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Post by DrTrash on Mar 10, 2005 8:18:00 GMT -5
I wandered over here from Hfx.general thinking "HEY might be a good place to hang but a heap of members and only the same 4-5 posting back n forth.
No disrespect folks but I've seen livelier morgues.
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Post by Dranem on Mar 11, 2005 7:22:54 GMT -5
I can't vote on this poll.. there's no option for :This is a great place to be. As for people who think the board is 'boring' then why don't you post for frack sakes! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out.... This board will get busy if people get busy - plain and simple. If you don't like this board, then you don't need to be here.. that's the joy of the internet. You can go almost wherever you want. Nothing is keeping you here, nothing is making you stay. If you want to whine, go set up a thread and whine away! Just expect a few flames along the way. And at least it'll get people talking.  Personally, I like this board, as do many others. I can't be here every day, every minute. I have a job and kids take care of. But I drop by here when I have the time. Anyway, off to work. |
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Post by DrTrash on Mar 11, 2005 10:07:52 GMT -5
Don't go getting your panties in too much of a bunch there guy, my post wasn't so much a criticism as it was an observation. Biggest thing that I can see here is the fact that there are so few people posting ( of 134 members only 9 have posted more than 20 times[2 of the mods haven't even posted that many] and of those 9 only 5 have posted more than 100 times)  . these few posters have become so used to one another that they're in a click that's hard for someone outside to really grasp. You guys may find it a great place to be because you understand one another but to someone like me on the outside (no disrespect intended)JD inserting an IUD and finding some blood doesn't exactly make my heart go pitter-patter althougt I imagine hers skiped a beat or two, or the "really nothing" thread almost put me to sleep. I can't help but wonder how many people have come here and felt the same as me and instead of posting somethime have just passed by. I could post for frack sakes and liven things up a bit (seems as if I might have already done that) but the task of making this an interesting place to be is also the largely the responsibility of the people managing the site. The good Doctor PS I don't whine about stuff but I'm more than willing to poke fun at or stir up the odd bit of shit now and again. |
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Post by JD on Mar 20, 2005 16:35:28 GMT -5
Hey Dr! Welcome to the site. I'm sorry you feel this way about this site. We (the regular posters) are in our own kinda click, we have all met and with the exception of leo and steph, it has been through this site. We have kind of just made this site an area where we post back and forth teasing each other, and we usually have outside convos going on at the same time. Dranem, we do include you in our online click, its just been difficult for us to meet you or paintball face to face (it wouldn't've been if paintball didn't quit b4 he started where i work  ) We are looking for things to talk about to liven the site up a lil, but the truth is, none of us really have the time to engage in interesting activities to talk about. We all have outside lives that are (lets face it guys..) boring. Dranem, Paintball and I have kids and Steph and Leo are students. We also have our private chat and most of us have really been having probs with our puters lately, so its difficult to even get online. So, that said, what would you like to talk about? Start a thread and if it is a thread that interests us, we'll try to post when we have a chance to get back to the site. |
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Post by DrTrash on Mar 21, 2005 17:31:42 GMT -5
Thank you for the welcome JD, nice to see I've not offended you too badly LOL ;D just kidding like I said before no disrespect intended but I've the habit of being rather blunt and was calling it pretty much as I saw it and elected to drop a small bombshell as an intro (not my best choice it would seem  .) I'm sure you'll are a great bunch and you'll get along well but that's part of what can make it hard for someone on the outside. In all fairness yes it can be difficult for you to let an outsider into your circle not knowing what their intentions are. Just as a thought your mods could add a few topic areas that are of general interest such as current events, opinions on some of the latest movies or music something everyone could feel comfortable expressing an opinion on and feel as if they're contributing rather than butting in.  Like you JD I'm a single parent, father to a teenage girl   :'(also partially disabled thanks to a drunk driver but I never let that interfere with reading a newspaper or watching some interesting program and expressing my thoughts or ideas. A lively topic can be as serious as the war in Iraq or as silly as a discussion of fart jokes it's all up to the people involved. Although I thought I'd allready started an interesting thread I'll see if I can start some interesting threads here in the near future. Again thank you for the welcome. The good Doctor |
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Post by JD on Mar 24, 2005 7:17:40 GMT -5
hmmmm.....seems like we're collecting quite a few parents on here.....wonder if halifolks has given any more thought to a parents forum. im sure u would have lots of useful tips for those of us with younger children. and we really dont find it that hard to include others in our circle.....after all, we all met here:D
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Post by Dranem on Mar 26, 2005 0:17:38 GMT -5
hmmmm.....seems like we're collecting quite a few parents on here.....wonder if halifolks has given any more thought to a parents forum. im sure u would have lots of useful tips for those of us with younger children. and we really dont find it that hard to include others in our circle.....after all, we all met here:D Hey, a parent forum would actually be a pretty good idea... I may be adding more things than asking for advice... my oldest is 11. Mind you she lives 3 provinces away!  To answer a previous post of JD's. Meeting me in person might get a little easier.. Elco canned me for some reason or another, and I've given up working and looking on starting my comptuer busines back up. My other half, in the mean time, is looking for odd jobs to keep us afloat till all this gets off the ground. Lets see how things pan out... |
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Post by JD on Mar 26, 2005 6:31:13 GMT -5
we're always looking for late night people *hint, hint, nudge, nudge* lol jk |
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Post by hfxpaintball on Mar 27, 2005 11:43:44 GMT -5
Hey guys, I wanna welcome doctor as well. We've tried to start other threads of general topics before but noone would post on them so we jjust carried our own conversations. Jd, yeah, listen hun, sorry about the job thing. but I got a better job during the day that pays more. I would have like to have worked there, but, well, I gotta do what's better for me. I got the job in the transition phase between interview and orientation. So that really is where the problem came in. Had they been a little quicker then I probably would have met you. But what's done is done. I've been in clayton park a few times but not at the times when you would be working so. But yeah, so, I'm still alive for those who missed me. welcome to the board, doctor, hopefully we can find some common ground and if you can join in with some of our conversations then maybe some of the others will follow suit and join in with us. Thanks guys and I hope that I will be able to join back in more often.
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Post by JD on Mar 27, 2005 13:09:11 GMT -5
paintball, the phone # u gave me is disconnected. is there another # i can reach u at since neither of us are online very often? can u just e-mail it to me or pm me with it.
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. these few posters have become so used to one another that they're in a click that's hard for someone outside to really grasp. You guys may find it a great place to be because you understand one another but to someone like me on the outside (no disrespect intended)JD inserting an IUD and finding some blood doesn't exactly make my heart go pitter-patter althougt I imagine hers skiped a beat or two, or the "really nothing" thread almost put me to sleep. I can't help but wonder how many people have come here and felt the same as me and instead of posting somethime have just passed by.
) We are looking for things to talk about to liven the site up a lil, but the truth is, none of us really have the time to engage in interesting activities to talk about. We all have outside lives that are (lets face it guys..) boring. Dranem, Paintball and I have kids and Steph and Leo are students. We also have our private chat and most of us have really been having probs with our puters lately, so its difficult to even get online. So, that said, what would you like to talk about? Start a thread and if it is a thread that interests us, we'll try to post when we have a chance to get back to the site.
.) I'm sure you'll are a great bunch and you'll get along well but that's part of what can make it hard for someone on the outside. In all fairness yes it can be difficult for you to let an outsider into your circle not knowing what their intentions are.
:'(also partially disabled thanks to a drunk driver but I never let that interfere with reading a newspaper or watching some interesting program and expressing my thoughts or ideas. A lively topic can be as serious as the war in Iraq or as silly as a discussion of fart jokes 
