That's about 4th time in week or so that the same person has got into arguments about the actor not the character. Is it deliberate, or just chance or coincidence?


I'm going to. Enough is enough.

Done it. Big sigh of relief and

Have to agree. Erica's make-over had he opposite effect. It was supposed to make her look irresistible, but it made her look cheap. A SOR, as Erica usually looks very nice.

///The character I mean - not the actress///

What a disgusting post. The actress can look nice as well you know.

I am sure the actress is a beautiful woman inside and out as well.

This place is a minefield!

And also owns 20% of the Bistro.

Nick was away, Leanne has apparently quit (that's what she told him when she walked in), what should he do, nothing?

He did the right thing, as a shareholder, took control the of situation, and after all, if someone you worked with owned part of at the business, and had agreed to buy the rest, would you ignore them until it was done, that could affect your working relationship when the deal is finally done (as you would have to assume it would be).

Stick to your guns Janet. You have as much right to say what you want as any of those who love to hear the sound of their own keyboards clattering.

There is something of a bullying element in here at times. I am sure you have dealt with bullies in your past career. Ignore them, with or without the button.

Is there ANY chance of a line being drawn under this issue - on the thread, of course, not life (before yet another comment is misinterpreted).

I sense those who contributed to and read this thread are drifting away under a barrage of worthy comments and unnecessary abuse - both of which are better taken elsewhere.

It's been said before ... for any issue which seems as if it is worthy of discussion, but outside the parameters of SORs, why not start a thread elsewhere ... and leave the rest of us to our harmless fun?

Edit ... Also, there are many more threads and forums for those who enjoy trolling ... or for those who wish to fight the good fight against them. Have a look ... please!

Why do staff always think that just because there's a change of ownership of their employer, they will lose their jobs, almost as a matter of course?

Granted that a new owner from outside might want to bring in his/her own staff (as in the football world), but essentially there are employment regulations in place to ensure that employment continues, TUPE for short.

While this isn't a documentary, of course, you'd think that the writers could add in a line to the effect that "by law your jobs are safe, so get them bleedin' tables cleared or you WILL be on your bike for not doing your job", (which is a different thing altogether)

I would prefer not to have to 'fight the good fight'. but I do not think me going to another thread elsewhere will help. Those who choose repeatedly to have a go at an older person for expressing her opinions on the Suspensions of Reality will still continue doing so.

I am sorry if defending her upsets you.

Please guys, please. This is a fun thread. Sometimes just about the only fun we get from Corrie so please let's leave it and return to the fun. Please.

Lost Tripper is right - there are a number of posters constantly having a go at Janet43 for expressing her opinions on this thread. I've no doubt she is well able to cope with it, but I find it very unpleasant.

It's hardly worth coming on here lately to read about or post SORs as they make up such a small part of the thread. Also I've noticed a tendency for posters to reply quite nastily if they don't agree with or can disprove () a SOR, whereas in the past such replies have been gentler and more friendly.

I enjoy reading about and discussing SORs in this thread but too often for me the discussion goes way off topic and into more general aspects of the show and that spoils it for me slightly. Erica's make-up is most definitely not a SOR and therefore whatever you think of it is irrelevant to this particular thread topic. People tend to bring up their dislike for characters/actors far more than is really necessary given that the thread is about SORs. I'd also be more inclined to post if these petty arguments weren't going on all the time.

Thank you, You expressed my view better than I did, especially about the unpleasant feeling one gets on reading some of the comments and the nasty way they are expressed. Last time I commented on it I got a number of comments from people defending THEIR right to say what they want about her views. And then there were the PMs, best kept private.

Let's hope that the thread gets back to its original aim. There is plenty of stuff to keep us going.

Just to be clear i was being sarky-astic

I wasn't referring to Janet in particular and neither was I suggesting that you, as an individual, should "fight the good fight".

I was merely suggesting that anyone who wants to indulge in trolling or argue against trolling could find a better location to do so.

Your assumption which I've marked in bold has led to a further string of comments, agreeing with you against my post and, once again, it's a matter of making a baseless assumption.

I think it speaks volumes that after being a contributor to DS since 2006 and to this thread since 2009 I have resorted to using "ignore" for the first time in an effort to avoid all of these non-SOR posts.

Yes. Aren't there other Corry threads more appropriate to these discussions?

catching up on the last few episodes

if it was parents evening why weren't Amy / Simon / Faye plus respective guardians there as well, unless they have separate nights for separate years, but again, no mention of any of the other families having parents evenings that week

and are Amy / Simon / Faye / Bethany the only teens in the vicinity of the rosamund street bus stop. It's usual to see a whole herd of teens at bus stops, especially in a city are like Weatherfield is meant to be.

surely it's not too hard to get a few young looking 20 years old extras to wear a school uniform

Is the sole purpose of Andy getting a job labouring for Jason and Phelan so that Andy can report back to Michael that Phelan is up to something dodgy?

I'm sorry if I misunderstood, but as you'd quoted Lost Tripper I did assume you were referring to them

This thread isn't so nice anymore, but that isn't because of people like Lost Tripper and me; it's more the fault of those who repeatedly make unpleasant comments to Janet43 - that's how it is for me anyway. I don't see how starting another thread could help when the problem is with this one. From time to time recently, I've thought how awful some of the posting is - possible bullying even - and said nothing. I'm a pretty low profile sort of person, but I felt a bit ashamed when I read Lost Tripper's post. We can't be the only ones who feel the same, so maybe if more of us spoke up if we thought posts were unacceptable the people who make them would know the posts weren't welcome.

I was wondering what the point was and that's probably it! Michael has clearly had an overly suspicious look whenever Phelan is about. He's going to save Eileen and Jason from the evil that is Phelan!

A lot of people are linking Jason's departure with the finding of Callum's body and Jason getting blamed for his death,

On the subject of Andy when is he supposed to get the time to do any labouring work when all his time seems to be spent working at the Bistro?

It would give those who are more interested in abuse than SORs somewhere to indulge themselves where they were out of our way.

A little optimistic.

This was neatly explained by Andy saying he's on evenings only for the rest of the week.

Whatever has or hasn't happened with this poster, there has been a lot of disruption to this thread. For me, it's the repeated misunderstanding of confusing the actor with the character issue. It's happened so often and in such a short space of time, day/days in fact, that it impacts on the detrimentally on the thread and we have to ask the question; is it really by chance?

Posters come on this thread to air their views but when they constantly get answered for example with a diagnosis of the actor's medical condition, or a lesson in genetics and told that the poster doesn't like discussions about the actor when quite rightly the topic was never about the actor in the first place is stultifying and tedious. The thread used to be such good fun.

Yes, there have been PMS. Lots of us have had PMs and sent PMs. You have clearly had PMs. That in itself must say something about the strong feelings posters have about this issue and the malcontent of one poster.

Now, it is Friday, the gateway to the weekend and the last Corrie eps of the week. Let's enjoy the weekend the eps and look for some nice juicy SORs.

So he is going to do a full day labouring which can be pretty strenuous work and then go and work an evening shift at the bistro, Stephs gonna love him when he is too knackered to pay any attention to her.