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DeleteHello Everyone
DeleteI've made it in!
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DeleteTesting testing
DeleteOK
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ReplyDeleteTrying out but can’t put in user name
ReplyDeleteTrying out but can’t put in user name
ReplyDeleteName inserted at end, I am not a natural at this 😐
ReplyDeleteBut KPnuts your name appears quite normally at the beginning in all 3 posts!!
DeleteUnintentional Archer - Hello fellow bloggers
ReplyDeleteHi UA!
Deletetrying this out
DeletePhoenix
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ReplyDeleteVia google and change of password ( yet again)
MrsP
Mrs P I also had to change my password as google told me my device have been accessed by someone else. I don’t think it had, just that I was trying to register with a different site. As the time is several hours behind I guess the site was set up in USA or somewhere.
DeleteThat's strange - I didn't even need a passport. I only gave my abbreviated pseudonym HG, no email, nothing else. Perhaps it is because I have a Google account in real life and they can check the IP address.
DeleteActually nobody needs a passport for a blog!! This is different from our usual blog in that you can insert an answer directly to a post although others have since made comments.
DeleteWhich makes it much easier to follow a particular thread of conversation.
DeleteThis is interesting. comments from Suma and HG have just come straight into my email in box. I too am with google, so assume this is the reason as HG suggests.
ReplyDeleteExciting eh!
Have just realised why.
ReplyDeleteI ticked the notify me box. And it has !
This is Archerphile trying to log in
DeleteYou've got there, Archerphile - well done!
DeleteSuma here, I was trying to stop messages in my inbox. I thought if I unsubscribed it would just stop the messages to email, but it seems to have deleted my Archers blogspot account . Any ideas how I can subscribe again using the name Suma? I suspect it will reject that name as being already used.
ReplyDeleteThis is from Spicycushion trying this out but am unable to remember my Google name!
ReplyDeleteGot there in the end via my mobile hone! Thank goodness for tech savvy sons!
ReplyDeleteWell done!
DeleteI am having difficulty with this!
DeleteHello all!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tabby cat on the homepage. Is he yours Ruthie, and thank you for setting this up!
Hi Minty: no that's not my cat - although I do have 2 beautiful black house cats. I will have to figure out at some point how to change the photo.
DeleteThank you again for setting this up Ruthy. I got on the site with a lot of trial and a bit of error and finally a bit of help from a young person!
DeleteWell done Lan Jan .... having difficulties stretches the brain.
ReplyDeleteYes the cat is lovely, reminds me of one of mine from the past.
I think I’m going to find it a bit of a pain if every single comment is also delivered to my inbox. It’s going to get very cluttered up. I have had several already since successfully logging in earlier today. I wonder if there is a way to switch notifications off, as you can on Facebook. If we do end up having to use this site I would prefer to just look in once or twice a day, as I do now, rather than have a constant stream of emails to go through.
ReplyDeleteArcherphile, there's a box which says notify me, perhaps you have to unclick it.
DeleteArcherphile - I am feeling much the same as you about this.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if we were to switch off the notify me box.
I will try it out and see if that works.
Oh thanks, Basia, I didn’t notice that. I’ll un-tick it now!
ReplyDeleteDeleting the tick in the notify me box, did work in that it published on this site but did not come into my inbox.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense, but I realise this will only refer to ones own post.
And I see that for that last post, I now have a notice that my comment has been cancelled, but I presume that everyone else has it in their inbox.
So Archerphile I suppose we will just have to adjust ourselves to being different.
I think I will put them into a file.
I don't receive any emails.
ReplyDeleteCow Girl
ReplyDeleteJust trying this out
Just seeking to see if this works, I had thought I had posted , but it doesn't seem to have worked.
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone
Hi CowGirl: I can see your post! Welcome.
DeleteAm I eventually in?
DeleteThanks Ruthy, it took some doing .
