Not that I ever posted here much but FB/Instagram missing both the wit and critical/cultural analysis that kept me coming back to this forum.  The pictures of people at church/yachting/country club on the various FB groups really speak a 1000 words.

I could start a thread on the IS FB page, which really is beyond belief, but I'd rather not invest the time in negativity. And to be fair there is at least one pretty good poster on there.

Last edited by Yuca (2021-09-12 13:21:13)

I was banned from the IS FB page because I disagreed with that sanctimonious ‘giganta woke’ prick who runs it.

Imagine it, me banned from a clothing website, pah!

Odd, my elder daughter is into all that FB crap whereas the younger daughter is very sniffy about it.  I always thought Instagram was for teenage girls but that probably displays my lack of awareness.  All too slick and representing the wrong side of American culture for my liking.

This really reminds me of the Blues Brothers when they're getting the band back together.

Incidentally I think, more than anywhere, Instagram is where a lot of our former stars have ended up. Honourable mentions for BB who is doing some superb historical work, and OCBD who appears to have found his own summer of love i.e. he's more casual than before and looks better than ever. (Although some might say that he could do with a haircut.)

Last edited by Yuca (2021-09-13 12:46:07)

Sure, if they're too cool for school they'll ignore this.  If not...  there are a lot of chaps I'd love to see back here...

I don't know of his posting anywhere nowadays. I think he's a successful artist though. Even IS did a piece on him.

Last edited by Yuca (2021-09-13 13:54:57)

Playing any instrument well is a fine ambition; just like learning a foreign language.  Toffeeman/GG is fairly fluent in Italian, I think.  Depresses me to be abroad and waiters thinking I must want egg and chips.

Spanish?  We have a rather attractive Welsh lady in our street who is a former teacher of Spanish and also speaks pretty fair Welsh.  I'd have liked to have learned French at a young age.  One was rather discouraged.  The English - needless to say - are highly insular.  Well, you already know that.

I don't believe anyone on DW has any particular animus towards you Yuca, but I haven't looked all that closely.

Berkhead is indeed a bit of sore point though.

Ah, gotcha.

'Dressedwell' is very slick, very well put together - and, from the few glimpses I've had of it, rather dull.  Ivy?  Or 'sharp'?  Or 'tailored'?  What 'The Wardrobe' used to be?  I don't know, I never ventured over there (to their collective relief I should think).  I wish them well.

Like the 'New Statesman', DW limits the number of pages you can view.  Just as you get to the juicy bits it chucks you off.