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17/11/2007 Some of you may have noticed a few bits and bobs disappearing and reappearing, just to assure you all we are working on it and hopefully any little kinks will be smoothed out soon! Thanks for your patience

17/08/2007 Very exciting news now folks....we have a new section!! Now due to my lack of technical ability it is currently situated at the top of the page (look up, see "new pages" ) so please click away, have a look around, and I hope you find the info useful! Hoping to do more of this kind of thing soon plus make this section interactive I hope everyone is well, love to all.

23/05/2007 Oh wow, long time no update! Huge apologies folks, but for once I (sort of) have a good excuse...at the beginning of the year I got the call that I had been hoping and waiting for and was whisked off to Harefield for my double lung transplant After a rather long and complex recovery I was discharged mid March, and am now doing fantastically! Onto more relevant matters... the Chubby Challenge which has taken off on the CF Trust forums has inspired us to do some work on a nutrition section, so watch this space! I am frantically busy with various projects (me and my good ideas!) but am always interested in getting people's feedback and input on this site. Thank you for your ongoing support as always and hope you are enjoying a happy and healthy 2007 so far!

31/12/2006 Slightly belated update here hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and here's to a happy and healthy 2007! Best wishes to all, from the pwcf.net team

28/10/2006 Hello everyone! A rather belated update on the homepage! Huge apologies all, but I have been out of action for sometime after not one (drum roll) not two...but four rather spectacular pneumothoraces (collapsed lungs) put me in intensive care for a short time, and kept me in hospital for just over 11 weeks. I have now been released back into society and am resting nicely like a good girl There have been a few changes behind the scenes of pwcf.net and the lovely people at BT have been continuing to help us with various problems which crop up from time to time (as technical problems simply make me want to hide under the bed and chew my own arm). We are still working on a few new bits for the site, but as always health seems to inevitably get in the way. However do feel free to keep contributing to pwcf.net – have you got a profile you would like to go up? Or perhaps have written an article you want to share? Do send them our way and hopefully we can get more things up written by you Here’s hoping everyone had a great summer, not long till Christmas...! Stay smiley one and all

15/06/2006 A big hello and hia to all I hope everyone is well and smiley, and not suffering too much with the recent close weather we have been having - I have ended up back in the good old brompton, but am hoping this stay will be a short one There have been a few minor tweaks on here recently, some more pictures have gone up, the glossary has been revamped and there are some new profiles on their way Apologies for the FAQs section at the moment, it is being addressed I promise! Everyone stay smiley and enjoy the sunshine

30/04/2006 Hello all! I hope everyone is enjoying the bank holiday Lots has been happening keeping my busy which is why I have been bad at updating recently I have started doing some exercise, (which let's face it most of us should probably do more of!) driven by this latest fundraising venture - www.justgiving.com/emilysangels Also anyone post transplant who would like more information about this years transplant games, please contact liz_hosford@hotmail.com. And lastly - A huge congratulations to all those who were nominated and who won at the CF awards on Thursday YAY you rock!

12/04/2006 Woohoo! Easter time is nearly here Time for muchly chocolate and easter egg consumption (actually for most pwcf when is it not chocolate time?! ) Sorry for the delay in, well, any updatingness, I have been in hospital but am out and mending nicely now, so hopefully will get a few things tweaked on here in the not too distant future Stay smiley one and all

20/03/2006 Hello all! I hope everyone is warm and well; it was my birthday on Saturday so my weekend was fantastic This week is CF week (18 - 26 March) so look out for things going on in your area, and should you want to make a donation, there is a button in the bottom left hand corner of this page It is the first day of spring today, come on the warmer weather, Yay! Stay well and smiley all

08/03/2006 Hellooo all!! I hope you are all staying warm in this manic cold-but-sunny weather. Things are going really well with the Live Life Then Give Life campaign *cough* www.idgiveyouone.co.uk *cough* . If you check out the webpage, you will find a picture of Kerry Katona sporting one of our T-shirts, YAY! And even more importantly, a very happy birthday to my wonderful Mummy! Stay smiley all

02/03/2006 It is a year to the day since I joined the active waiting list for a transplant. And to mark the occasion, we are launching our new campaign! YAY! Please check out www.livelifethengivelife.co.uk and take a look at our funky new T-shirts! Thanks to a lot of support and help from many different people, this little idea of mine has finally become a reality, and hopefully it will make a difference and save some lives. I hope everyone is well and smiley and staying warm as it is oh so cold here at the moment!