DeleteOur cat Percy wants to know how you got hold of his photograph.
ReplyDeleteHello
ReplyDeleteA very early 'Good Morning!'
ReplyDeleteSorry just testing again
ReplyDeleteAnother attempt at logging in - crossing fingers
ReplyDeleteYes, done it, but by a rather complex method. I'll have to write it down for future reference if needed!
PatriciaC trying to login
ReplyDeleteHurrah !!!
ReplyDeleteTesting
ReplyDeleteWhat a palaver. Managed with help.
ReplyDeleteThis is Mistral, but it states 'Comment as unknown'. I haev a Goole account and found this very easy. I would prefer to use a BBC blog because I like the information/articles, but am happy to use this if the official blog becomes redundant. Actually, I can image me checking both, double distraction time! Thanks Ruthy, thanks also to Mrs P for the other blog. Solidarity!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTesting identity.
DeleteThis is so exciting... I know I lead a sheltered life.......
ReplyDeleteThank you Ruthy. I do appreciate your endeavours. My own hope is that our contacts with the BBC will allow us to continue with the official blog.
ReplyDeleteThis an important backup.
I can't get into the Archers blogs.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes up with comments there are none!
Hi LanJan: I can see your comment. Ruthy
DeleteLJ - The whole site seems to have crashed - even the list of blogs on the right has disappeared! I'm going to bed early! Good night all.
DeleteLJ - It's been repaired!
DeleteHi HG and LanJan. I think the BBC Archers blog site was down for a little bit but looks like it's back up and running now. Well, good night to you all. I will have to be getting on to make dinner here. We had a big snowstorm today so I've been home bound all day :)
DeleteRuthy, we have been getting reports about the snow over here. I hope you are not too inconvenienced.
DeleteHi Stasia: Thank you for you kind note! In New Jersey, where we live, we haven't had much snow but the temperature has been very low for the last 3 weeks. Over the weekend the high temperatures were 10 deg F and low of 0 deg F (that's about -12 and -17 in C) and on that of that it was very windy. So, we just stay indoors mainly and watched a lot of TV. But good news, we will get higher temperatures starting tomorrow!!!
DeleteLanJ - It's back now.
ReplyDeleteAn Up from me for your blog top ten, had me singing in the shower this evening.
In view of the BBC's comment today, I have come to Ruthy's early. I hope as many bloggers as possible come here as I will miss the varied, amusing and thoughtful bloggers. I han't realised how close people can become on the internet.
ReplyDeleteMe too Mistral.
ReplyDeleteHello Lan Jan, great minds. I hope the others come over too. Very glad Ruthy set this up. If you have any ideas about keeping the official site open, I'd be glad to help. I've checked out some alternatives and just don't like them. If the BBC can host twitter and facebook, I don't think it would be much more effort/expense to continue with the blog. However, as they always quote the other two sources, perhaps the writing has been on the wall for a while and we didn't notice. This will be a shock for Mrs. P and Archerphile.
ReplyDeleteLike you Mistral,I won't use the alternatives.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow I plan to start by phoning the BBC.
I will let you know how I get on..
If I could access this site anybody can so if we are left without the official blog site I hope others will join us here.
Thank you Ruthy.
Hiya. Hopefully we will be able to comment here
ReplyDeleteYes. Thankyou Ruthy
ReplyDeleteWow, I just read the official blog will close. I am glad you found your way here. I see HG has provided the link to this one. MrsP was successful in signing into here before and I hope she can find her way here again. Unfortunately, there are some that don't want join this blog, and since this link will not be provided on the BBC, new listeners will not be able to find us either. It's just unfortunate all around.
ReplyDeleteWell done for setting up this blog Ruthy
ReplyDeleteI am so peeved the BBC blog will be closed. There’s been some very elegant posts recently. I just think even though there are many of us, it’s not enough of a number for them to invest in the blog and I bet there are many more users on FB and T.
