Over the past few months it seems that any time anyone vaguely noteworthy passes on there is a thread about it.
It’s not that I mind exactly, but in the past month we have had dedicated memoriam threads for Dick King-Smith, Fred Foy, Gerry Rafferty, Pete Postlethwaite, Elizabeth Beresford, Brian Hanrahan, Blake Edwards and Tom Walkinshaw, about 2 a week!
I don’t want to seem cold or insensitive, but tbh it gets depressing! Perhaps we could consolidate them into one ‘In memoriam’ thread?
Just a suggestion….
By: mike currill - 7th January 2011 at 21:06
Is it really that bad?….perhaps we’ve just had a Christmas/New Year rush!;)
Seemed a bit like buy one get one free.
By: laviticus - 7th January 2011 at 21:03
RIP Gary Mason
No…..
had to google it,one of the nice guys
I met him in the 80s really lovely man
By: Flygirl - 7th January 2011 at 20:46
RIP Gary Mason
By: laviticus - 7th January 2011 at 20:07
Is it really that bad?….perhaps we’ve just had a Christmas/New Year rush!;)
Or a cold snap….
jbritchford count your self lucky,you now have no excuse when in the pub to mutter the immortal lines “he/she dead?”
Oh nearly forgot.
RIP
Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor
By: Grey Area - 7th January 2011 at 18:16
If you don’t like them, don’t click on them.
Seems simple enough to me.
Think yourself lucky – some of us have to read every thread. 😮
By: duxfordhawk - 7th January 2011 at 18:03
I personally do not feel its a major problem to have the occasional tribute thread and would be against one ‘In memoriam’ thread.
For the most part the tribute threads are just forumites way of sharing what they thought of the now deseased star, and sharing memories. I only ever look at the ones for people who I liked or was interested in.
If these were combined into one thread it would not be possible for anyone to really share memories and would just be over confusing.
The fact there has been so many over the last few weeks just show sadly how many noteworthy people are departing this earth lately.
A ‘In memoriam’ sub forum would be another way to go, but to me that just feels wrong. Keep it the way it is and let people share views and memories as they wish.
By: Sky High - 7th January 2011 at 12:24
Is it really that bad?….perhaps we’ve just had a Christmas/New Year rush!;)
By: jbritchford - 7th January 2011 at 12:10
I did think it would make me look like a grouch 😮
I mean, I stay away from threads I’m not interested in, but it seems I can hardly move in GD without tripping over memorial threads! 😉
By: Sky High - 7th January 2011 at 11:41
Does it matter? We don’t have to read those which don’t interest us and some generate a great deal of recollection – others do not, of course.:)
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