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There are some super folks here, the backbone of the forum for sure, but I keep looking for long time posters who are no longer here..I kinds miss Trixie, Caroline..oh gosh I could reel off reams.. I wonder how they are doing.

I guess the forum is a bit like a family and we get to thinking about the ones we haven't seen for a while

XX Jeannine

I think with the death of the chat room people are not drawn to socialise here like they used to :(

What happened to the chat room?

XX Jeannine

Quote from: Jeannine on June 04, 2012, 21:26:51
What happened to the chat room?

XX Jeannine

Nothing happened but from waht I har it used to be popular and isn't anymore. That was before I was a member I think so I do not know why?

There was only ever a limited group of people in the chat room. Maybe 10-20 at best. But it was a fun place to be and a little bit crazy. I don't think Trixiebelle or Caroline were ever there.

I think it's just that life moves on and people have other priorities. Get the emails of the people you want to stay in touch with. They're less likely to change.

we used to have some great shed parties too :-)  Ahhhhhh me fire men, how I miss em ;-)

I find the shed extremely frustrating.  There is a time lag between posts as people type and sometimes there seem to be several conversations going on at the same time.

And yes there are some people I miss.  Maybe they will come back sometime. 

I'm back.....but I don't do chat room though, as I don't type(one finger ) very fast,by the time I've typed my reply then spell checked it the conversation  as moved as moved on  :-[

I presume you don't mean me, Jeannine- I'm still here! ;D
Caroline

I have only been there twice in 6years and one of those times was to have a private chat with someone. I don't stay on my pc after 7pm and that was when the chat got going.

Still here, but nothing much to add these days. Keep looking in on the Chat but the room is always empty.

You won't be hearing much from Saddad for a bit either, computer problems..... :-\ ::)

Give him our love Deb

i left because of bullying if a certain person popped in i left and then i got busy i guess that happened with other people

is there not a way to block or ban people from the chat room if they have been abusive or bullying?

I only went in once and the atmosphere went decidely cold so I presumed I was not welcome so never bothered again.

Maybe we can try it again. Ninny mentioned it last week but no one was there.

Caroline, no it wasn't you I was thinking of sweetie, I know you are here, I would miss you if you vamished.

I have noticed there doesn't seem to be the same atmosphere on the forum that there was a few years ago, not so much fun stuff. Everyone is still very supportive and caring though and that is very important.

Maybe we need another round robin seed parcel but with a fun twist to it, I can do that, but if we just did it with clues. It was a lot of fun. What do others think.

XX Jeannine

I miss Trixie and Lish, too. I know Lish visits sometimes , Emaggie too, we used to have some good laughs, remember the chocolate trials Lish organised, and Trixie's funny stories  ;D

Oh yes, I was just thinking of the chokalik..it was so funny. Trixies story about her relations at Christmas was priceless too.

XX Jeannine

If my old memory serves me right, it used to be called "The Lounge" many moons ago.

When I first joined A4A it took me ages to summon up the courage to press the 'chat' button. Total confusion went on as I couldn't get back to looking at the posts on the main site and I pressed the red 'get me out of here' button   :o

Way back in those days I didn't quite understand I could open two windows to be able to look at both the forum and chat. So once I had the confidence to go back in again, there was good gardening and general chat - an instant answer to a problem. One or more used to post music (Curry ,TimK, Tinker and Tonybloke) whilst nattering, a link you either ignored or enjoyed. I tried to get folk nattering during the day, during my lunch hour at work, but it seemed to more of an evening thing.

There were people from around the globe, it's where I met so many folk I still keep in touch with.

It was hard keeping up, initially, with all the nattering, but I learned to type faster  ;D

Yes, I did have a hissy fit when someone upset me once, similar to Cam's experience, and thought 'that's it never again'. Gardening and love for gardening overode it and I had to remember that the written word can always be misconstrued   :(

The Chat Shed is open all day long and that's how I think it should be used, coffee, tea and cocoa time  :)

Ninny

I'm trying new connection solutions today.... halfway there, Internet but not wireless yet...  :-X