We are now CLOSED

G'day,

The title has probably got you wondering "What on Earth is going on?" and maybe "Why are they closed?" and then "Are they coming back?"

Here's the full explanation of what has been going on lately

Since the passing of Birfs in late October last year, Barfs has been doing the 7pm slot Mondays through to Thursdays unassisted, at the same time I've been doing my usual 9pm slot through to Midnight on those nights as well, with the exception of Thursdays due to working commitments

As usual, we took our Christmas/New Year break and gave some thought as to what we should do with the room, do we close or do we keep going. Barfs was always saying that he would continue on, I even checked with him on occasions that he was still happy with the current arrangement, he was always there, and mostly early, then would walk the dogs and have dinner at some point

However, in the middle of June this year, Paltalk decided to force an upgrade of it's software. On that night, I wasn't given the option to continue using the software I was on, it HAD to be upgraded, according to Paltalk. I knew this could (and it did) cause trouble for Barfs, he didn't turn up that night

I did email him to see what the situation was, apparently the Paltalk software that was being updated didn't seem to work on his machine, which is unusual as every other update has worked (in the end) despite some trouble here and there. But he kept saying he was "working on it"

In all honesty, it sounds like he's still using Windows XP and Paltalk have finally cracked down on it and won't make his version work until he upgrades to something like Windows 7 or higher. Having said that, there are previous versions of Paltalk online, but again, Paltalk FORCES an upgrade. It's also worth noting that as of the middle of January 2020, support of Windows 7 updates will cease

So far, Barfs hasn't been seen online since before the upgrade was rolled out. I've been filling in during July and August when I've finally emailed him again to announce that it's time for the room to close

The simple reason for this was, a lack of people coming in, lack of support in the room each night and basically doing everything myself. I've noted in the past with my other radio role (in Seymour, Victoria) that a very well set up Festival with big names and heaps of local acts, held at a racecourse in Kilmore, hardly got 50 people attending. The statement was made the following day that if people don't support these festivals, they'll never come back

At the moment, based on Barfs' technicalities, we had no other option than to officially close after the shift was done on Wednesday 28th of August 2019. There wasn't any fanfare, because as usual, nobody was in the room to listen, that's pretty much how it's been since the middle of June

So with this in mind, I've made the executive decision to close the room, meaning I now have more free time to catch up on other things

Of course, this doesn't mean that someone later down the track who has the enthusiasm couldn't reopen the room, if they have the support and new ideas to get something going, then why not, but that will obviously be in the future.

For now, we're closed, and we thank everyone for listening for the past 2 decades. From our early years as Vic FM to our present day name of Radio MBBH, we've had fun and I know the rest of the team did along the way also. We must remember though, that we have also aged by around 20 years in that time, so our priorities have changed since starting the room, we have become more busier these days, therefore it's only a sensible thing to do, which means we have more time to do other things

Thank you, and we'll catch you online

Some Sad News

Greetings bloggers of this site,

As you can tell, we don't often get the chance to update this site. The Paltalk room has been going for 1,400 nights now, according to our counters, but we've all been busy lately and it's only getting busier with what we do, but have valued our time together to chill out after working commitments

This post doesn't come under easy circumstances, as it would be usually Birfs who would write something on here that is witty or comical while giving an update on what we've been doing in the room

Unfortunately, we've learned recently that Birfs was in bad health and was in hospital in mid October, but she knew she had to get her affairs in order in case "the worst" happened

It was not long after she got back home from that hospital stay with pneumonia that she started doing the task when she had a heart failure and passed away in her home with her neighbour present

For now, the room members are shocked and saddened by this event, as you could imagine, Birfs was a major part of our team and would sometimes be the life of the party

Thankfully, we have a catalogue of conversations that we can look back on, and from time to time we'll bring some of the best of Birfs over time

Does the room continue into the new year? As I write this, it's already November and usually we'd open the room right up until Christmas Eve. A decision on what happens after that date is yet to be determined

In the meantime, we offer our condolences to the family and other friends of Birfs, and we know she was well liked in a few countries with this thing called the internet, who would have thought such a wide audience could be affected by one person who is in another country?

At the time that I write this, I've noted that she was with us for 4,158 nights, which dates back to the time Vic FM was happening, I think that's around 15 years ago. Her last appearance with us was on Monday 15th of October before she gave us notice of being in hospital

Personally, when I saw her posting stuff on Facebook and liking some of my content, that's when I questioned what was happening and if she would be back. Little did I know that conversation on Friday the 26th of October would be the last we'd have, but at the same time I'm thankful for the information that I learnt and later shared with the other members of our team

In closing, while it's hard to believe that she won't be in the room anymore, or posting updates on this very site, I think a lot of people would be thankful that they came across such a lovely lady who probably didn't think she needed to grow up

This "Best Of Birfs" moment was on Thursday the 6th of September

Birfs Bits: i haven't seen any new pictures of the apricot tree or the house improvements yet just big false looking pineapples

McNewGuy: yeah barfs
Barfs: wait for spring for the tree
Barfs: i have a dove nesting in the garden shed
Birfs Bits: oooooooooooo

