And you could have told me where the quote button is on this new fangled site layout while you were at it, instead of letting me fumble around in the dark on my own.
But I can't in the dark, Molly. That's the whole point.
You should see me out walking in the dark, when there's no moon, or stars. I weave and meander like a drunk. I'm just too used to relying on visual cues.
Oh, and a couple of bin bags in case it's raining too hard, or too boggy to sit down on the top of a mountain with a cup of tea without getting a wet behind.
Yes, limun, I have made fun of certain profile pics, particularly the time I thought a poor chap had a nasty case of tennis elbow before I realised it was, in fact, a picture of his knob.
I didn't say anything about cat-calling Krema and if I meant that, I would have used the phrase 'verbal assault'.
If you think wearing jeans and jumper somehow will protect you from attack, that you will only ever be admired from afar, then you are being very naiive.
With respect to suggesting that women receive the attention they are aiming for by the way they dress, you are playing a dangerous game. You are assuming that a perpetrator will interpret your dress the way you do. I would suggest a perpetrator is likely to interpret your appearance to suit his own agenda, not yours. They're unlikely to be thoughtful and empathetic, wouldn't you say?
The way to reduce harassment, bullying and assault of this nature is to send the message that it is not acceptable, no matter how women dress.
It was a mistake to bring in the banning option in the first place.
It was created in response to one person who would wreak havoc on the forums, creating new profiles which often mimicked regular posters' profiles. This was some 7/8 years ago.
By the time it was brought in with a site revamp, the individual concerned appeared to have been disappeared. There were rumours of the site taking legal action.
I only ever saw the ban function misused, either because an opinion wasn't liked by the thread author, or in the early days, for teasing fun.
Jeeepers, for those of you who remember that great man, banned me from one of his threads half a dozen times just so I'd privately mail him and give him some jip.
Receiving a straw-filled, humpbacked bear in the post from friends in Germany on my 7th birthday. He's rather worn now, but still the handsomest of all bears.
And my elderly neighbour, Radio 4's Jo Backhouse, long time contributor to Gardener's Question Time, baked me a birthday cake because I was so excited and I'd never had a birthday cake before.
It might make a difference to you where a child comes from, but I have adopted these two grandchildren as mine precisely because it doesn't matter where they come from.
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And you could have told me where the quote button is on this new fangled site layout while you were at it, instead of letting me fumble around in the dark on my own.Just sayin', Molly Cork.