Concern about missing members

[user 6493]

SGS said he was leaving forum for a coupke of weeks because he got carried away and ended up researching 5 other memebers identities and felt realy bad about it afterward.

I wondered who had been poking around in my closet,,,,,it was the dirty socks that got him,,,,,

 

[Meerkat]

Phideaux and Gumpy are friends in real life, although they may not be living close enough to see each other now.

Meerkat, where are you? I hope you are well! I am especially curious to know if you made your annual batch of fruit cake?

Hi Sweety,
I've just been busy and did a little traveling. I got ready to go to Thanksgiving for a week with family and then spent a week in Atlanta area with family.
Came back got tied up in some political forum for awhile. . Felt like it was ie to be cussed and attacked again. .

Hope gumpy is ok and gets in touch. Anyone heard from VenimPilot yet?

 

[Weedygarden]

Hi Sweety,
I've just been busy and did a little traveling. I got ready to go to Thanksgiving for a week with family and then spent a week in Atlanta area with family.
Came back got tied up in some political forum for awhile. . Felt like it was ie to be cussed and attacked again. .

Hope gumpy is ok and gets in touch. Anyone heard from VenimPilot yet?

Good to hear from you! Thank you for the update!

 

[Meerkat]

Good to hear from you! Thank you for the update!

Thanks,

 

[Meerkat]

@phideaux , heard from Gumpy or VernoJockey?

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Calling @Tank-Girl and checking you are alright with all the bushfires around, am worried about you friend.

 

[Tank-Girl]

Calling @Tank-Girl and checking you are alright with all the bushfires around, am worried about you friend.

I'm ok but the smoke has been terrible.
My eyes haven't stopped watering.

All this wouldn't have happened if they - the government, had a half way decent plan of controlled burns to remove fuel loads.
Our enviornement, our landscape - plants and animals have adapted to fire.
They're life cycles NEED fire.
So, when the country isn't burnt every second season you get these massive destructive wildfires.
This will continue to happen until the powers that be come to terms with
the very nature of the land they govern and do what the Aboriginals have done
for centuries.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Glad to hear you are ok @Tank-Girl.

You are right about back burning the under brush regularly and then you and all of us wouldn't get the these massive wildfires. The greenies have a lot to do with it protesting about everything I think. Wonder how long it will take the governments to realise how stupid they are on this subject, if ever.

 

[Terri9630]

Y'all sound like us. Save the forest! Save the spotted owl! That's all fine and dandy until a fire gets sparked, then the owls are toast, along with everything else!

 

[Peanut]

Phideaux was logged in earlier tonight, in case no one else noticed.

 

[Meerkat]

Phideaux was logged in earlier tonight, in case no one else noticed.

I noticed him is why I tagged him in post above. I sure hope he is not holding back news because it is bad. I hope Gump went back to his wife or something like that.

 

[Spikedriver]

I noticed him is why I tagged him in post above. I sure hope he is not holding back news because it is bad. I hope Gump went back to his wife or something like that.

Witholding news wouldn't be Jim's way.

 

[Swing]

I'd love to have Jim post some more. And the woods do need to be better managed so those huge fires are not able to build so large. Glad to hear that @Tank-Girl and others are okay.

 

[Meerkat]

Witholding news wouldn't be Jim's way.

Withholding no news is also withholding news. If Jim doesn't know then eh should answer us and say so.
Phildeaux why do you not reply to us who are concerned?
Yet you hang around and like certain post and don't comment.

 

[Meerkat]

On second thought, I'll give Phildeauz benefit of the doubt. And say he is respecting Gumps privacy and and was ask to not say anythign yet or maybe ever?

 

[Caribou]

I just heard from Phideaux. He said to say hi to everyone and that he'd be around to play when things slowed down. He reports that all are doing well, at least as well as age allows.

 

[viking]

I'd love to have Jim post some more. And the woods do need to be better managed so those huge fires are not able to build so large. Glad to hear that @Tank-Girl and others are okay.

That's one of the good things to come out of the forest fire we had here in 2013, it mostly burned the under brush in the forests above us which will reduce the probability of fires in the area for a number of years to come.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Gumpy, is sometimes on Let's talk College Football.
Life happens, maybe they will be back when they can.
Hope so.........

