To lift the spirits, given a few high profile departures recently, please post in this thread to affirm your love for the ABRSM fora and state your intention to stay for the forseeable future!

OK then: I intend to stay for the foreseeable future.

In fact, I have no intention of deleting any of my multiple Forum identities

Are you "coming out" as barry-clari then?

I think I'm going to leave soon to be honest.

Sorry, that kind of thinking is not entertained in this thread.

I'm not planning on leaving. Should I ever decide I don't want to come here (or die or something) then I'll just not come here.

Crikey, am I that see-through?!

I was looking forward to making a thread and (hopefully) getting lots of "oh no, do please stay, your cynical, blas? and typically facetious comments are far too entertaining to do without" -s!

I'm not going, and no amount of pleading will make me

Oh, go on, katyjay, do us all a favour and hop it, won't you? Your posts are far too useful for these parts

Same here.

Has someone gone?

Not planning to leave, and I wouldn't deregister anyway; just stop posting.

Although at times, this place is like a famous Swiss Clinic!

I'm staying put...unless I do something wrong and the mods ban me

I'm not leaving as feel I've only just got here!

And I'm not easy to get rid of..... My clarinet teacher moved house and didn't manage to lose me.....

if I get fedup of everybody, I'll just put everyone on ignore and talk to myself

Nope. I'm not going either.

Several of us are not that far away from our 10th forum anniversary and we couldn't possibly miss all that partying!

Oooh I like a party. Will there be twiglets?

I think we might have had enough of the Twiglet zone the last couple of weeks....

I'd like to stay. If I offend anyone/get offended I shall just send myself/everyone to Coventry for a bit.

Me too, and I had enough trouble getting registered in the first place!

Not that I actually post massively anyway but.......I'm staying put!

Ooo, did somebody say "party"??

Cheeselets are packed....

...*waits for invite*...

Normal-Service-Hopefully-Resumed-Bag x

Internet is playing up, have phone connection only, so may have to have my own party.

and I'm staying put too

What is the correct etiquette for an "I'm not leaving" thread? I see the "I'm going" ones tend to be full of posts saying pleeease don't go: nobody ever posts "phew"... but if intending not to leave is it more correct to say "phew" or please, please do go?

*avoids committing self to leaving or going, just in case*

You're stuck with me!

*puts feet up on table*

Oi! get those feet off the table, or else .............

I once asked someone to shut the door behind them as they left but the thread got deleted.

If someone promises to stay, then perhaps an aaaargh?


As an aside, am missing Dulciana's sensible input but s/he's a bit busy, I gather.

I have no intention of going either, though I'll be on line much less once I retire from work at end March. Its too tempting when at my work desk to keep popping in and out.

I've said "Bye then" a few times on such (Miss Piggy) threads.

((Does anyone remember Miss Piggy?))

No plans to go anywhere - I'm staying put.

I'm staying

Well... you've all supported me so wonderfully through Grade 2, 3 on violin, Grade 3 on viola... so got Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to get through, then I believe there are a few diplomas to do ( ), then I'll have to hang around to pass on my knowledge to the folk starting out on the path I've just followed....

... then I'll have to stay to talk about my dogs...


.... and my interest in the small toys you get in Kinder Eggs....


... and then I might take up ... .... another instrument so I'll need support to get through grades 1, 2, 3...... etc


yep, I'm staying

Yes, our French teacher used to use her as an example all the time and talked about "Miss Piggy pronouns"

I'm not planning on going, but since reading this thread I've found that for some strange reason The Clash's 'Should I stay or should I go' has been running through my head

How lovely that all you good people are going to stay

I love reading your posts, although I don't post too much myself - I've been told by teenviolinist that I haven't got the knack of posting on fora.

I've been here a bit much lately. Lots of work awaits - I'm procrastinating - housework, the tax return , so I'll get a pang of conscience and will disappear again for a while, but I've met 2 nice local friends on here and we have coffee, and for piano teachers, who can feel a bit isolated sometimes, "it's good to talk" as the advert says.

Do you live in Ambridge?

No, but my mum went to school with Peggy Archer.

Don't get too excited about my forum 10th birthday - it's not until 2013 so put the Cheeselets and Twiglets away!!!

Yup. You're stuck with me too.

I'm 2 tomorrow!

I know, we'll have a "survivors" party instead, shall we?

I'm not going anywhere in the forseeable future, but when I do decide to leave, I'll just go quietly - no attention seeking thread or anything like that!

I am not leaving either. I do like to be here to talk with other learners, read about their progress and so on.

YIKES - I forgot!!!!...... *grabs 'to-do' list and panics quietly*

I'm not going anywhere - well apart from to Algeciras for my violin and piano lessons this morning!!

I'm going


































to do some teaching later. Then I'm going to fit in some clarinet practice. Then I'm going to have a cello lesson.

Well I'm not going.

And I'm not changing my username either.

So ner

Same here!

Happy Forum birthday

Happy birthday for tomorrow
I'm going to be 5 at the end of the month