23/01/2006 Dear all, As many of you will know, it is a year ago to the day since Gaz lost his battle to CF. I had known Gaz for some years, and over that time he had become much more than just a CF acquaintance. We would chat on the phone, on the net, via text, email and then after being inmates together in the Brompton in summer 2003, face to face. I am not a religious person, but as Gaz’s health declined, I would sit on my bed before going to sleep with my fingers crossed really tight and wish very hard that that night he would get his call. Then on the 23rd of January 2005, I got the phone call to say that time had run out. Cystic Fibrosis is slowly being beaten, treatments are improving all the time, the life expectancy is still going up, and children and adults are living full and active lives. But pwcf are still dying. Because CF still has no cure, and because of the lack of organ donors. Today I am remembering Gaz for his cheeky smile, his silly voice that he put on to cheer me up, his laugh which was so infectious we would both end up dissolving into coughing fits and his warmth and affection which made him one of the best friends I have ever had. I will be in chat tonight, and anyone and everyone is welcome to join me to remember Gaz and all those who have lost their battle with CF. Love to you all.

31/12/2005 Happy New Year!! Here's hoping for happiness and good health in 2006, bring it on Hope everyone has a wonderful evening, thank you all for your support this year. All the best from the pwcf.net team

25/12/2005 Just a quick note wishing everybody a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wish there was a little smiley with a santa hat Best wishes to all for a happy and healthy 2006, and thank you for all your continued support, it means so much.

14/12/2005 Wow. What a hectic week or two it has been, with muchly awareness raising taking place! It has been tiring but great, and the response I have received from so many people has been overwhelming and extremely touching. A big thank you to everyone who has contacted me since the Times article, I have had some lovely responses. Many telling me they have signed up on the donor register, others wanting to help raise money for the CF Trust...it is so nice to know that this is making a difference. I hope everyone is getting in the festive spirit now; we put our tree up on Sunday and now I am even more excited! Festive hugs to one and all. Stay smiley and stay warm!

01/12/2005 YAYAYAY! It's the first of december people!! I may or may not already be a little over excited at the prospect of Christmas being less than a month away. I hope everyone is staying warm in this rather cold weather, I personally am rather sad that we havent had snow down here yet! Have been muchly busy doing bits and bobs of fundraising and awareness raising stuff, the latest venture being T shirts for organ donor awareness! So watch this space... Sending muchly love to one and all

31/10/2005 Hello!! Hope everyone is happy and staying relatively well as we enter winter...Some more observant visitors may have noticed that we have a new section! YAY! It's on the left under "articles" so click away and have a look. Oh and Happy Halloween everyone! stay smiley

10/10/2005 Hi Everyone, to view pics from Gazs Ball click here! Or, if the link doesn't work, copy and paste the link into your browser :o)

10/10/2005 Well things are really on a role pwcf-wise! I am having a bit of a time of it trying to get to grips with all this coding business, but slowly but surely I am getting there! I recently attended Gaz's memorial ball, it was a fantastic night, and photos will be up shortly so keep checking! To all of you waiting to see your picture/profile go up, apologies once again for the delay, but we are working on it! YAY!

