Other forums : your guilty pleasures?

footman · 27 Jan 2011 at 08:29

Those of you who know just how ancient I am will not be too surprised that I'm now too old for my hobby of camping.
A couple of years ago we took up caravanning (cue vicious comments from petrol-heads) and have been helped by this forum:
http://www.caravantalk.org.uk/index.php

However, it is the most aggressive and racist hobby forum I have ever encountered. It's known in my household as the "knock yer block off" forum. I loathe it but it's useful.

Castiel · 27 Jan 2011 at 08:34

footman said:
Those of you who know just how ancient I am will not be too surprised that I'm now too old for my hobby of camping.
A couple of years ago we took up caravanning (cue vicious comments from petrol-heads) and have been helped by this forum:
http://www.caravantalk.org.uk/index.php

However, it is the most aggressive and racist hobby forum I have ever encountered. It's known in my household as the "knock yer block off" forum. I loathe it but it's useful.

CrazyCaravaners.Org.........CaravanerKillClub.Com.... :eek:

Cosimo · 27 Jan 2011 at 08:38

I’m obviously missing something, as he heads off to join mumsnet.

Murray · 27 Jan 2011 at 08:50

http://www.thescuderia.net/forums/forum.php

Darkstaruk · 27 Jan 2011 at 08:51

simulatorman said:
I’m obviously missing something, as he heads off to join mumsnet.

Mumsnet is a great place to pick up milfs.

AJK · 27 Jan 2011 at 09:11

[FnG]magnolia;18324183 said:
www.mumsnet.com/talk which is just filled with the most rabidly mental woman surely to ever exist.

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1135492-AIBU-to-hack-his-FB-account

:eek:

I pretty much just read OCUK and some game forums, nowhere quite like here tho! I did run a fairly busy forum for a few years, has faded now though. Sadness

ntg · 27 Jan 2011 at 09:22

I think if you go to your doctor he can prescribe beta blockers. Lots of people say they help enormously. They give you a single dose for the day of the test. Hypnosis is probably the only other option. I do find that pretence is quite useful. If I get in the car and pretend I'm confident and relaxed, I do drive marginally better.

I think that if you need hypnosis therapy to be able to drive you should consider public transport..

Zefan · 27 Jan 2011 at 09:29

None really. I only have eyes for OcUK.

markweatherill said:
The instinct for self preservation probably prevents certain forums getting a mention.

You see what I did there?

Yes, well done!

cHk4 · 27 Jan 2011 at 09:56

Nix said:
'DP'

Always thought that meant something else

DJMK4 · 27 Jan 2011 at 10:12

Not a guilty pleasure, far from it, but once I was randomly browsing the web as you do and stumbled across a website/forum...Wish I never did now.

I cant post the name of the forum here as it would get me banned.

But the initials were

D......R

Never never again, I did a mouth sick

In terms of other forums I am a member of

Harderfaster.net (Hard Dance clubbing forums)
UKMK4 (Golf VAG forums)
Modelflying.co.uk (R/C Flying Forums)

Maybe a few more but those are the ones I use most

Sp00n · 27 Jan 2011 at 10:14

I'm active on about 10 different forums, some more than others.

Jay.D · 27 Jan 2011 at 10:22

http://www.uk-muscle.co.uk/forum.php

Not really a guilty pleasure mind.

I had a look on mumsnet and got bored at how badly the forums were laid out.

Twentyone · 27 Jan 2011 at 10:39

rsatd said:
So whats TTC in the context of

"Although we are TTC, we are laid back about the situation"
?

Trying to Conceive

I do post on some gaming forums but not as much as I hang around here

DiCe! · 27 Jan 2011 at 10:46

Trickery and a Spurs forum + ocUK thats it for me

Oynas · 27 Jan 2011 at 11:15

Only two others really.

Curry: http://cr0.co.uk/curry/index.php
WHS: http://forum.wegotserved.com/

eatcustard · 27 Jan 2011 at 11:19

not606 (this is football related and contains lots of swear words)
club 80-90 VW T25 campervan forum
brick yard as above
and a few others which will offend some, so I will not name them

OriginalJonty · 27 Jan 2011 at 11:25

Nationstates has been my main forum for a number of years but is slowly being replaced by OCUK, of all places!

Morba · 27 Jan 2011 at 11:45

DiCe! said:
Trickery and a Spurs forum + ocUK thats it for me

I've not posted on trickery in a long long time! should pop back and see what faces are around still really.

Third Opinion · 27 Jan 2011 at 11:52

I must admit I did use to go on abovetopsecret.com forums but I the total paranoia of the people on there got ridiculous.

They think passenger planes are spraying us with chemicals
The USA are hoarding mass plastic coffins and building concentration camps
The world is certain to end in December 2012 because of some ancient writings.
We never went to the moon.

Gets quite ridiculous at the end.