DeleteThis is a test - changed my Google Account name for this but not sure if it worked.
ReplyDeleteHello Nigella, yes you are here! Hope others come over too.
DeleteThank you, Ruthy! Good to have a place to go to after April 8!
ReplyDeleteMy comment made about half an hour ago has disappeared!
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Good morning - well what a nasty shock when I logged in to the Archers blog this morning to find that it is to end soon. I have so enjoyed reading through all the comments - and sometimes chipping in with my own thoughts - but such a relief to know that Ruthy has given us this "lifeboat". Thank you so much Ruthy. I saved the link as a bookmark, just in case. Hope all the other regulars can find their way here too.
ReplyDeleteHear hear.
DeleteThank you Ruthy for setting up this blog. I hope all the other regulars make it to here. I have enjoyed reading the comments and discussions on the official blog for about 2 years now, and would miss the on, and sometimes off, topic conversations.
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ReplyDeleteHurrah 😁 at least I am in again, I am seriously peeved about the closure of the BBC comments but thanks to Ruthy I will still have somewhere to go I’ll just leave this tab open so I can stay in touch.
ReplyDelete:)
DeleteJust testing.
ReplyDeleteI am also testing. Have had to sigh in ago in with Google.
ReplyDeleteThank you again Ruthy.
I am having difficulty. The BBC have locked me out of my account.
ReplyDeleteCan't comment on the blogs.
That's awful, stasia, have they told you why?
DeleteSomething to do with the account being two years old.
DeleteIn the end I had to change my password.
Are up you unable to sign in again,Stasia?
ReplyDeleteEventually last night. Thanks Lanjan
DeleteTesting too! This is Ev.
ReplyDeleteHave just signed up and hope I can now continue to chat with you all. Thank you, Ruthie!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Ev. I'm just getting the hang of using this site.
DeleteWelcome Ev!
Deletejust testing that I am back as last comment didn't work!
ReplyDeleteI have just sent an email to the BBC. I had to phrase it as a comment. Was asked if it was negative or positive. Had to tick the N box. Suspect will only get a standard reply. Will try other avenues.
ReplyDeleteTesting (again)
ReplyDeleteSo used to latest comments being at the top that it's only just dawned on me that I need to scroll down on this blog. Doh!
ReplyDeleteIs there an option to reverse the order so I start with the latest posts or do I just need to change my habits?
Thanks Ruthy for setting this up. Good to see several familiar names here already. I'm glad we've got a lifeboat ready for April 8th.
OWIAS - I just noticed your pair of pink shoes - love it! Where can I get them????
DeleteHello OWIAS - I took a look and doesn't appear the order of posts can be reversed, but will keep looking. Maybe something I can do in the setting.s When and if we have to jump to this life boat, I will start a new post. I am thinking maybe one everyone week or every other week, keep each one manageable. Since I only host this blog, I will get consensuses from users, if and when we start using this. I sure hope MrsP can signs in again!!!
ReplyDeleteHello Ruthy,
DeleteAt last I have found your blog again .
It took ages and I was so pleased when I saw the tabby cat.
I looked at Mustardland a few years ago when the blogs vanished but couldn't take to it.
It is a strange feeling.I don't want to start again amongst strangers.
If we do lose the BBC blog I want to be among friends.
Another thing.
DeleteI am quite happy to have to scroll down to post a comment .
I am just so grateful to have somewhere to go!
Thanks again Ruthy.
Hi LanJan - I checked and cannot reverse the order :( What I have done is set the time to GMT - London - since I think most bloggers will be from the UK :) I am used your timezone now :)
DeleteThis is rather weird
DeleteI feel as if I have entered the world of Enid Blyton and we are doing something not quite right like having a midnight feast in the dorm!
I keep scrolling up and seeing names I recognise which is nice.
It also seems a bit like leaving school for the last time and knowing that you will keep in touch with some you probably never see the others again.
