Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
New Year's resolutions - what's yours?
Are they just a waste of time? or do you stick to them? What's the strangest resolution you've ever made?
My year begins as it always does by resolving to unclutter my house at least three times a year and keep my streets litter free, which is why I did a quick litter pick and reported three loads of dumping to the council this morning!
I started this last year and managed to stick to it (nearly) every day, by picking up one piece of litter and reporting anything in the immediate vicinity that needed clearing, now made even easier by the report a problem button on the right hand side of the HOL home page which takes you through to the council page for letting them know about all sorts of local problems.
I think I might add another resolution this year, to pass a kindness done to me and mine forward to the next person who needs it, just like this modern good Samaritan
So, what about you? Anything you are determined to stick with this year?
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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OAE, I think it is not proper of a gentleman to take umbrage with such an earnest post as this although I do understand the frustration with disappearing content. If you have a copy I'll be happy to publish it for you elsewhere. I assume it is to the usual standard.
Yes Liz, you went slightly and understandably ballistic. Do try to be more perfect next time.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Eddie, you may or may not be aware that from time to time we have to deal with conspiracy theorists who imagine that we delete content we disagree with. Since your highlighting of a 'mysteriously disppeared blog' touches on that and since John's alreday chipped to 'understand the frustration with disappearing content', I thought I'd better add some clarity.
As you know, the disappearance isn't quite so mysterious as you make out. So for the sake of clarity:
I wrote to you to explain what happened within 10 minutes of this 'mysterious disapperance'. I explained that when you added your blog it appeared in Latest Activity in duplicate. (This isn't unusual with blogs since as a result of the delay caused by the approval process, people sometimes add a blog twice, thinking something's gone wrong with their first upload).
I followed both latest activity links and both linked to posts. So I deleted what I took to be a duplicate blog. I then went back to latest activity to check that the remaining link worked ok. It was now linking to nowhere. I even sent you a screen-shot to demonstrate this.
I don't know what happened. I'm assuming it must be a glitch with Ning. Nonetheless, I apologised to you and suggested that the only solution was for you to add it back. After prompting, you wrote back to me and said "When it comes to my blogs, life's too short to start from scratch again!" Fair enough. Who can blame you. I'd feel the same.
If I could conjure it back up for you, Eddie I would. It was a good post from what I remember.
To avoid any misunderstanding by other HOL users, it's probably worth a quick restatement of our policy about deletions. With only one or two exceptions I'm aware of, no content gets deleted from HOL, without the author being told. That's plain and simple. What we do do, as per out terms of service, is to shape the latest activity when a particular topic, person or persons is dominating it. We don't inform people when we do that and we'll continue to do that in the interests of the majority.
(John is there anything you'd like to add about disappearing content? Quite happy to have an open conversation about any concerns you have.)
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This (link removed by admin) disappeared from HoL during the elections last year. I did not write it so was not automatically privy to the discussions surrounding its deletion although I was one of the few HoL addicts who saw it before it was deleted. Hence the apocryphal story of the blog that went away. We've agreed that it was the right thing to do. You're not the webmaster of the best hyper-local website in the world for nothing. All the same, I am the idiot who can quote the apocryphal story...
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It didn't disappear John. It was taken down for reasons of which you're well aware and for reasons which the apparent author as well as those operating behind the scenes but unwilling to identify themselves were made aware. It was, as you know, the subject of a hugely time-consuming and protracted set of emails between you and me and other people. I defended its removal then and will continue to do so.
I've removed the link you added since I will not link to anonymous political blogs. If the true author wishes to identify themselves, I'll happily reinstate the link.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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As you know, the disappearance isn't quite so mysterious as you make out.
Hugh, my phrase 'mysteriously disappeared blog' was not meant to suggest any conspiracy theory. Whatever the Ning glitch, things happen. It's still mysterious to me but it doesn't matter.
I'd be more worried that my cockeyed stance on the great matters of moment which pass under HOL's purview should be seen as some anti-HOL fifth column I'm recruiting to bring about its destruction.
Anyway, I've joined Liz in oblivion. Join us at dawn in Finsbury Park. Bring John as second umpire.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Right all my comments from above have gone now apart from this bit:
please imagine appropriate emoticon that expresses eyes raised to heaven and a give me strength face
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I completely accept that you didn't intend to suggest any conspiracy, Eddie. Apologies if that wasn't clear in my last comment. But previous comments on HOL and Johns' reaction shows that others will interpret comments through their own constructs. It was with such third party interpretation in mind that I responded to your comment.
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Cheers, Hugh and Liz. De emoticis non disputandum!
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Sorry I took that bit about FB and cancer down again, Will. Too stupid an idea even to quote in jest.
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I don't read the Guardian unless someone directs me to article. Under no circumstances will you find me reading their family section which is simply a waste of trees. I don't read the DM site because I refuse to give it traffic but I do use Facebook who has an amusing group that lists on a daily basis the things that the DM says give you cancer. This is where I gleaned this info from. Search for it if you are that interested.
I prefer not to be defined by the kind of newspaper you imagine I read, if you don't mind Will. Never keen on finding a label stuck to me
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Au contraire, I'm an excellent mood.
Three dumped rubbish reports made to the council and two bits of litter picked up before 9.30 this morning.
Bam, day 4 of the New Year and I'm firing on all cylinders.
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Permalink Reply by Rachel Fisher on
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Hi Liz, on that note I thought you might like this piece from The Grist http://www.grist.org/article/2010-12-24-seven-new-years-resolutions...
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