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The BB cafe is open for business!
Welcome all to a new chill and chat place for everyone on the forum.
The BB cafe is whatever you want it to be. There are comfy sofas, tables and chairs, coffee machines, a kitchen stocked with everything. There's a pool outside, a bbq area, an annexe with comfy beds for a quiet sleep, tv, dvd, books and whatever else you would like to have here.
Most of all, it's a place to meet friends and fellow travellers for a bit of company. Talk over problems, tell jokes, share your day, escape into a world of your making. Grab a coffee and pull up a chair ...
So, with a nod to the wonderful Carole King (Hard Rock Cafe) ...
Now if you're feeling just a little bit lonely
Don't sit at home just mopin'
Come on down to where the friendship flows freely
You know the door is always open
At the BB cafe
Come to the BB cafe
They will help keep your blues at bay
At the BB cafe
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The main intention of the BB Cafe is to encourage light conversation. Please look after your fellow community members by nuturing the BB Cafe as a place to escape some of the more pressing issues in life and save those conversations for personal threads.
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Thanks for happy-happy wishes, EM & Paws. Please don't let me eat all the cake, unless you have
more.😺 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wonder what's in the prezzie? [shake🎁shake] Love to hear what🎁you'd like to give yourself?
Right now, I would like a tall terracotta pot for Bronion, who needs to be planted. I will make do with a couple plastic pots, one small with the bottom cut out which, I will place in the centre at the filled larger pot, then holding Bronion up in the small pot I fill in the potting mix the rest of the way up. Hope that works.
mmMekitty
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Note: the previous two post were intended to be a single post, but somehow the tally ofcharacters (with spaces) came to more than 2500, so I was asked to 'review the thighlighted errors' & could not post as was. Does anyone have any ideas as to how the count could have exceded 2500 for the two posts I refer to? Any wild theory will do me tonight.
mmMekitty
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Obviously for every letter you typed, 10 letters were typed which can only be read in an alternative dimension
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Hi Kitty and everyone!
I think the character limit is a a good call as it provides the opportunity for new posters to say hello. Its always great to see you Kitty! Maybe we can leave some room in the Cafe for some folk that are nervous about posting
my kindest always
Paul
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Hi Mekitty, Happy Purrrrthday! 🐱
Did you attempt to insert links or something that make it exceed 2500 characters? It is strange!
Good evening Paw Prints and Paul
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Hi OTR, to answer your questions:
No links, just a few emojis from BB's emoji tool. Just the text as shown.
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Hi Paul,
Last night, I had tried three times to post the one post, & once removed a couple sentences, & since that was still unaccepted, that's when I broke it into one very short cheer to the Futsal players, & the remainder was finally accepted in a second post.
I was nowhere near the character limit, not trying to be, either, Paul, let alone trying to hog this Discussion. Thank you for your observation.
I do not intend to deprive anyone from participating. In fact, I would like to invite more comments, from more & more people.
My reason for the three short posts here was that my frustration was getting the better of me. I am too easily irritated & upset when things don't work as intended, & my legs were already too jumpy & painful, so I wanted to finish up, but couldn't seem to do it quickly.
Am I taking too much space, stopping others from posting? Yes, it's upsets me that's what you seem to be thinking, but I'll get over that. I know I'm not able to be on the Forums as much as I had before, so I feel sure I am not actually preventing any new posters from saying 'hello' or anything.
I appreciate you are thinking of others.
Warmly
mmMekitty
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Thanks Paws, I like that imaginative possibility. 😺Have a 🍗, or two, if you don't want to have a tussle with Woofa over one.
😺See how the service is great around here, eh? None better anywhere!
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We’re sorry to hear you’ve been having trouble with the word count. We are aware there’s an issue with word count which seems to affect posts with emojis in them. The team are looking into it, but in the meantime, please feel free to post more than once if you know you’re under 2500 characters but having this issue.
We’re really sorry to hear how this affected you yesterday, that must have been incredibly frustrating. We’re sorry that it happened while your legs were jump and painful and made it hard to finish when you needed to.
Please know that you’re not taking too much space up – we’re sure others on this thread will agree when we say that you’re among friends here. 😊
Kind regards,
Sophie M
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Good evening BB Cafe attendees lol, New poster are ALWAYS welcome!
Kitty, so it WAS your Birthday!! You cheeky thing! Wow hope you're having a WONDERFUL day since I have no idea what day its on, so lets make it last ALL week!
That doesn't mean you age another year with another birthday each day. Just saying lol. In fact my grandmother said once she hit 50yo her age was going BACK WARDS from then lol.
Aunty Kitty, I must say your CHEERING made a difference to our FUTSAL team! THANK YOU!
They only lost by FOUR last night lol! That's how they greeted me, very excitedly. AND they scored FOUR goals too! Yippeee. (No actual injuries so the training is helping lol).
Thanks for your support Aunty Kitty, it's so lovely, you're so lovely. 😍
Hey OTR! Thank you for that yummy Japanese bread in the Cafe tonight lol.
Hey Paws! Over there, so nice to see you.
Hey Paul! Isn't it amazing to see 1963 as the page count on this thread hahaha, that's WILD. Ahh the 60s but only a faint memory now lol.
I'm hoping we can hit 2023 pages by New Years Day 2023. Why not!
Love you all, I'm so happy you're all here
EM
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Hello everyone…..
Happy Birthday mmMeKitty….sorry I am late with the wishes I haven’t been in the cafe lately..
I did bring you a Birthday Cake…big enough for everyone to share…it’s multi flavoured…so everyone can have the flavour they like best…for me it’s definitely chocolate cake, with fresh strawberries placed on top with chocolate frosting…. What’s everyone’s favourite cake?..
I do have a belated birthday gift for you…It’s a few small Crystal hearts strung together with some small little tubes to make a suncatcher and a wind chime together….Would look beautiful hung up close to a sunny window, so when you open the window, you’ll get the delicate sound of the chimes, while the sun catcher disassembles the sun’s rays into tiny little dancing colourful spots..
I was lucky to be able to buy a CD that came into work….that I know all the words to the 12 songs on it….I’m sure most people have heard of Peter, Paul and Mary….3 of my favourite songs i sang alone with…was..” Puff The Magic Dragon”..also…”If I Had A Hammer”….”Where have all the Flowers Gone”…
I’ll put them on the Juke Box now…..I hope you enjoy them…
Hoping everyone has a nice peaceful night tonight..
Hugs 🤗 everyone..
Grandy..