19/09/2005 Hello again! Cant believe the summer is over already! Things have been busy here, with amongst other things, me trying to do lots in relation to pwcf (I know it's hard to believe! ) but things are properly moving forward now! There are some new photos up of fellow CFers, so check them out. More additions on existing pages to follow plus some new stuff...(YAY!) Stay well and smiley one and all

30/08/2005 Dear all As many of you may have noticed, we have recently had trouble with hackers disrupting the site. This is currently being resolved as quickly as possible, thanks to the support of some wonderful people. On a brighter note, my chest drain is out and I was discharged from the surgical rota last week, and off IVs after 79 days (!) so hopefully that whole horrible episode is now over, YAY! Many thanks to all of you who still support this website, stay smiley

20/07/2005 Hello everyone!! Firstly a big sorry for my shocking lack of communication recently, but it’s been one thing after another, first the end of my degree so a big rush to get all work in, and then a rather spectacular pneumothorax which not only left me speechless for the first time in my life but has made me an inmate for 6 weeks and counting! However whilst recovering, I learned that I had passed, with a 2.1 (YAY) and I was allowed out for my Graduation, which was the most amazing day. I have not forgotten this site during all the excitement, and have been working on some new bits (WOOHOO), which are now well underway! So hopefully, with a little bit of luck, we should soon see some proper updatingness!!! Huge hugs to one and all and YAY for the sunshine!

22/04/2005 Well another month has flown by, we are nearly at the end of April already!! And my dissertation is due in mid May, which seemed so far away… oh dear! It was CF week this week, and I just want to say a big well done and thank you to EVERYONE who has taken part or done something to raise money or awareness for CF! And will also take this moment to plug CF wristbands, available in a pretty purple! (close enough to pink ) at www.cfwristbands.co.uk I must go and do more work now but just wanted to check in Stay smiley guys!

24/03/2005 Hellooo guys and gals! Am writing to you as a big grown up 21 year old!! (well maybe not grown up... ) My birthday was last Friday and I was expecting it to be rather awful, as I was stuck in hospital, but little did know that all my family and friends and hospital team were in on a big surprise, in the form of a rather large and rather pink limousine!!!! (check out the guestbook for a pic) It really was an amazing day and I have the most special friends and family. Anywhere ever! Am still on IVs but hoping they will kick in any day now...! Also am working very hard on learning how to write and code stuff properly on the net, and almost as hard on my dissertation, which is due in in May! Eek!! Once that is well underway and I am a webmaster in my own right (or getting there anyway!) you should see more regular updates on the site. WOOHOO. Stay smiley and A VERY HAPPY EASTER to everyone!!

27/02/2005 Dear all I think it is time for an update, in fact probably overdue…the last month has been a bit of a blur, I am sure many of you reading this know how hard it is to lose a friend to CF. I miss Gaz loads and always will, but he left a wonderful legacy…this site. And along with his lovely family, Tiff, and various others who have offered to help, I will keep it up and running. Things may be a little slow for a while but please keep visiting and please bear with me, PWCF will continue! Last week I went for my transplant assessment and it looks like it is time for me to go on the list. So I am currently summoning the courage to get on the active list, and then it’s a waiting game…and in the meantime, it’s always good to do some awareness raising so if you look at the guest book you should see me and the UBODS team (an awareness raising society I belong to) at the fun run! YAY. Stay smiley everyone.

23/01/2005 'Gary's family and friends are very sad to inform all users of this website that Gary lost his 22 year fight against Cystic Fibrosis in the early hours of Sunday 23 January 2005. Gary remained determinedand battled to the last. He has now joined all those he loved who went ahead to make his journey easier. He loved this website, which he set up with Emily, and we hope that we can find a way of continuing the website in his memory. With love to you all. Archie, Maggie, Chris and Tiffany.'

17/01/2005 Hello everyone! Sorry for delay in update, both of us have a lot of stuff going on health wise. Gaz is still an inmate but has been treated to a change of scenery (he has moved to a room down the corridor Ooh la la! ). So a very belated HAPPY NEW YEAR and hope everyone had a great Christmas! The poll results showed 9pm till midnight as the clear favourite, so as a trial from 9 till midnight, on Wednesdays and Sundays, either Gaz or I will try and be in there to host a big chat. However please don’t let these ‘official chat times’ discourage you from going in there whenever you want! If you have sent your profile in, don’t worry we do have them and will eventually be uploading them! Again, sorry for the delay. Stay in touch you lovely lot.

