[pressgang] Hold the Front Page
Matt Saunders
matts at yoyo.org
Fri Aug 1 15:43:44 BST 2025
I submitted an entry titled "The TikTok Life and Times of Sarah Jackson"
to a writing competition to win a 2Gb virtual Linux server and one day
it just arrived out of nowhere! Almost seemed too easy. ;-)
On Aug 01, Martin Quinlan wrote:
> 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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