 

[phideaux]

Gumpy is still alive, Gumpy is tied up with life issues, and some health issues.
But he is OK. We taiked today while he is at doctors office...

Thought I'd stop in to try and clear our names ...not just hanging around "liking" posts.
Life issues here also.
Just got cleared yesterday for bilateral knee replacement.


Not witholding no news either.

Witholding news wouldn't be Jim's way.

Thank you ...my long time friend.

Merry Christmas to all my friends here .

 

[havasu]

Hi Jim. Good to hear from you. Are you getting both knees done at the same time?

Merry Christmas!:swingstocking:

 

[timmie]

Gumpy is still alive, Gumpy is tied up with life issues, and some health issues.
But he is OK. We taiked today while he is at doctors office...

Thought I'd stop in to try and clear our names ...not just hanging around "liking" posts.
Life issues here also.
Just got cleared yesterday for bilateral knee replacement.


Not witholding no news either.




Thank you ...my long time friend.

Merry Christmas to all my friends here .

Thanks for letting us hear you guys are alright MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

[Swing]

Gumpy is still alive, Gumpy is tied up with life issues, and some health issues.
But he is OK. We taiked today while he is at doctors office...

Thought I'd stop in to try and clear our names ...not just hanging around "liking" posts.
Life issues here also.
Just got cleared yesterday for bilateral knee replacement.


Not witholding no news either.




Thank you ...my long time friend.

Merry Christmas to all my friends here .

Good to hear from you Jim. Good luck on the knee replacement and be sure to do your PT afterwards. Merry Christmas and drop by more often if you can.

 

[Meerkat]

Gumpy is still alive, Gumpy is tied up with life issues, and some health issues.
But he is OK. We taiked today while he is at doctors office...

Thought I'd stop in to try and clear our names ...not just hanging around "liking" posts.
Life issues here also.
Just got cleared yesterday for bilateral knee replacement.


Not witholding no news either.




Thank you ...my long time friend.

Merry Christmas to all my friends here .

First off I do hope all is well with both of you and you come out fine on the knee surgery and Gump is ok too.
But don't put this on me and play Mr Victim here.

You did ignore all of us for quite awhile and you did come online and like post while ignoring your friends pleas for information on a friend here we were all worried about.

So don't zoom your frustration's in on me Phildeax.

Witholding news wouldn't be Jim's way.

Then why did he do it?

 

[Weedygarden]

Gumpy is still alive, Gumpy is tied up with life issues, and some health issues.
But he is OK. We taiked today while he is at doctors office...

Thought I'd stop in to try and clear our names ...not just hanging around "liking" posts.
Life issues here also.
Just got cleared yesterday for bilateral knee replacement.


Not witholding no news either.




Thank you ...my long time friend.

Merry Christmas to all my friends here .

Merry Christmas to you, Phideaux! Thanks for checking in and for the update!

 

[Caribou]

Merry Christmas Jim! When the knees get cut you'll have plenty of time to catch up on your books, TV, and UM...internet. Good luck and heal quickly.

 

[Amish Heart]

Merry Christmas, Jim and Gumpy

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Merry Christmas Jim and Gumpy
Be sure to do your exercises with the knee surgery.
Speaking from experience had my first one done this last July.
Be sure to walk too.
Make you walk up some gentle hills works different muscles.
Walking in squat position zig zag pattern also works different muscle groups.
Best wishes on the knee replacement.
Tentatively doing my second knee in Feb.

 

[jayjay1]

I'm guilty of being absent ( I think it was almost 2 years ).
Work, Home, Life, etc, etc, etc......
I have also taken ownership of our Australian Prep site: Ausprep.com , as well as trying to reinvigorate our Asian site: Asiaprep.com
So I've been rather busy.,

We have a lot less members than here, 727 as I write.
One thing with admin we have discussed, is how to get members more involved, posts etc.

What we have learned is this;

1. A lot, if not, most people, will never post. They use our site as a "go to library" for information. That's ok with us. Some people don't want to post, or feel inadequate.
2. Some post, then fall off the forum. Sometimes it is disagreements over a topic, feel they have no more to offer, so stop posting.
3. Some lose interest, and never come back.
4. Some join, and never post, and never come back.