You know our clocks go forward by an hour tonight do you Ruthy?
DeleteI know what you mean.
DeleteInteresting enough someone posted that time will change :) Our time changed two weeks ago. So back to 6 hours behind you :) I believe time will automatically adjust to time change. I do hope that as many regulars will join here and even if this is only a temporary solution. Maybe we will come up with an easier blog to sign-in to use. I considered getting a domain for this but it wasn't cheap and I do like this format as it is similar to the BBC commenting system. Lets wait and see.
Lovely to see new (familiar) names appearing each day. This really is a lifeline Ruthy - I hope it doesn't mean too much work for you opening a new blog every week or two. It would certainly save a lot of scrolling - perhaps the burden could somehow be shared. At least for the moment we all know we have a place where we can meet and decide on further measures if the BBC refuses to change its mind.
ReplyDeleteTesting, testing (again!!)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, it's worked. I feel a bit better now that the blog will carry on.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Enzed!
DeleteMrsP here.... again.
ReplyDeleteTesting
So far unsuccessful
I seem to have made it at last.
ReplyDeleteNeeded to create a new, additional Gmail a/c though.
Slight change of name.
Confirm : MrsPinAmbridge
Should have included a dash..... never mind, I suppose I shall become MrsPin !
Please note Mrs P was Mrs Perkins, Londoner , mother of Peggy Archer who became Peggy Woolley. She was much admired by Walter Gabriel.
Welcome back MrsP(in)😀❤️😀
DeleteHello again everyone! So glad I kept this link on my iPad homepage - hoped we’d never need it, but here we are! It may well be our only non FB, non Twitter place to comment. Was devastated by the news when I returned from holiday yesterday and instantly sent off a complaints email to the Beeb. Not sure it will do much good as I expect most of you have aleady done the same.
DeleteWaiting for further instructions from a Ruthy about how best to use this blog when we are finally cast adrift. Let’s all make the BBC ashamed of themselves by making this site top notch!
Here I am! I've just realised that we have no arrows, so no more handwringing about the blessed things. Hurrah!
ReplyDeleteHi jenny wren. Welcome! Hurrah for no up/down arrows. Not sure the purpose of them on the BBC blog except they cause so much angst.
DeleteWhoops! Seemed to publish my comment as a reply to mrs Pin - not quite sure what I did there - this system is a bit different to the BBC one, but sure I’ll get used to it.
ReplyDeleteI was trying to find out how many people had contacted the BBC so I asked people if they would up arrow my post if they had done so.
ReplyDeleteIn no time at all the post was removed.
I have done a subsequent post so if you see it and have made contact please would you up arrow that one?
It is one where I mention Pat's stew.
Of course that post may also have been removed now.
I did post to say I had rung and e mailed, but incase it gets removed you now know.
DeleteAs I didn't have to give my name when I rang, I thought it wouldn't hurt to have 2 goes!!!
Hello again Lanjan : didn’t see your request for uparrows as I’ve been away and couldn’t read back through 3 weeks of comments. But yes, I contacted the BBC, the first thing I did on returning and reading the shocking blog about the so-called ‘changes’.
DeleteI too have contacted the BBC re the changes to the comments section of the Blog. So cheesed off about loosing it. I rarely commented but read the blog avidly every day and will miss the friendly banter when the blog stops 😞
ReplyDeleteHello all, yes too I will contact the BBC - from Disgusted of (not too far from) Tunbridge Wells
ReplyDeleteGood morning (afternoon): I received this email response just now (see below). Did anyone else? That is 8 to 9 am US time, but I will schedule the call.
ReplyDeleteDear Ruth,
Many thanks for your e-mail.
We are looking to cover this on this week's Feedback. Might you be available between 2 and 3pm tomorrow for a quick phone call which would give you an opportunity to record a comment for the programme? We'd be very keen to feature your views.
If so, what's the best number to reach you on?
