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When the Britmovie folk* set up shop they chose to put the forum in the vBulletin software platform, and a good choice it was.
The programmers of the vbulletin software are British (Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.), but in 2007 they sold to an American company, Internet Brands. This forum is hosted on servers owned by them and their fees are in dollars. For what we needed they were the best game in town, there really wasn't another option though. I'm British (wearing my Tim Brooke-Taylor Union Jack waistcoat as I type) but live in Florida, so it's easier for me to pay in dollars. The $39.95 is listed first because that is a constant monthly fee. The exchange rate makes the equivalent in pounds hop around. If anyone can find a UK server farm that will support the software economically, I'd be happy to move it. Cheer yourselves with the thought that a British guy is running firearms manufacturer, Smith & Wesson.
*DB7, Steve et al. (Steve, if you get bored sometime, I wouldn't mind seeing a post on the history of the original forum as I was late to the party)
Thanks for your response it was much appreciated. I now understand why the amount is in dollars. Sometimes when you ask things on here people respond in ways which can sometimes appear unfriendly. Your response was great thanks again.
The Donations cupboard is bare(ish) once more (well there's $4.80 left), so I'm rattling the cup, the goal is
$39.95 US dollars for the month which is about £30.33 (up a bit courtesy of Donald Trump and Theresa May)
You can go to the Paypal donations link in the header banner at the top up there.
Thank you for your attention in this matter.
~weary
Anyone care to make a donation for the care and feeding of this forum?
$39.95 required in total for the month which is £30.70 thanks to the execrable exchange rate
see paypal link at the top of the page
$66.33 in - thanks!
Thanks!
Last edited by Wearysloth; 16 September 2018, 03:35 AM.
Christmas is coming the internet land lord wants to get fat
please to put a penny in the moderator's hat
If you haven't got a penny, $5 will do
if you don't have $5, God bless you
$44.83 in
Thanks!
cheers
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Last edited by Wearysloth; 18 November 2018, 07:53 PM.
Web dues are coming, we want to stay on the 'net
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do
If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you!
Never adverse to bucks, dough, bread, moolah, cheddar, paper, stash, Benjamin, Benji, loot, smackers, and samoleons. bones, tamales, scratch, cheese, guap, lettuce, salad, scrilla, scrill, chips, cake, ducats, spondulix or cabbage
Rattling the can for donations for the month (or 2 months as seems to be the case in general),
$39.95 is the target (£33.05)
Here's a link https://www.paypal.me/Aveleyman
Web dues are coming, we want to stay on the 'net
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do
If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you!
Never adverse to bucks, dough, bread, moolah, cheddar, paper, stash, Benjamin, Benji, loot, smackers, and samoleons. bones, tamales, scratch, cheese, guap, lettuce, salad, scrilla, scrill, chips, cake, ducats, spondulix, cabbage, sawbucks, ten-spots or Hamiltons
Cheers!
Some kind soul already contributed $3.75
so
$36.20 (£29.94) to go
Everybody's fave werehyena (ha!) has just made his first donation. Will I have to cut back on chucklebuns? Don't be stoopid, I'm not as hard-up as I look.
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