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A new computer
I’d never really used one before and I’d bought it second hand with the money my ex would have spent at the pub on a weekend but he’d pulled another strop and had disappeared with his wages.
My daughter showed me what to do and I googled chat rooms and Just Chat came up up(Till then I thought google was something to do with cricket)I called my self Porky
Made friends with Raven and a few others whos name I cant remember
My god I was naive
I believed everything I read (why should anyone lie????)5 years on, except for a forced years break, I am still here
Older and very much wiserno social life bon bon, no conversation at home etc etc etc. I was off work due to bullying and needed a diversion, i spent every waking hour in chat at one time and when my computor broke down i nearly had a nervous breakdown tuts.
because im a person that wears me heart on me sleeve many a tear shed in the early days at some people i encountered, jumpin in wiv both feet into things i disagreed with etc etc,
now? a little more resilient, this place whilst it is important to me for the social aspect, doesnt rule my every move, i enjoy relaxing and just browsing , i people watch in the rooms sometimes, and sometimes i chat ,but spend a far more balanced proportion of my life in here now i think.
I have made a few really good friends, friendships that will stand the test of time too, thing is though, people say it isnt real life, of course it is, behind each screen there is a human being (well maybe not behind a few lol) and this place has given me the opportunity to ‘meet’ all sorts of people i perhaps wouldnt have had the chance to before the net, sure not all good but mostly just ordinary every day folk doin the best they can.
I was quite new and nieve to the net, I was overjoyed to find a message board that was 24/7 moderated and very family friendly. It had room for off topic but I wondered if there were such a place that was non-specific to a particular subject so I actually googled “just chat message board”…. I was not interested in chat rooms, as I dislike the speed and find them pointless.
I bought my ticket, lurked for about 24 hours watching Geoff and Owen Cash (miss his posts) having a really great debate in current affairs, and watched the sports thread. I thought this place had everything I was looking for.
It was great at first, great banter, the swearing made me chuckle “hot chocolate, cheap wine” etc… I thought the mods must have a great sense of humour.
So….. yes…. its cool, and Im still here… with a new lap top to make the experience even more awesome lol
and yes of course its real life! those who say different are wasting their fingers… patronising swines.
A huge mistake 8-[
I was ill, had lost my job, and was virtually housebound. I’m a very sociable person and I have some good friends but of course they were at work in the day and there was no-one to talk to, leaving me with too much time on my hands to dwell on thoughts about my illness that took me to places in my mind I’d rather not go. A diversion was needed, and I thought “I just need a chat”, typed just chat into google and hey presto.
Yes, like everyone else I was naive when I first started chatting, and I’m probably still a little too trusting now but I’d prefer to be that way than be an embittered cynic that disbelieves everything and says “hey guys it’s not real” cos for several months for me this was my window to the outside world and it was very real. To the cynic it may seem sad that there are people to whom chat means so much, but when you’re low it can quite literally be a lifeline.
OK, so now I’m better, and I’m back in the big wide world again, and sometimes I wonder “why am I still here?” (especially when the nasties come in :evil: ) and the answer is because there are some good people here, and we do still have a laugh and a banter from time to time, and there’s only so much dusting I can do! :lol:
Bought a second hand puter, googled chat rooms and became addicted to just chat!!! Would be on the computer straight from work and stay up far to late!!!
After a good year or so in the chat rooms with some crazy people (some really nice, some not!) blonde/blue went on and on and on about these boards, but I couldn’t be dragged away from rooms, then I did and as they say, the rest is history! I used to still pop into chat every now and then but since it switched to the new thingy i don’t know how it works so don’t bother.
only pop on occasionally and don’t always find something to post on and don’t check all the topics, but I still enjoy popping in.
I honestly don’t know how it happened – but i’m glad i did find them!!!!!
7 years ago mr pats decided to buy a puter. i told him they were a complete waste of money and it would just gather dust same as the rest of his must have gadgets….at the same time i was really into showing and breeding my bulldogs. so one night i was playing around on the bulldog sites……..found a dog forum where i could exchange chat about our beloved pets.
anyways……someone mentioned chatsites.so i googled.and jc was first one that came up. so i had a nosey. sat and watched for a while…..mainly cos everyone completely ignored me at first :D then noticed a couple of girls wiv same weird sense of humour as me.so started chattin.
i remember one poor bloke…triff..who took the time to spend hours one night explaining what msn was and how to get it. bless him.
before long i had my own little gang in the then regs room. met some grt people and made some good friends.
the rest is history.
oh and mr pats never did get into puters…he never got a look in after i discovered jc. :lol:My story practically mirrors jen-jen’s. I was ill, hubby bought me a laptop..I didn’t want to be bothered with it..then one day I had a nosey through the chatrooms..the first people whose posts I read were Cath and Rubes..ironically those two have gone on to become two of my dearest friends.
I got bullied by a couple of folk..couldn’t understand why..left to go elsewhere..came back here relatively recently..and living to tell the tale. :PWas going through a personal hell and was also starting Uni. Got myself a laptop and googled chatrooms, JC was top of the list.
The first person to speak to me was Bonny. We had our own wee Gang in 30’s room, Angel*, Cat, Grim Reaper, Temps. God there was loads. In them days, Geoff and Terry was Friends!!!!! Yes, honestly, I tell you no lies, they was FRIENDS! We all were :shock:Temps introduced me to the boards and I never looked back, barely ever went back into the rooms
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