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There have been a few queries since we upgraded the site to use the newest version of the forum software, vBulletin 4.

These issues mainly revolve around how the board is styled - most notably with older browsers and Internet Explorer 8 Compatability View.

Below are some screenshots to show you the differences.
With older version of Firefox, Internet Explorer and IE8 Compatability View, the site can look like this:


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It’s probably redundant to say that when sports news transfers from back page to front page, things are not good. Well, there’s been a bellyful of that kind of caper over the past month or so and it makes any sports fan question their commitment, and indeed, the reasons why sport is important to them.

While most sports fans are reasonably measured in their addiction, there are those, of course, for whom sport is an unhealthy obsession: children called after complete football teams, ...

..between a blog and a post? is a blog for the free spirited unstuctured kinda folk, the kinda quiet who don't mind if no one is listening folk or those that imagine the world is listening?

I dunno either but I see some of my cartoons have made it to the new board including the big surf or was that for some, a big smurf?

course i can't see them due to some glitch but I'm probably in good company with all those who never read beyond the forums

BBC 2 has been running a series of programmes about mental illness, two, which caught my eye, were [B]A History of the Madhouse[/B] and [B]Sectioned[/B].

It was refreshing to see the subject treated with an objective stance. A [B]History of the Madhouse[/B] in particular was a dry-eyed commentary on the transition from the use of asylums to care in the community. Recounting some horrific stories of abuse of power and cruelty, it serves as a reminder of society is happy enough with ...

Firstly, an apology to younger readers. You may not know this, but in the old days - before PC "went mad" - you used to get your fish supper wrapped in an old newspaper.

The odd case of a lead poisoning was a small price to pay. Given the choice of a chance to catch up on old news, combined with a nutricious and tasty meal meant it was a risk worth taking.

Now, I'm one of those types that likes a good moan. Given the current fashion for healthy eating and ...