20/12/2004 Morning all again. I hope we all have muchly festive fun lined up for this week and that our houses are looking spiffing with their array of colours and sparkliness! My grotto has taken shape through the use of some smashing tinsel and a sparkly twinkly Christmas tree. Not to mention my Santa hat....ooh la la! On to business....the poll answer was probably quite predictable, but it doesn't reflect the effort that people are putting into CF awareness. People are trying, but it's a hard "market" to compete for the public's attention. We just have to keep trying Come on public....give us ya money! Hope to catch some of you in the chatroom soon, which leads us on to this week's poll... "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer...."

14/12/2004 An update in the morning?? There must be something wrong with me here! Just like to initiate a huge pat on the back for the majority of us, as it looks like we all do fairly well with our treatment. (See Polls) So hurrah for us! As for updates on the site....er....*hides behind Emily as she does so well in the speech department * Basically, haven't done anything in the last week...oops, but hope to have some more nuggets of info up this week Hope you've all done most of your Christmas shopping...and wrap up warm!! It's freeeeezing! "Deck the halls with boughs of holly....fa la la..."

05/12/2004 Hellooooo! Since I am the first one out of hospital, I get to do the update! yay! Hope everyone is well, as you can see we have a new poll so vote away! The last results showed that the majority of us are couch potatoes, although it's good to see some of us are dedicated to a good exercise regime. Gaz is fighting back with a vengeance, and is determined to be out for Christmas even if it is via the window, using knotted bed sheets! Well I am going to stop now, as you have NO idea how long it took me to write, edit and spell check this! Stay smiley

28/11/2004 Look at us being fancy updating when we're both in hospital, ooohhhh! hehe Time for the new poll. Seems we are pretty much happy with how we're treated in hospital. Naturally there will be problems here and there, but I think it's a general big thumbs up So well done to all those that look after us! Haven't got much more to add this week, still working on tools for updating the site easier, but once all this is done, it's finished, so won't need to be touched for a long while, and we can start adding more content, YAY! Hope all of you are well, and hello to the newcomers to the site

21/11/2004 Time to update the site, and renew the poll So, based on the results, we'd mainly prefer to tell a new partner that we have CF at the first moment possible. I'm guessing we don't think "Hi, my name's Gary....I have CF, how are you?" is what we mean...but that getting things out in the open in the relationship is better, and gives the partner time to deal with things. This is my view of the results....but let's not forget those of us who choose to wait a while....an interesting topic to discuss on the message boards perhaps? Anyhow, new poll is up....and the site has been recoded from back-end to front-end, so now Emily and I can update much easier...so expect more!

15/11/2004 Poll time boys and girls, you know what to do This is the gimmick that I have been working on for quite a while now. That's mainly due to health but for a while it was due to the sheer annoying'ness of the code which makes it. It may just seem like a simple polling system, but oh no no no no! (Churchill job calling perhaps? ) Not only is it working, not only does it have pretty live-time results, not only does it stop you from voting twice (which is what has taken so long) but it is also written in a way that means Emily or myself can simply change the poll every week or two! Wooohoooo! Crack open the champagne! I've also been changing some back-end stuff of the site to make updating easier in the future. I shall be changing the news section here slightly for the same reasons....it's all so exciting!! I think that's quite enough bragging now....so YAY! for my partner in crime on this wild adventure and to all you PWCF for being an inspiration! Woohoooo!

