have a problem with the idea of dating sites. I also know a few lads that have used the 'just meet up for sex' sites. everyone to their own.

 

[Besoeker]

I'm probably going to get some flak over this thread, but, here goes, is there any way the Moderators can get the offenders, and I say offenders with tongue in cheek, to update their profiles?

I'd like to know how to change my avatar........

 

[telectrix]

what avatar? is it the invisible man?

 

[Knobhead]

The moderators would be on a very sticky legal wicket if they altered a profile and put misinformation in.

 

[7029 dave]

Trouble is Pete, on the net you can be who ever you want to be, I filled my PF in all honesty but that's me. ( I am an pilot really) lol

 

[Pete999]

Can we close this thread please it didn't get the desired response I was hoping for.

 

[Besoeker]

what avatar? is it the invisible man?

OK.
I'd like to use the same avatar that I do on other sites.
Which is not the invisible man.

 

[telectrix]

Can we close this thread please it didn't get the desired response I was hoping for.

just like xmas . pete. you want an ipad and you end up with socks.

 

[Pete999]

just like xmas . pete. you want an ipad and you end up with socks.

I suppose it was a tall ask, still never mind eh, oh er indoors just brought me some medicine, it's red and made from grapes, nice

 

[telectrix]

paul masson is my fav. once drunk, the bottle can be used for £1 and £2 coins, or as a pi$$pot.

 

[rapparee]

OK.
I'd like to use the same avatar that I do on other sites.
Which is not the invisible man.

Click on your notifications.

Go to inbox

Look on the left hand side of page....

Clck on edit avatar

Then either upload or paste a link

 

[Pete999]

paul masson is my fav. once drunk, the bottle can be used for £1 and £2 coins, or as a pi$$pot.

I'll give it a go next time in Tesco

 

[Adam W]

paul masson is my fav. once drunk, the bottle can be used for £1 and £2 coins, or as a pi$$pot.

I once had a housemate who did that - his room was on the 1st floor and the bathroom was below ground so he used to pi$$ in his empty wine bottles. Not specifically Paul Masson, just any bottle. The worst bit was he didn't throw them out regularly so the top landing was mostly taken up with bottles of old pi$$. Once he thought he was pouring himself a glass of wine but poured himself a glass of pi$$.

 

[Adam W]

I'll give it a go next time in Tesco

What, pi$$ing in empty wine bottles? I think Tesco frown upon that kind of behaviour in their stores.

 

[Pete999]

What, pi$$ing in empty wine bottles? I think Tesco frown upon that kind of behaviour in their stores.

No you div I meant I'll try the Paul Masson, jeez

 

[Besoeker]

Click on your notifications.

Go to inbox

Look on the left hand side of page....

Clck on edit avatar

Then either upload or paste a link

Yep. Have done that a few times.
I get as far as edit avatar..

Then...
No Avatar Specified
Avatars are small graphics that are displayed under your username whenever you post.
Do not use an avatarNote: if you have a custom avatar selecting this option will delete it.

And no choice that I can see of proceeding from there....
I can't deselect the do not use an avatar.....I see not option to select one.....

 

[Adam W]

No you div I meant I'll try the Paul Masson, jeez

Sorry Pete I forgot you have absolutely no sense of humour whatsoever.

 

[rapparee]

Yep. Have done that a few times.
I get as far as edit avatar..



And no choice that I can see of proceeding from there....
I can't deselect the do not use an avatar.....I see not option to select one.....

If you click on custom avatar the "do not use option" will deselect

 

[Besoeker]

If you click on custom avatar the "do not use option" will deselect

That's the problem.
It doesn't.

 

[ian.settle1]

Can we close this thread please it didn't get the desired response I was hoping for.

Opened Pandora's box now you are trying to shut it :willy_nilly::willy_nilly:

 

[Pete999]

Opened Pandora's box now you are trying to shut it :willy_nilly::willy_nilly:

Yes well it ddn't work did it? why prolong the agony Ian, just trying to make life easier, don't get the Pandora's box jibe.

 

[telectrix]

the titanic didn't work, but it didn't stop them building ships.

 

[Pete999]

the titanic didn't work, but it didn't stop them building ships.

It did work until it hit that iceberg, bit like this thread

 

[telectrix]

unlike the titanic, though, this thread is steering south and needs to be binned before it reaches the grass skirt warrior in south africa.

 

[Pete999]

unlike the titanic, though, this thread is steering south and needs to be binned before it reaches the grass skirt warrior in south africa.

I concur

 

[rapparee]

That's the problem.
It doesn't.

Maybe you have to be in the arms to have the privilige to post an avatar

 

[happysteve]

That's the problem.
It doesn't.

Although I have no definitive recollection of reading the following, I believe the option to add a personal avatar was removed after the DDOS attack, when the website boosted its defences. Certainly, you didn't formerly need to be in The Arms.

Or, I could have dreamed up the above, I do have a bad habit of reading the forum after a good session in the pub.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Although I have no definitive recollection of reading the following, I believe the option to add a personal avatar was removed after the DDOS attack, when the website boosted its defences. Certainly, you didn't formerly need to be in The Arms.

Or, I could have dreamed up the above, I do have a bad habit of reading the forum after a good session in the pub.

It's sometimes the only way to cope with all the tripping RCDs, sheds needing wiring, PIR operated Security Lights etc. etc. .......