Barfs: sitting on 2 eggs

Birfs Bits: a stray
Barfs: Native dove
Birfs Bits: I saw birds fornacating in my garden today
Birfs Bits: lol
Birfs Bits: one jumped on the back of the other
McNewGuy: that's a good word
Birfs Bits: he was determined
Birfs Bits: lol
Barfs: lol'

R.I.P. Birfs

Battle of the on time performances etc., 2015

Banner MBBH 13 October2015 Tuesday 917 - Structured

McNewGuy:  (7:00:08 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/13/15 4:00:09 AM EDT) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:19 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/13/15 4:00:20 AM EDT) birfs changed static text msg

Wednesday word - Cognoscenti - Barfs 918

McNewGuy:  (6:59:47 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/14/15 3:59:47 AM EDT) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:05 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/14/15 4:00:05 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

Barfs: clock was bang on 7

McNewGuy:  (7:00:05 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/14/15 4:00:05 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

Barfs: _Cognoscenti

McNewGuy:  (7:02:27 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/14/15 4:02:27 AM EDT) Barfs turned reddottextmode to false in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:02:29 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/14/15 4:02:29 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

Barfs: no need to go into the rest of the report

birfs: ooooo

birfs: keep

Barfs: nite Mc_Cognoscenti

birfs: going

McNewGuy:  (8:38:56 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/14/15 5:38:56 AM EDT) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: nite birfs    _Cognoscenti

birfs: looks like he really went overboard tonight

birfs: Cognoscenti

Barfs: oi ewe cant talk

Barfs: _Cognoscenti

McNewGuy:  (8:46:30 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/14/15 5:46:32 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (6:59:32 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/19/15 3:59:32 AM EDT) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (6:59:40 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/19/15 3:59:41 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

Smurfs

McNewGuy:  (7:00:01 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/20/15 4:00:04 AM EDT) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:18 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/20/15 4:00:21 AM EDT) birfs changed static text msg

Word is tegmental

McNewGuy: (6:59:35 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/21/15 3:59:35 AM EDT) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: wb Mc_ Mawkish

McNewGuy:  (6:59:37 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/21/15 3:59:37 AM EDT) Barfs gave all mics back in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: i did go 32secs past 7 _ Mawkish

McNewGuy:  (6:59:49 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/21/15 3:59:49 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (7:00:06 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/21/15 4:00:06 AM EDT) Barfs gave all mics back in room: Radio MBBH

Word is Mawkish

McNewGuy:  (6:58:58 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/26/15 3:58:58 AM EDT) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (6:59:07 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/26/15 3:59:07 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (7:54:43 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/26/15 4:54:43 AM EDT) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (8:17:10 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/26/15 5:17:10 AM EDT) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

birfs: lol

McNewGuy: (8:55:22 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/26/15 5:55:22 AM EDT) birfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy: what the heck was he on?

birfs: he keeps getting disconnected

Word was link

28/10/2015

McNewGuy:  (7:00:06 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/27/15 4:00:08 AM EDT) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:17 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/27/15 4:00:18 AM EDT) birfs changed static text msg

Word is Messenger 925

 (11:08:14 PM‪) McNewGuy:  (6:59:02 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/28/15 3:59:03 AM EDT) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

 (11:08:36 PM‪) McNewGuy:  (6:59:17 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/28/15 3:59:18 AM EDT) Barfs changed static text msg

 (11:08:55 PM‪) McNewGuy:  (8:54:37 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/28/15 5:54:38 AM EDT) Barfs bounced love yare in room: Radio MBBH

Word is  Lycanthrope

McNewGuy:  (6:59:58 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/29/15 4:00:00 AM EDT) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:09 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (10/29/15 4:00:12 AM EDT) birfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy: Regency

McNewGuy:  (7:00:05 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/02/15 3:00:05 AM EST) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

birfs: fok

McNewGuy:  (7:00:16 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/02/15 3:00:16 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

Allblacks

McNewGuy:  (7:00:00 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/10/15 3:00:03 AM EST) birfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: fok. Tu

McNewGuy:  (7:00:14 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/10/15 3:00:17 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy: Concinnity!!

McNewGuy: birfs, you've got the admin, get him on the right word

Alert: Barfs reddotted by: birfs

McNewGuy:  (7:13:01 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/10/15 3:13:03 AM EST) birfs red dotted: Barfs in room: Radio MBBH

Birfs 9 on time Winner

Barfs: oh man'

Barfs: wb Mc_ logophile

McNewGuy:  (6:59:51 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/11/15 2:59:51 AM EST) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:04 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/11/15 3:00:04 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (8:19:47 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/11/15 4:19:47 AM EST) Barfs red dotted: birfs in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: i did wot you told me to do . went by the beeps  logophile

