Introductions

[THFN1983]

Another AbMadder seeking sanctuary

[Elgindon]

What's happening now on Abmad for the influx?

[THFN1983]

The place is horrendous basically.

You need to authenticate after every few minutes, you write a reply to someone's post and if you take longer than a couple of minutes to post it then you have to log back in, after authenticating of course, and if you didn't copy what you wrote initially then you have to re-write it all again.

Over the years more and more posters have departed and it's just a hardy few that post regularly.

I'm sure there'll be other AbMad folk that'll have their own complaints with it.

[BigAl]

16 minutes ago, THFN1983 said:

The place is horrendous basically.

You need to authenticate after every few minutes, you write a reply to someone's post and if you take longer than a couple of minutes to post it then you have to log back in, after authenticating of course, and if you didn't copy what you wrote initially then you have to re-write it all again.

Over the years more and more posters have departed and it's just a hardy few that post regularly.

I'm sure there'll be other AbMad folk that'll have their own complaints with it.

Welcome on board 

As administrators of this site, we won't claim to be the busiest site in terms of posting BUT we are certainly a far more sensible bunch on here than a certain other site I could think of.

Hope you guys and any others you bring over with you understand that, stick around and I am sure you will bring something positive to the site.

To ALL AbMad members finding their way here, welcome and please stick around, we are a friendly bunch 

[OneBrianIrvine.]

Another Madder jumping ship.

First attempt to sign up failed, no validation email, hence the full stop in my name now.

Some of us have been talking about making this move for years now but keen not to upset your applecart so thanks for the welcome BigAl

 

[BigAl]

21 minutes ago, OneBrianIrvine. said:

Another Madder jumping ship.

First attempt to sign up failed, no validation email, hence the full stop in my name now.

Some of us have been talking about making this move for years now but keen not to upset your applecart so thanks for the welcome BigAl

 

Welcome to the site min.

We did have a problem for a while that the validation email wasn't going out correctly 

Glad you persisted and found your way on here 

[CurlsLikeTattie]

Another defector from AbMad. I won't offer much by way of in-depth expert analysis, and hopefully you don't feel we are all interloping chancers looking to take over. We come in peace.......and a better experience.

[tlg1903]

Welcome to the board folks, great to have my some new members.   I never really spent much time on abmad other than the time I went down a Walter Sobchak wyowyn rabbit hole (if you know, you know). 

[OneBrianIrvine.]

17 hours ago, BigAl said:

Welcome to the site min.

We did have a problem for a while that the validation email wasn't going out correctly 

Glad you persisted and found your way on here 

I don’t mind being called min but for clarity it’s quine

Who am I kidding, more like wifie nowadays…

[BigAl]

31 minutes ago, OneBrianIrvine. said:

I don’t mind being called min but for clarity it’s quine

Who am I kidding, more like wifie nowadays…

I'll hang my head in shame missus for my elderly sexist attitude of assuming you were a male 

[Jupiter]

I've defected from AbMad. Is that everybody now?

[TheDonbytheDee]

24 minutes ago, Jupiter said:

I've defected from AbMad. Is that everybody now?

No, still missing a few.

[swaddon]

Can we get that zoomer with dozens of user names who keeps banging on about us getting relegated in 2000?

[The.Moog]

On 07/11/2025 at 17:33, BigAl said:

Welcome on board 

As administrators of this site, we won't claim to be the busiest site in terms of posting BUT we are certainly a far more sensible bunch on here than a certain other site I could think of.

Hope you guys and any others you bring over with you understand that, stick around and I am sure you will bring something positive to the site.

To ALL AbMad members finding their way here, welcome and please stick around, we are a friendly bunch 

Hi,

another Ab fab defector who just tried to sign up, but basically made an arse of it

Any chance Admin could go in and delete the account just created for The_Moog as I had a typo in the email address used, so cant validate the account via email as the email address doesn’t exist.

Ta muchly…

[TheDonbytheDee]

12 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

Hi,

another Ab fab defector who just tried to sign up, but basically made an arse of it

Any chance Admin could go in and delete the account just created for The_Moog as I had a typo in the email address used, so cant validate the account via email as the email address doesn’t exist.

Ta muchly…

Your in good company. I made an arse of signing up yesterday with an incorrect email address. 

[RicoS321]

Quite busy in here these days. Just a little warning to the new posters, some of the guys on here can get a little bit precious about general board etiquette. Things like starting new topics where others already exist, instead of taking the time to search for it. I'm not one to get too bothered by such things, but beware the forum Nazis. 

[BigAl]

39 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Quite busy in here these days. Just a little warning to the new posters, some of the guys on here can get a little bit precious about general board etiquette. Things like starting new topics where others already exist, instead of taking the time to search for it. I'm not one to get too bothered by such things, but beware the forum Nazis. 

Probably of greater importance lads is to be wary of the village idiots that we take pity upon and allow them to post 

Isn't that right Rico 

[InversneckieDob]

I'm still a member here I think?

[Radiored]

Hiya folks .... I signed up here a long time ago but never posted. Known as NaeMairNeeps on AbMad, looking to shift my attention from AbMad to Donstalk. Look forward to chatting with you all, and hopefully contribute something of value ... as well as the usual silly crap  

[wester_ross_don]

Another AbMad here. Didn't post that much on AbMad, who knows what will happen here though.

[BigAl]

On 13/03/2007 at 13:23, BigAl said:

Ok folks, I'm BigAl, but nae very tall, jusr bigger than I was when I was young !

 

I've only ever been known as BigAl on any AFC page, and will never be known as anything else.

 

I've been on this planet for 44 yrs now, and soon to be 45.

 

Although I now stay in Costa Del Ayrshire, I'm originally from Aberdeenshire and very proud of it.

 

For five years ran a boys football club, but retired in the summer of last year.

First game at the Pit was v Falkirk in 1972, a 2-2 draw

 

Looking forward to a European adventure in the autumn

With the influx of new members onto the site, I thought I would check back this thread and see what I had previously posted about myself on here.

 

[BigAl]

3 hours ago, The.Moog said:

Hi,

another Ab fab defector who just tried to sign up, but basically made an arse of it

Any chance Admin could go in and delete the account just created for The_Moog as I had a typo in the email address used, so cant validate the account via email as the email address doesn’t exist.

Ta muchly…

Guessing that someone else has done it as can't find a member with the name of The_Moog 

[RicoS321]

55 minutes ago, BigAl said:

With the influx of new members onto the site, I thought I would check back this thread and see what I had previously posted about myself on here.

 

 

49 minutes ago, BigAl said:

With the influx of new members onto the site, I thought I would check back this thread and see what I had previously posted about myself on here.

 

It was only four minutes ago....

[BigAl]

6 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

 

It was only four minutes ago....

You'll learn

Age and alcohol are a dangerous combination 

That and short term memory loss 

[TheDonbytheDee]

2 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Quite busy in here these days. Just a little warning to the new posters, some of the guys on here can get a little bit precious about general board etiquette. Things like starting new topics where others already exist, instead of taking the time to search for it. I'm not one to get too bothered by such things, but beware the forum Nazis. 

Wait until Swaddon gets his feet under the table.

 

Ruthless doesn't quite cover it. A stickler for rules and everyone adhering to them.