RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Phil Parker said: No. Free bronze membership includes virtual Andy or Phil appearing at the bottom of your bed at 6am, loudly reading all the previous nights postings to you. For a large amount of money, you can upgrade to Bronze+ which give you access to an off switch. Works for me - I'm usually awake by then and saves me the bother of reading them myself... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2021 56 minutes ago, Brit70053 said: Ah, its back when I've accessed the forum this time, easily dismissed now though, so no longer a concern. Regards, John Yep dont think it ever went away with me . Still there everytime start up . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Been getting a lot more of the pop-up as mentioned by the OP today. I’m not expecting a commercial forum to be ad free but this latest change is exceedingly irritating. Fix that (or preferably remove it altogether) and this thread will wither away… steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 6 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: Not had any full size pop-up ads today, yet. 2 hours ago, Kris said: Until a hour ago, neither had I but since then I have had the full sized advert pop up twice. Yes, they're back. Twice for me too, now. They close very slooooowly, too. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Adverts ? Could be worse - far worse https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58396698 Got a headache, gotta go --------- Brit15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: They close very slooooowly, too Use the back arrow on your browser, no need to click on the ad. Go back button on a mobile device. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Phil Parker said: No. Free bronze membership includes virtual Andy or Phil appearing at the bottom of your bed at 6am, loudly reading all the previous nights postings to you. For a large amount of money, you can upgrade to Bronze+ which give you access to an off switch. Hey, what’s not to like. Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Phil Parker said: No. Free bronze membership includes virtual Andy or Phil appearing at the bottom of your bed at 6am, loudly reading all the previous nights postings to you. For a large amount of money, you can upgrade to Bronze+ which give you access to an off switch. Is there a Bronze- where you both show up and read out alternate postings, in voices you imagine appropriate to the poster? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, spamcan61 said: Is there a Bronze- where you both show up and read out alternate postings, in voices you imagine appropriate to the poster? Or a Chocolate, where they do it stark naked. With Chocolate + they will both still be starkers but Andy will also be wearing a wig.... Andy G 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 45 minutes ago, uax6 said: Or a Chocolate, where they do it stark naked. With Chocolate + they will both still be starkers but Andy will also be wearing a wig.... Andy G I think someone is on the wrong forum!!! 1 4 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2021 1 hour ago, spamcan61 said: Is there a Bronze- where you both show up and read out alternate postings, in voices you imagine appropriate to the poster? Warming to the theme now, Andy reads out messages in the style of Gielgud's King Lear whilst Phil reads them in the style of Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted September 17, 2021 Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2021 1 minute ago, spamcan61 said: Warming to the theme now, Andy reads out messages in the style of Gielgud's King Lear whilst Phil reads them in the style of Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon. In a past life, when I was involved setting up the local council one-stop-shop, I suggested that we ought to get Brian Blessed to voice the "Counter number one" announcements. Everyone just ignored me... Never mind, when I am in charge of the BBC, Blessed gets a role in Casualty. Every week, someone called Gordon will be in and nearly die. But not quite. 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted September 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2021 Brian Blessed voices the role of "Grampy Rabbit" in Peppa Pig. He's a lighthouse keeper, who is also the fog horn, he just bellows "FOGGGGGGG" at the top of his voice. Inspired casting. Lost on children. I've had a few of those full screen popups on mobile in the last few days, they are a bit of a pain! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted September 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2021 This appears (or similar) every time I open up 'new content' and sometimes is a bu**er to get rid of. 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted September 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2021 This is the situation I raised at 19:41 last Wednesday and the 'discussion' has gone into some depth. Simplest way to dismiss the screen obscuring advert is to click the back arrow on the top left of the topic screen, select required topic again and you should be ok. Thanks to previous contributors for this advice. Regards, John 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted September 19, 2021 Moderators Share Posted September 19, 2021 There's now this too. Already noted and escalated. 1 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 17/09/2021 at 20:17, uax6 said: Or a Chocolate, where they do it stark naked. With Chocolate + they will both still be starkers but Andy will also be wearing a wig.... Andy G Anyone got some spare brain bleach, please? 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 2 hours ago, AY Mod said: There's now this too. Already noted and escalated. Hi Andy, yes I noticed this when I tried to access my notifications on my phone using safari this morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 17/09/2021 at 14:16, Phil Parker said: No. Free bronze membership includes virtual Andy or Phil appearing at the bottom of your bed at 6am, loudly reading all the previous nights postings to you. For a large amount of money, you can upgrade to Bronze+ which give you access to an off switch. Would that include a pot of tea and breakfast in bed ? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 4 hours ago, AY Mod said: There's now this too. Already noted and escalated. I've found on my phone (Android & Chrome) that clicking the 3 dots, top right corner, then selecting Desktop View from the menu that comes up, gets rid of the blank box that covers the top bar of the Forum otherwise. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I don't mind adverts but why do we have to have pop ups? Paul R 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted September 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2021 4 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: I've found on my phone (Android & Chrome) that clicking the 3 dots, top right corner, then selecting Desktop View from the menu that comes up, gets rid of the blank box that covers the top bar of the Forum otherwise. Did that and got the full screen pop-ups instead! Is there no escape from this curse apart from signing up to Gold? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted September 19, 2021 Moderators Share Posted September 19, 2021 46 minutes ago, pwr said: I don't mind adverts but why do we have to have pop ups? Please read the earlier posts rather than me having to answer it again on a Sunday evening. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I too seem to be afflicted with the slow creeping banner on my android phone that makes it impossible to access any notifications or private mails unless you change to desk top mode then the screens to small to use so you have to expand the size to be able to click on what you want. Is there no way please that this one banner can be removed or even moved to a different location as its made a lot of faffing around. Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted September 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2021 54 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said: Did that and got the full screen pop-ups instead! Is there no escape from this curse apart from signing up to Gold? Yes there is. If you use Firefox as your browser then as mentioned earlier there are settings which can be tweaked. Alternatively there is Adblock Plus (it's free) which gives an ad free experience. I have this and it's set to repel all adverts. Normally I set it to allow ads here as I know the revenue is part of how RMweb is funded. However while the pop ups are appearing I've had to activate for here as some of the ads were causing the pc to lock up. As soon as the pop ups go, I'll ret set the permissions. 4 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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