Best,
Robert
Producer
Feedback
I posted to say well done. Went to visit the BBC blog. Came back here and clicked refresh and my comment vanished : (
ReplyDeleteThis blog can be finicky.
DeleteNice to see so many familiar names, getting on here is taking a few attempts each time, hopefully I’ll suss it out. Looking forward to hearing some of you on Feedback.
DeleteIt’s very strange, as we are preparing to move to this alternative Archers blogging site, the ‘official’ one seems to be adding more and more subjects for us to comment on! Is the campaign to keep it open working, I wonder?
ReplyDeleteI doubt it, Archerphile. I think either they are throwing in all the old prepared blogs to get rid of them before the closing date, or they are trying to distract our attention from the all important 'Changes to Comments' blog.But that's just my cynical view!
DeleteThere again, the people who write our blogs are probably not the people who decided to close them. Perhaps the proliferation of open blogs is a way of showing solidarity with us agianst the powers that be. Just a thought.
DeleteI had my Feedback call! Hopefully it will make the cut, though I was probably not that articulate.
ReplyDeleteLady R
ReplyDeleteThought I had published a comment but seamed to disappear !
Thanks to Feedback bloggers who have gone on air to represent us all.
Hurrah in! Apologies for spelling previously I of course meant seemed..
ReplyDeleteI need some help to keep tabs on this site.
ReplyDeleteHaving just posted to Portia how to access it via HG link in her post 43, I then had to return to that link myself to get on here.
Someone, Archerphile ? Mentioned having saved it on her home page.
How do I do that please.
No panic, just need to know in due course, please.
Mrs P (am I allowed to call you that? so much shorter than the longer new name). I saved this blog on my iPad. If you are using one of these all you have to do is: make sure you can see the Safari heading at the top of this page (where you typein the web address) and click on the symbol that looks like a box with an up arrow in it.(pardon me for mentioning up arrows!) it is in the top r.h. corner. When the box with various options appears, click on either the bookmark or ‘add to favourites’ symbol. You can then bookmark this page to your general bookmark section (I have created a file of TV and Radio programmes) or even better, ‘save it in your favourites ‘so that when you bring up the favourites page by clicking on the book symbol (top left corner of safari page) it appears on the main page where all your other most often used sites are. Sorry this sounds a bit complicated, would be so much easier to just show you. P.S. you obviously have to be on this page in order to save it. I find that each time I select this Ruthy blog it starts quite near the most recent comments which saves a lot of scrolling through. I should imagine that if you use a different computer you can just bookmark or add to favourites in your usual way and call it Ruthy blog, or whatever it is going to be named, long term.
DeleteI am pleased to see so many T A friends signed up on here. Thank you to Ruthy for taking the initiative.
ReplyDeleteWe can do it for ourselves !
Mrs P I wrote same as Archerphile for you but it did not publish after I hit same 🙄
ReplyDelete10 days left - I do hope the official blog will remain, though I am glad we can all still meet here!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holy Thursday. Went out early morning to get my swim in at the local YMCA, and I must say Spring is in the air! It's been a long, long winter here in my part of US.
Test 3
ReplyDeleteWelcome
DeleteTo enter this site, I just google 'archersfanblog' and it comes straight up.
ReplyDeleteJust to be a little bit controversial, (oooops), I will miss the arrows. They are a quick way to show support when time is short or my brain is lazy. (i won't mention the demon downs.)
I am not hopeful about the official blog being kept open; however the BBC GoodFood site and R6 music survived due to mass protest, so here's hoping.....
I will miss the arrows too, Mistral - obviously not so much the downies! - but I do think they avoid a lot of repetition about 'agreeing' with a post, and also give you a feeling about how your post has been generally received. I think they add to the sense of community.
Delete:) :) Just heard Jill Archer on P.M. (Eddie Mair) preparing to read the weather forecast!
