Many thanks! I understand he’s onto the case now. 
What the hell has happened I found your post Only one can recognise
Tell you what Carl,cant get my head around this new set up at all.I presume this reply will end up in the wrong place
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Well TNUK Is now a big headache as far as Im concerend, Posting photos is a problem, Im pleased that Ive still have all the photos that I posted are still in my files, Regards Larry.
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Doing this as a reply as I haven’t a clue how to comment on any thread, I consider myself quite IT savvy but I am totally lost with this now.
Such a crying shame given the efforts of so many contributors and commenters,even just readers! Sure I will bump into Andy Salter at EXPO their big event, who I have know for years…… will be sure to tell him he should ensure he gets a credit note for the development he has no doubt paid for
Steelboyf10 signing off……sadly
Glad I haven’t spent hours uploading stuff
GB
I think the new format actually makes it ten times easier to upload a picture, you only have to hit one button on the forum and two clicks from your device - random pic from my laptop uploaded with one click on the forum button, one click on the picture, and one click on the “open” button to make it happen
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Zac I completely agree that uploading photos here is now far easier, but to balance that it’s not really a great leap forwards, it’s merely bringing the forum in line with every other internet based platform imo.
I think the most telling aspect is that after more than 24 hours away I’ll click on to be greeted with new (1) and latest (2) which is really quite sad when you think of traditionally how many posts there’d be in 24 hours.
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And I have no idea how to edit and correct my previous to new and unread either 
It’s the “pen/pencil” button
after the chain link icon, bottom right
And yes, it’s a shame that there is not more activity, but the transition took too long and the forum lost momentum. And it doesn’t help that there was a massive amount of negativity from some long standing members who weren’t prepared to accept change so flounced off (though some have returned less dramatically than they “left”)
which is all fairly reflective of the industry as a whole
I dont think the length of time had anything, or at least much, to do with it tbh.
It was/is just TOO much of a dramatic change in terms of the format, mostly in the sense that the old way was very simple,.the new way very complcated, that is the primary reason so many were put off imo, many have walked in frustration after trying unsuccessfully to ‘master’ it.
Most of who that are left are the second nature computer experts, and those like me who just persevere with it …but basically just ‘blag’ their way through it.
As I tell my lot when they change basic easy and traditional procedures in the job, into using effin ‘‘apps’’ 
…‘The only apps I am intetested in, and am expert on is the Greggs one and the Wetherspoons one’’ …zero intetest or motivation for any others, not good with tech, not through ignorance or incompetence, more through apathy and lack of interest.
I recently have been on here more often (I never flounced after it first started btw, I just gobbed off about it…very out of character ) but I dont come on as often as I did, because of the effects of lack of interest amongst members and absence of a lot of good contributors.
I’d pretty much agree with that.
Remember though that the old forum was loosing members before the changeover because it was getting very slow and clunky.
Many of those who were moaning most about the old forum, are now moaning about the new forum, and wanting old one back!
Maybe transport? Maybe people generally?
I dont think anybody wants the old one back Frangers, when it became slow and clunky as you put it, that would be just stupid.
You and a couple of othets have appeared to have masteted it all (and good on you btw) to the point where that small group have become the main contributors now, basically keeping it alive…again good on yous.
Where as me ,I have neither the time nor the patience tbh, nor quite frankly enough interest but there ya go…story of my life.
What would have been better would have been a vast improvement rather than a vast change beyond all recognition as it has become.
It’s a bit like your favourite pub where you met your mates, watched football, had a laugh, had heated arguments from time to time, had good conversations and debates…generally a good place to spend time.
Then…
You go back in after a short closure due to …‘improvements’ to find an expensive (and empty) poncy wine bar that does not sell beer, no Sky Sports,.exhorbitant prices and ■■■■■■ Euro Techno Dance tracks played at volumes just below the pain barrier preventing all conversation.
If nowhere else is open you go in under suffrance and try and find a quiet corner to talk to yer mates, making the best out of a crap situation…but going out nowhere near as often as you did
That in my view is the comparison and contrast of Trucknet old and new.
I thank you .
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So salient, I’m (reluctantly ) in full agreement.
I would expect nothing less, to paraphrase Descartes:
Querulus ergo sum, or, I complain, therefore I am.
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Not people generally IMO; I’ve worked in a wide variety of industries in my time, and nowhere have I seen the amount of whinging as I’ve seen in the haulage industry. Also, nowhere else have I seen the employees believe that they can tell the employer what they will and will not do
It’s easy to casually write off complaints about the industry as ‘driver’s whinging’, especially if you have a good position or job in that industry yourself, …and tbf you have a point a lot of it is whinging up to a point, that is the nature of the beast among drivers,.always has been for as long as I have known it anyway.
But if you work on the ‘front line’ of the job getting treated like crap and/or a child doing maximum days and mimimum rests in the present ridiculous driver hours limits, and being ran ragged, for the same hourly rate right through or some similar crap pay scheme, it’s hardly surprising is it?
I would hazard a guess there aint much whingeing amongst the likes of train drivers who work under excellent t.s & c.s, (mostly those negotiated by a strong union whether you like that fact ot not)
The predictable and obvious answer to that is ‘Get out of it’ … or become a train driver even.
But if you have been in the job for a while and like me reasonably enjoy it still, why should I/we let the type of ■■■■ who has made the industry like I describe it, push you out of it ? only for them to be left with servile non initiative robots, who run like their arses are on fire…of whom I strongly believe is the type of driver they want these days.
Being that very few have the balls to stick together these days for improvements, the only alternative is to improve things for youtself …as I did.
I told them I wanted to cut down my days/hours,.to enable me to do the same run every week.
If you want to interpret that as ‘Telling an employer what you will and won’t do’ ,.well that is your prerogative.
We’ll never know, I forgot you pledged never to respond to me again after I disagreed with you on something or other last time.
This is what i was about to say. When i first started driving or even before i spoke to lots of drivers telling me i should go find something else to do even if it was cleaning toilets somewhere. When i asked them how long they had done it for the answer was always the same over 20 years. I couldnt help but think well why you still doing it then why havent you found something else until one day someone said to me just hat robroy said that the good out weighed the bad and they still enjoyed the driving side of it.
@robroy btw there is a tube driver in my car club he was telling us that if there is a fire on the tube he has to walk the length of the train to make sure that everybody has got off. I couldnt help but think of you and the “unpaid security guard” comments when he told us.
Yeah, that is the standard answer if you dare to show some sort of dissatisfaction, or complain, even if said complaint is constructive and appropriate even.
I had a child in our office a few years ago, in some non job, compliance manager or whatever, saying…‘Maybe this job aint for you then’ after I ‘dared’ to answer back sarcastically after being told about some triviality or another that I had done, told to me in a disproportionally serious way (the same job I was doing when he was in his Dad’s bag ffs.)
‘‘Yeah I reckon you are right mate, I hereby give in my notice, and look forward to a full career change, seeing as I have gone 3 minutes over my time, thanks for that advice’’
Just ■■■■ RIGHT OFF !
Difference between us and your mate is though, that he is a well paid security guard.
This could be the case, but probably more often they simply can’t do anything else or at least wouldn’t do something they can do that pays less than they are on at the moment. Thus the never ending routine of hating the job but not being able to get out of it continues.