07/11/2004 Just a note from Prisoner #983742 in Lewisham Hospital, finally getting a chance to update you all on how things are in the land of Yay! It's 8 weeks on Tuesday that I'll have been stuck in here, during which I've had some fun times...not! Ah well, all part and parcel Still working on a surprise for the site, but due to health, taking a LOT longer than expected. It's 90% done, just twiddling left to do. Hopefully, as long as I don't have any more blips, I should be picking up from now on, and should be out before, er...ooh, Christmas? Sorry I haven't been in contact with those of you who have so caringly sent me love and messages of support, it is GREATLY received, and I thank you so much for those. I shall strive to have the update done soon. Gaz signing off *hugs* P.s. If anything goes wrong, please blame Emily, as I'm leaving the actual update of the files up to her, mwahaha!

21/09/2004 Just a small update adding 2 profiles of Anders and Dan, and also just putting up the PASport gadget info too.

17/09/2004 YAY! It's update time! And this time I get to write it! Double YAY! Believe it or not, Gaz and I had been quietly working on more material for the site before he went back into hospital, so it's not entirely down to boredom that new stuff has appeared! But new stuff has appeared (woohoo) and we now have a rather funky gadgets and gizmo's page, complete with pictures and everything *pauses to listen to gasps of admiration*. Obviously there are probably more gadgets out there that we don't know about, (and we do have some others which are half-complete, which we will add in the next few days) so if you are a user of an exciting toy (CF related!) then please mail us the info! Oh and a bag of chocolate coins for the person who can tell me where the quote on that page is from! (Located in the Tips and Info section) Woohoo, Emily did news, yeah!!! Right, just a little thing to add (well, I feel it's a great thing )...there is now a FAQs page which is slightly different to normal FAQs pages. This time, you are the ones to submit the questions to us and then we will answer when we get the chance (and we promise it will be within much shorter periods than our updates) rather than having a page of pre-designed and answered questions. Anyways, the way it works, is you submit the question (it can be anonymous, so dont be afraid to ask), and Emily and I, if we don't already know the answer, will research it, or ask around. However, if some bright spark feels we have an answer wrong, please, please inform us, so that we do not provide false information.....although we will naturally strive to give 100% accurate answers. Also, we have another post-transplant account from Andrew (thanks mate), so peruse that if you want to find out more. Enough waffling.....enjoy the site....oh and one last thing....we seem to forget how to do our little smiley emoticons on the CF forum, so I figured it would be a good idea to post them all up on the main page so that you can reference them easily, Stay well....and out of hospital. (unlike me, doh!)

19/08/2004 Hope everyone is doing ok and hope the heat hasn't been getting to people too much. I'm in a happy mood because I'm finally home, after 5 long weeks in hospital and numerous ups and downs. So again, the site has withered somewhat, but we plan to get back on top of things, health allowing. So what's new? We now are lucky enough to have a post-transplant account, now we can have a small insight into what it can be like. You can now calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) using the calculator under Tools. But perhaps, the most noticeable difference is the slightly new look, a bit more blue, and if anyone can spot the other subtle difference, you can er.....have your name in flashing lights. What a prize!!! If you're still having trouble with the chatroom, please email us and give as much detail as possible. Thanks

13/07/2004 Well, I decided to see what it was like inside the four walls of hospital again, due to some bad breathing and the Breas trial. Our Emily has been busy with her little project. Let's just hope she's not running herself into the ground (yes, this is a dig young lady ) Got the tips and information page up at last, and also more profiles/pics. Next addition will be a BMI calculator and other things we havent thought of yet. Only a short one, but nevertheless, we still hope everyone's well

07/07/2004 Work is still going on for a Tips & Info page, and should be coming in the next few days, the site has not been abandoned. I have small updates to do here and there, which I am hoping to do at the same time as the Tips & Info page, then I'm going to be working on some posters, which I shall be posting in key areas in my local hospital, to advertise the site, and also to encourage you to send us your ideas for the site. After all, this is a site for PWCF by PWCF, so come help us out Keep the bugs at bay, let the lungs have their say! (I don't know, random thought came into my head, so I thought I'd share it )

07/06/2004 Hello to you all on this hot day. Just to let you know that again, some more profiles of lovely pwcf have been put up, and the main addition to the site, which I've been working a while on (due to stupid bugs....in code, not in me), a Book of Remembrance is now resident when you visit the Tribute list. Basically it's to allow us to not only remember our loved ones by immortalising their name, but also to write a short message, which could be about anything to do with your loved one. I hope this is something people dont mind having on the site, but it is totally up to you whether you want to use it, it's there as an option I'll get cracking on some more info bits. Onwards and upwards!