ReplyDeleteI love P.M. and of course the presenter, I must have a 'thing' for 'Edwards'
I emailed 'Feedback' and asked when the blog removal item will be broadcast. I will let you all know if/when I get a reply.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it was due to time constraint or Feedback just thought this was not interesting enough.
DeleteIn a way Mistral I hope they say "never" which will hopefully mean a reprieve.
ReplyDeleteRuthy, just a question you may or may not be able to answer : if we do all have to rely on this blog should the official ones close, will it be a continuing dialogue on TA, not arranged into particular subjects as it is there? It doesn’t bother me as I have often thought ‘what’s the point of the blog titles because we all go off topic after a while anyway”. But I just wondered if it will take increasingly long to scroll down to the latest post, or if there is some way of dividing them up - by date, week or somesuch. I know nothing about how blogs are organised so am not sure how we will find our way around. Happy Easter/Passover by the way, if it’s not too late.
ReplyDeleteGood morning (or rather good afternoon) Archerphile. Happy Easter / Passover to you as well. I actually celebrated both as we are a Jewish and Christian household.
ReplyDeleteWoke up this morning to 6 inches of snow! Winter just don't want to end this year. I live next to a nature preserve so it is beautiful to look at.
You have a good question. It is a pain to scroll down, when there are so many comments. I searched everywhere and cannot find a way to change the order.
I can open new posts without restraint. I am still hoping that we will not need this blog! But when the time comes, I can open a new post maybe every 2 weeks? It would depend on how many comments we get. I will open a new one just before April 8, so no one will be left stranded. This is something terrible the BBC is doing to all of us!
Thank you so much Ruthy.
DeleteI know I am not the only one to be grateful to you for what you have done for us.
Is is so good to see familiar names too .
I just entered a comment to Ruthy which appeared ok at the time of writing (said it was actioned )but then disappeared! Trying again...
ReplyDeleteThe view from your home sounds just wonderful Ruthy, also many thanks to you again for the safety net of this blog if the Beeb lets us down!
One really good thing about your blog Ruthy is that we can reply to a specific post as I did just now .
ReplyDeleteSo if somebody comments about a specific character we can return to that and reply there rather than quote a specific number of post .
Great .
I think that has advantages and disadvantages, Lan Jan. If you reply fairly quickly to a post, then that is fine. But if for some reason you are off the blog for a while and then add a reply to a post that is already well back in time, hardly anyone will read it, because we all scroll down to the latest comment. I think I prefer the chronological method. If we don't have post numbers, we can at least refer to the date.
DeleteThat is true,HG but really I am so grateful to have somewhere to comment.
DeleteHow about if we just add a number when we post so if Ruthy starts a new one on 9th April she will put (1 ) and so on.
The only problem will be if two are posting at the same time and we both put the same number .
Hi LanJan: I have added a second post. Are you able to find it? Have to go back to the page with the cat and it will be the post at the top, as that is the latest.
DeleteI got teary eyed after reading the farewell comments, especially today.
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ReplyDeletePlease start using the post opened on April 2.
ReplyDeleteOh, how wonderful ! Are you a genius or what, Ruthy ?! Haven't read anything yet, but will, & try to see how to get a 'profile ID' ( BTW, it's 'carolyn' writng this. Thank you, Ruthy xo
ReplyDeleteAh, appear to have done it ( might have been fun to play with another name, but....why bother)
DeleteHi Carolyn! Welcome. I started a new post yesterday. If you scroll down, you will see a post "The Archers Blog - Life After April 8" We are using that now, since this one got too long. Click on that one and we will meet you there :)
DeleteI am testing this out, determined to succeed. No idea what to do about Profile. My blog name is alethea
DeleteAlethea, click on your name, this will take you to a Profile page where you can change you info/add an image if you want to.
DeleteAlethea: I started a new post, if you will scroll down to the bottom of this page, there should be a post dated April 02. Start posting there. I will in the future figure out how to close a post to new comments.
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