On the positive, recently we have had a number of members who were absent for over a year be seen back on line. We usually message them, say hi, and welcome them back.

Solutions?

Not sure, but I'll throw out a few ideas.
We have a State/territory thread, and we organise get togethers with people. Because we are so small, we can easiy handle this.
Is it feasable to have a number of members responsible for their own states, and if there is a way, to email/contact members from their respective state, say hi, encourage them to come back, even ask for feedback.
We did that a while ago, ask for feedback from once regular members. One was concerned that there were too many males in charge, and not enough female participation. We took this on board, though one of our three head admins is a female. We did also start a "Womens Thread" where women could discuss prepping issues relevant to them, as well as a "secret' area for women only to discuss in private.

Then again, we have banned a lot of people too, which has become a bit of a competition with us admin as to who can ban the most trolls & morons that hit our page.

Hope this helps.

PS - I'll be around more, I promise.

 

[user 6493]

I'm guilty of being absent ( I think it was almost 2 years ).
Work, Home, Life, etc, etc, etc......
I have also taken ownership of our Australian Prep site: Ausprep.com , as well as trying to reinvigorate our Asian site: Asiaprep.com
So I've been rather busy.,

We have a lot less members than here, 727 as I write.
One thing with admin we have discussed, is how to get members more involved, posts etc.

What we have learned is this;

1. A lot, if not, most people, will never post. They use our site as a "go to library" for information. That's ok with us. Some people don't want to post, or feel inadequate.
2. Some post, then fall off the forum. Sometimes it is disagreements over a topic, feel they have no more to offer, so stop posting.
3. Some lose interest, and never come back.
4. Some join, and never post, and never come back.

On the positive, recently we have had a number of members who were absent for over a year be seen back on line. We usually message them, say hi, and welcome them back.

Solutions?

Not sure, but I'll throw out a few ideas.
We have a State/territory thread, and we organise get togethers with people. Because we are so small, we can easiy handle this.
Is it feasable to have a number of members responsible for their own states, and if there is a way, to email/contact members from their respective state, say hi, encourage them to come back, even ask for feedback.
We did that a while ago, ask for feedback from once regular members. One was concerned that there were too many males in charge, and not enough female participation. We took this on board, though one of our three head admins is a female. We did also start a "Womens Thread" where women could discuss prepping issues relevant to them, as well as a "secret' area for women only to discuss in private.

Then again, we have banned a lot of people too, which has become a bit of a competition with us admin as to who can ban the most trolls & morons that hit our page.

Hope this helps.

PS - I'll be around more, I promise.

I have run a number of forums,,,,banning trolls or trouble makers can be touchy I had 3 guys that I banned once and they were complete turds,,,,even the aholes have supporters ,,,,, I was getting complaints from a lot of members,but once the ban was in effect,,,,,their was a group of about 40 members that did nothing but raise hell about it,,you can not ban every member you don't like,,after 3 or 4 months I walked away from the site,,,it just was not worth the trouble,,,,,,,, if you are in charge of a site it is best to create a dummy account to do all the dirty work.....just my .02 worth

 

[lonewolf]

I have run a number of forums,,,,banning trolls or trouble makers can be touchy I had 3 guys that I banned once and they were complete turds,,,,even the aholes have supporters ,,,,, I was getting complaints from a lot of members,but once the ban was in effect,,,,,their was a group of about 40 members that did nothing but raise hell about it,,you can not ban every member you don't like,,after 3 or 4 months I walked away from the site,,,it just was not worth the trouble,,,,,,,, if you are in charge of a site it is best to create a dummy account to do all the dirty work.....just my .02 worth

yeah tell me about it, I was running a prepping site as manager with the agreement I would take over from the owner at a later date, thankfully I hadn't got around to laying out any money on it just my time, effort and knowledge, too many arseholes coming on site, not all spammers just moaners, came on site one morning to find the owner had banned me, (how the hell do you ban a FORUM MANAGER?) that's was the end of that, the site has gone on under a different name but most of the members haven't got the slightest clue about life post SHTF as they are all short term "preppers".