20/05/2004 Well this has been the longest stint that Emily and I haven't updated the site, and so we'd firstly like to apologise for this. We have both been dealing with annoying bugs with the addition of the port replacement for myself. We've both been locked in our cells (though I hear her cell was a bit more flash than mine, SO not fair young lady ). I was having a trial for overnight NIV and also for TOBI, as well as the 'routine' ivs. Emily was overcoming a nasty bug, and dealing with her lungs going through an annoying patch. So that's our little update, now for the site update. Well, as you can see, a new caption competition is up (Click the logo above). Not like our usual, but still of the same essence. (Thanks to Laura for the image!) We've also added a page describing what CF actually is, as I've been referring friends to the site, who may not know the full extent of what CF is, and it seems only right to have a description of it. A couple more profiles have been added, and we're having an idea about a page where you can tell us what songs you feel are close to your heart, just to let others 'enjoy','relate to' or 'feel' the songs too. I, for one, find music very emotive, and have been making a list of all my favourite songs, which you will be able to view soon. So start making yours too Think that's all for now, keep in touch those who know us, you know how useless both of us are. Love to all.

05/05/2004 Congratulations go to emerald7 this week for 'wow'ing us with their caption for this third week and thanks to everyone else who entered again. Although the success of these competitions is overwhelming, Emily and I have decided to make you wait for your next dose of caption fun! (Yeah ok, in other words, we've run out of funky pics of us, hehe!) We might start to use other pics, just as a general caption competition gimmick, but we'll post up when we do decide this It's been a while this time round, but I have been busy working on other projects *sigh* and haven't had the time I should have to put into this site lately. However, I have worked some wizardry in my brain and used Emily's information seeking powers to bring you information on Organ Donation (See link on left!) and also Emily's account of being approached for transplant. I also hope to have some more user-interactive features on the site soon, but brainstorming and implementation are taking a while, but do look out here for updates on what is going on in our little heads Stay well everyone!

25/04/2004 Congratulations firstly to Darling for winning the caption competition for this second week and thanks to everyone else who entered again. I still have a couple of profiles to put up, please bear with me But on top of this, Emily has been working her researching mind and we shall be able to bring you information about certain Benefits and also a tips page (you'll soon see ) Also hope to have some more transplant accounts, as some people have written in with an interest to add their accounts. Think that's all for about now, but keep coming back for updates

17/04/2004 Congratulations firstly to Matt for winning the caption competition for the last week and thanks to everyone else who entered. It was a great success and so we've decided to do another Some more profiles have been added, and the transplant page has nearly been finished, hope to have it up tomorrow. It's basically my personal account of how I have got to where I am just now on the list. Hopefully some of you will send in your own accounts if you feel like sharing Hope you are all well. It's been a tough year so far for some of us, and it hasn't been a good year as yet, but if we all keep our chin up, hopefully it'll pick up, yay! (And then we can all look stupid together holding our heads high, hehe)

10/04/2004 As it's Easter weekend, we thought we'd bring you some fun, just to pass the boring times you get when you're stuck with the extended family and just want 5 minutes break. Look no further, and have a go at coming up with the wittiest and funniest caption comment for a picture of emily and I. Depending on the success of this, we may do one every week. Click on the logo above to find out more! Unfortunately a friend passed away last week too, so it is with regret that we have to add another friend to the tribute list. But this is a celebration of their life, and they will always be remembered by those who knew her best. I hope the majority of us can enjoy this Easter, but let us all spare a moment for those we wish could too. Happy Easter!

