[pressgang] Hold the Front Page
Martin Quinlan
premierfellap at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 11:25:36 BST 2025
Thanks Matt!
Long live the QOTD (possibly subject to winning an old Amstrad PC1512 in a
creative writing competition?!)
Martin
On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 07:16 Belinda <lynda2475 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fantastic news, a dedicated forum will work just as well as emails. It's
> lovely knowing all my fellow PG fans will still be there to say No it isn't
> when I say It's my Birthday.
>
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025, 14:31 Maya Crabtree, <mayacrabtree at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Great news to wake up to!
>>
>> It’s definitely time for some breakfast at Czar’s.
>>
>> See you there.
>> Maya
>>
>> בתאריך יום ו׳, 1 באוג׳ 2025 ב-0:49 מאת Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org>:
>>
>>> OK - some of the heartfelt goodbye messages literally brought tears to
>>> my eyes, and gave me renewed impetus to look for solutions to the
>>> Sysadmin problems that make running the list almost impossible these
>>> days.
>>>
>>> And I think I have finally found a solution - a piece of forum software
>>> called Discourse which has email integrations to make it near-as-dammit
>>> the same as the current Mailman-based setup, but theoretically without
>>> the time-consuming server admin that I wish I had time for. If all goes
>>> well in the next few days you should all get an invite to join that
>>> system; you'll be able to post messages either on the Web or by email
>>> and the QOTD shall continue. I'm 80% sure I can get this to work. I
>>> won't close the list down tomorrow.
>>>
>>> It seems the Wellside Leisure Centre isn't closing after all...
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 31, Katarina Hjärpe wrote:
>>> > Bye everyone! I hope to see some of you still. Thanks for many fun
>>> years!
>>> >
>>> > Katarina
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Den tors 31 juli 2025 21:29Rebecca Hunter Eastgate <
>>> rebecca.eastgate at gmail.com>
>>> > skrev:
>>> >
>>> > Thank you all for everything!
>>> >
>>> > I too keep very quiet but what a constant in my life this has been.
>>> >
>>> > Best wishes to everyone.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 31 Jul 2025, at 8:59 pm, Maya Crabtree <
>>> mayacrabtree at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > It seems it's true that you don't fully appreciate something
>>> until it's
>>> > gone. So despite being one of the least active members over
>>> the years,
>>> > and even disconnecting from the list for a few years, when my
>>> "grown up
>>> > self" decided the PG is part of my youth and it's time to move
>>> on, in
>>> > recent years I found myself reverting back to old tastes and PG
>>> > especially, re-joining the group, reading most of the mails.
>>> Knowing
>>> > that the group was there, that I am not alone in
>>> appreciating and
>>> > reminiscing over a 30 year old children's show that no one in
>>> my
>>> > country has heard of - that in itself just gave me a good
>>> feeling. I
>>> > especially enjoyed QOTD and being able to say "It's my
>>> birthday today".
>>> > I haven't yet figured out what makes so many people feel so
>>> strongly
>>> > about this old show. As Spike once said. We got this kind of,
>>> thing
>>> > together. I'm not sure what kind of thing it is, it's just a
>>> thing
>>> > thing.
>>> >
>>> > Since reading Matt's announcement, I have been meaning to
>>> reply every
>>> > day, but found myself putting it off, in hope that by the last
>>> minute,
>>> > someone will come up with some simple solution for keeping
>>> this space
>>> > up, either here or on another platform. I mean, what's life if
>>> you
>>> > can't look yourself in the eye and say, "Hey! I used to have a
>>> group of
>>> > people to reminisce about Press Gang with!"?
>>> >
>>> > But I guess this is life, no guaranteed happy endings. It's
>>> been
>>> > amazing to have this group. Thank you Matt and Kevin and all
>>> for
>>> > occasionally bringing a smile to my face and enabling some
>>> healthy
>>> > escapism, especially in light of events in my region. If
>>> anyone feels
>>> > like trying to think about an alternative platform to maintain
>>> this
>>> > community somehow, LMK, and I would be glad to help.
>>> >
>>> > I am available on email - mayacrabtree at gmail.com, on facebook
>>> (Maya
>>> > Crabtree) and occasionally on instagram
>>> (maya.crabtree). Maybe I should
>>> > just mention that my extra-specially-close friends get a
>>> preferential
>>> > loan rate *and* badges. I do have vacancies in my peer
>>> group...
>>> >
>>> > Best wishes to everyone. Final paste up - 10 hours...?
>>> >
>>> > Maya
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi everyone,
>>> >
>>> > After quite a period of reflection, I've decided that it's
>>> time to
>>> > close
>>> > down this list. Unfortunately in this day and age it's
>>> almost
>>> > impossible
>>> > to reliably deliver community email to a large number of
>>> people
>>> > given
>>> > the way that the Internet and people's habits have
>>> changed. We're
>>> > also
>>> > down to a very small number of active subscribers so I
>>> think the
>>> > time
>>> > has come.
>>> >
>>> > So, after nearly 29 years of running this list it's time
>>> for the
>>> > final
>>> > paste-up, turn off the lights, and exit the building. I've
>>> so
>>> > enjoyed
>>> > reading and participating in the discussions over the
>>> years, and am
>>> > glad
>>> > to have built online friendships over that time. I'm also
>>> heartened
>>> > that
>>> > people have met via the list, married and now have
>>> incredible kids,
>>> > which makes me feel like "pops", "the old man" (bonus
>>> points if you
>>> > can
>>> > name the episode from this quote).
>>> >
>>> > I'll shut down the list on 1st August 2025. Thank you to
>>> everyone
>>> > past
>>> > and present still who has been a part of it, particularly
>>> to Kevin
>>> > who
>>> > has been diligently giving us daily quotes for the
>>> majority of the
>>> > life
>>> > of the list.
>>> >
>>> > Our passion for Press Gang of course lives on, and I'd
>>> encourage
>>> > you to
>>> > join the Reddit group that Andy Luke has set up. There's
>>> not much
>>> > there
>>> > yet but maybe we can change that. Andy is also producing
>>> YouTube
>>> > content
>>> > about Press Gang which is well worth a watch. Please do
>>> tell us
>>> > about
>>> > any other communities you know about too.
>>> >
>>> > Links:
>>> > https://www.reddit.com/r/PressGang/
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewLuke/videos
>>> >
>>> > So, that's it. No crocodiles, no electrical fires, no 6th
>>> season or
>>> > a
>>> > movie. Please feel free to wax lyrical, say goodbye, or
>>> say that
>>> > you're
>>> > late for your dance class. Best wishes to everyone for the
>>> future.
>>> >
>>> > You can find me on Instagram (cm6051), BlueSky (matts.net)
>>> and of
>>> > course
>>> > good old email at matts at yoyo.org if you want to stay in
>>> touch with
>>> > me
>>> > for whatever reason!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Matt.
>>> > --
>>> > Matt Saunders
>>> > 07506 857125
>>> >
>>> >
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