McNewGuy:  (6:59:58 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 3:00:02 AM EST) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

birfs: oh bugga

McNewGuy:  (7:00:08 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 3:00:12 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (8:49:02 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 4:49:06 AM EST) birfs red dotted: Barfs in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (8:51:28 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 4:51:32 AM EST) birfs turned new_members get mic to false in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (8:51:44 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 4:51:48 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (8:52:31 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 4:52:36 AM EST) birfs turned new_members get mic to true in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (8:52:33 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 4:52:38 AM EST) birfs turned reddottextmode to true in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (9:01:34 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 5:01:38 AM EST) birfs turned reddottextmode to true in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (9:01:37 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 5:01:40 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (9:02:49 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 5:02:53 AM EST) birfs bounced Barfs in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (9:04:49 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/12/15 5:04:53 AM EST) birfs unbounced All bounced users in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:49 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/18/15 3:00:52 AM EST) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: no need 

Barfs: Panglossian

McNewGuy:  (7:01:01 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/18/15 3:01:04 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

HoneiB: LATE

  *** HoneiB has left the room ***

McNewGuy:  (7:02:32 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/18/15 3:02:35 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

Barfs: i fell asleep in the chair  Panglossian

McNewGuy:  (7:03:16 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/18/15 3:03:19 AM EST) Barfs turned reddottextmode to false in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (8:45:35 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/18/15 4:45:38 AM EST) Barfs red dotted: HoneiB in room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy: birfs, he did when he opened the room...visitor

Barfs: Visitor. wb _Mc

McNewGuy:  (6:59:58 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/23/15 2:59:58 AM EST) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: shush Mc_Visitor.

McNewGuy:  (7:00:30 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/23/15 3:00:30 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy: ty barfs_visitor

McNewGuy:  (6:59:59 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/26/15 3:00:02 AM EST) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:10 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/26/15 3:00:14 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy: Intergrated

HOW'S THE WEATHER IN COOMA?

McNewGuy: (7:00:00 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/30/15 3:00:00 AM EST) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: oi Mc_

McNewGuy:  (7:00:10 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (11/30/15 3:00:11 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

birfs: FARK

Barfs: evenin birfs birfs   

Barfs:   

McNewGuy: oi barfs_justmakeupaword!

birfs: evenin' Barfs making up a word

Barfs: oi Mc _Seven

McNewGuy: oi barfs_Seven

McNewGuy: evening birfs_Seven

birfs: evenin' Mc_Seven

McNewGuy: Birfs    10    - Barfs    7

McNewGuy:  (7:00:00 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/01/15 3:00:01 AM EST) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:19 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/01/15 3:00:19 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

Birfs 11 - Barfs 7

Word is Eleven

McNewGuy: I'll get this out of the way, while you clean up the   still

McNewGuy:  (7:00:00 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/02/15 3:00:01 AM EST) Barfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs:   

birfs: we are humgry oh chit

McNewGuy:  (7:00:08 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/02/15 3:00:09 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

Barfs:      

McNewGuy: No turkeys tonight, Pandiculation

McNewGuy: dinner time, RB

birfs: **Yawn**

Barfs: and my hand was shakin'

McNewGuy:  (7:02:22 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/08/15 3:02:25 AM EST) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

Barfs: lets see the room repoet plz  before i head off for my walk  Nativity

McNewGuy:  (7:02:33 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/08/15 3:02:37 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (7:05:04 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/08/15 3:05:08 AM EST) birfs joined as admin in room: Radio MBBH

Barfs:    Obfuscation

McNewGuy:    Obfuscation

Barfs: hi Nachite

McNewGuy:  (6:59:59 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/09/15 3:00:02 AM EST) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

  *** Nachite has left the room ***

Barfs: heck' Obfuscation

  *** Nachite has joined the room ***

McNewGuy:  (7:00:08 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/09/15 3:00:11 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

birfs: oh

birfs: hmmm

McNewGuy: Obfuscation

Barfs: double heck'

Barfs: Obfuscation

birfs:    Obfuscation

McNewGuy:  (6:59:58 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/10/15 3:00:03 AM EST) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

birfs: wot

birfs: recount

McNewGuy:  (7:00:09 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/10/15 3:00:14 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (7:00:01 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/14/15 3:00:02 AM EST) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

HoneiB: are u gong out for that or online dunno]

McNewGuy:  (7:00:12 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/14/15 3:00:13 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

Barfs: chit'

McNewGuy:  (7:00:06 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/15/15 3:00:06 AM EST) birfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:20 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/15/15 3:00:20 AM EST) birfs changed static text msg

Conscientious is the word for Wednesday

McNewGuy:  (7:00:00 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/16/15 3:00:00 AM EST) Barfs opened your room: Radio MBBH

McNewGuy:  (7:00:12 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/16/15 3:00:12 AM EST) Barfs changed static text msg

McNewGuy:  (9:26:45 PM‪) Paltalk Notifier: (12/16/15 5:26:47 AM EST) Barfs red dotted: birfs in room: Radio MBBH

Natural Springs

Barfs has been going on about how good his springs have been lately, so we thought we'd let you check out what springs he's using

Program Guide

Raining in New Zealand

Apparently, it's been raining in parts of New Zealand, Birfs came back with a report on it This is how I think it went, really....