05/04/2004 Since being in hospital, I have decided to take out a mortgage on a 1 bedroom apartment, approximately 10ft x 10ft in size. I have been resident on the site for nearly 2 weeks and have decided to buy, in the anticipation of a long and eventful stay. I shall be contactable via my switchboard, operated by kind and considerate people, who will have no intention....sorry....no problem in connecting you through to me. Whilst taking in the luscious blues and magnolia-coloured interior, I have proceeded to work on this project of Emily's and myself. I continue to enjoy creating this site, and hope you enjoy visiting it The *all new* Glossary section will be an ever-increasing page, as the list of terms I have to describe is longer than a very long thing. We both hope you are well, and we'll hopefully speak to you in chat sometime

30/03/2004 Im dedicating this day solely to the most gorgeous female on the planet. I don't get to see this beautiful specimen of the female species (hehe) very often, but when I do, it's definitely worth the wait. This day is known as Tiffany's day. No, this does not mean you get cheaper jewellery, and no, you do not get free breakfast (you'd only get that if you knew of the band Deep Blue Something). It means it is my darling Tiffany's birthday, and I love her loads, for all the support she gives, and for the amount she puts up with. Sorry to you all for using the site as a public soppy message outlet, but HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY TIFFANY, my gorgeous girlfriend! *Passes the buckets round*

28/03/2004 Unfortunately, due to myself being in hospital....again, the site development has been put on hold while I recoup. To try and restore some yayness and sanity, (or insanity as the case may be) Emily danced down to Lewisham in her funky ballet shoes and we took the oppurtunity to discuss further development ideas for the site. We have come up with some more ideas, and we shall strive to implement them ASAP. Hopefully, soon there will be a section where you shall be able to upload various pieces of information based on the pages' theme. i.e. we aim to have a page for "CF Survival Tips" where you'll be able to add your own tips by yourself. I, Gary, aim to be out of hospital soon, so will get working again eventually. But for now, we shall leave you with the eye candy of us in yet another funky pose! (Or as Emily likes to put it, our business meeting looky-type pose-type'ness.....*sigh*). Ps. Happy Birthday to Gary's Dad. Yay!!

22/03/2004 IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ Due to the lack of functionality in the chatroom we had installed here, I have decided to change the chat program which was being used to a much better, and safer format. It is now possible for 'Ops' in our chatroom to look after the conversation and others in the room, with the ability to kick and ban users who are abusive. I have heard of some nasty goings on, and from this moment forward, I am stopping this, as it is totally unacceptable. This is a site which should be enjoyed, and we at PWCF.net intend to keep it that way. So for the majority of our visitors, feel safe in the knowledge that we are taking steps to protect you.

18/03/2004 May I be one of the first (I think I was the first last night at midnight, hehe) to wish our very own Emily a fantastic and joyful 20th Birthday. 20 Years of a fanstatic life have passed, but this is just the start for such a bubbly and amazing character. I'm proud and happy to say I've known her for nearly 3 of them, and she's shaped not only my life, but a number of others with her magical ability to cheer someone up, no matter the problem. Here's to you Emily, congrats on leaving teenage life, as daunting as that sounds, it's fab

08/03/2004 It is now possible for you to peruse the inner sanctum of the PWCF team (Emily and I that is) in our Profiles section. You will also notice a few changes to the site. This is hopefully for your benefit and ease of use of the site. You can also find now the History behind our idea for this website, and read about how one of the best friendships in time was made. You can learn stuff baby, yeah! Lastly, I should be out of hospital this week, keeping fingers and toes crossed.

29/02/2004 At last, the homepage is done, I can now breathe a sigh of relief as the first stone is laid on the path to much fun, information, friend-making and as our own Emily would say, much YAYness! I shall work on my personal stats page as a start, just so you know more about me, then we can learn more about the other terror working with me to bring you this. Pop back soon to find out the truth behind the short geeky guy...that would be me

25/02/2004 It's been a long time coming, but we have finally been able to make some progress on the site and you should be seeing more improvements day by day. Expect the first additions to be info and personal statistics of the two of us.

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