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Irma In this thread Phoenix is referring to the latest in a long history of posts about the same 11 year-old and the cost of the school uniform that his granny says she is buying for him - different usernames, but the same stuff mentioned in the post, even the same spelling mistakes and obsession with cheap plimsolls. He is always 11, never seems to get any older.
There is an understandable feeling that there is no 11-year-old, no school uniform and no granny.
That is nothing to do with being unwelcoming to newbies - your posts are welcome anywhere, but there are hundreds of members posting, thousands of members altogether, some of whom only post occasionally.
There isn't a label "NEWBY" that lights up after your username to draw attention to you, your post stands the same chance as anyone else's of getting an answer. Sometimes people continue with exchanges that are already started, sometimes no-one is looking at that thread so no-one replies.
It isn't that you are being deliberately ignored. We all have posted and found a deafening silence, even for our most beautifully phrased words of wisdom 
- you are not alone! Don't be disheartened, just keep on typing!
It isn't instant, Irma, give it a bit of time...
Do we have to re-join with a new troll name or can we start an OP under our present names?
Because if it is really daft, it will be there for ever with my name attached to it and I would hate anyone to think I was dafter than ever daft
Like most forums same old same old! Moans and groans should also be eliminated or exterminated
Right, GN'ers!
Every so often we get the school uniform/shoes/pumps/daps/onesies crap stuff coming up, usually during school holidays, so lets make it interesting! 
Shall we have a competition for the most original thread from a troll newbie, with a prize of a virtual 
for the winner?
Perhaps some topics should not be considered for entry, as they have been done to death and I'm sure we are all heartily sick of them, but it might be interesting to see what "they" might come up with.
I think that school uniform, footwear and certain types of casual attire should be eliminated from this competition, but other suggestions are of course welcomed!
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