Yes ,, I do have a gripe .. I see many old joined members ,, and yes sooo many new members .. they give a name or skuilnaam .. no pic , no age .. minimal info .. some of us may remeber them but need a reference point to work from ,, ( mother time is a bitch and covers over memory till we get a prod ) come on this is an open forum .. whats so wrong woth saying what era you came from etc and yes indeed show your face ... are-you-there
I agree with you Sandy, Oranjemund may be a small place, but lots of people lived there and left again.
We are however a large family and need a hint here and there, i had a chat recently with a member and was surprised how much he remembered me from 1 Plant days
He even knew i played guitar and Mouthorgan the same time, must have seen me on Beauvallon LOL
Georg I recall I mentioned it jokingly before .. this is not an anonomous internet dating site where people put their fantasy character out ,, this is an open forum where we are supposed to reconnect .. and time after time I see a new member .. with either a strange name ,or their real name but no avatar , no age no nothing ?? what they hiding ?? might as well not bother taking up the web space .. we all have been changed by time .. thats life .. what we got to be afraid of ?
you rock
Thats right, some people have aprehensions to give away data in the net.....
I remember how brave you where with your politcal open letters, i would advise not to give away to much info , never show your adress and telephone nr in the net....
Think it over what could happen.
Georg .. I am the open book .. I have nothing to hide . If you see I talk openly about me because I talk from my heart .. nothing wrong with that , and if other folk have problems with it I regard it as their problem .. my letters appeared in major publications .. with my name and address .. I dont give a fig .. During the dark 80's when my mother got involved in the ' struggle " and left wing politics , a decision I respected , after all she had completed her raising of us and what she decided to do with her life thereafter was her pleasure and free choice , me I just had to be there for support and the odd reality check .. our phones were tapped .. we were under surveilance .. in danger of being jailed .. been there done it .. and doing it again .. and yes remain politely outspoken ..
I to have mentioned this before and not even jokingly.
Mmm true Diana style ... dawoman
202 nobody seems to take much notice of my gripes so I decided to leave up to you men folk. Must be my Boobs and drinking-41
sorriso2 gnite Up-out
Just a quick note from my side - many times I went to people's profiles to help me figure out from which era they are, or to see ANYthing that could make that connection in the grey matter that I actually DO know that member... just to see an empty page.
So PLEASE people give some more info! Age is just a number,
More info ---> more people recognize you ---> you get to share more memories with more friends! It's that simple.
pls
I agree with you guys, however, I also think a lot of the members on here, are not 100% computer savvy... and have just barely been able to register their names on the forum let alone their profile details....
Ok lets leave it at Mikes rationale for now .... but yes please try .. more info more contact ..
Quote from: Michael Alexander on May 30, 2009, 05:24:01 AM
I agree with you guys, however, I also think a lot of the members on here, are not 100% computer savvy... and have just barely been able to register their names on the forum let alone their profile details....
I agree Mike....but it shouldn't take to long to fathom it out. As I've said before I had NEVER even sat in front of a computer (2yrs ago next month) when O'mund online started. Picked it up pretty quicklyAsk questions here and Michael or Georg will gladly help you along. Please if you can type a "Skuilnaam" you can type your real name.
allgood
Hi3 Hello Sandy, I understand where you are coming from, and go along with your gripe.
Looking at the Membership 701 members, and if you look at their posts!!!!
They may not want to participate in the forum, and there are many other reasons for not doing so.
I use the TAG TOONFANDANGL its something I have used for many years, if you look
up my profile you will find my name there.
A lot of the older Oranjemunders will not have the computer skills as Diana pointed out
Internet identity theft is a bit of a problem and I can understand the older users not wanting to give out to much information although this is a closed forum, as far as membership information.
Again looking at the list of members they registered back in 2007 and have never made a post they my well be happy to just be able to look in from time to time....................Frank :emot112_2:
Thanks Frank ... yes picked up who you were from profile ... It would be interesting to know how many are on facebook etc and freely exchanging info ?? me only recently gone on .. not active just put me there as a lurker in case anybody from my interesting past is looking for me ... technically if anybody was looking for me they would find me on sareunited as well thats schools and military camps ... thats where Bev Coates found me ...
What about starting a topic entitled ''who am I'' and people can start a section under there own name and give a brief summary of themselves incorporating the years they spent in O'mund and also there maiden name; parents; siblings etc etc.............just a thought!
Quote from: Rhona on May 30, 2009, 01:57:01 PM
What about starting a topic entitled ''who am I'' and people can start a section under there own name and give a brief summary of themselves incorporating the years they spent in O'mund and also there maiden name; parents; siblings etc etc.............just a thought!
Yes Rhona, you make the start. Open a new topic....Lets hope the members stick to thre topic and no BS in between...That would be the way this forum should operate.....no diverting.
Wish you succes.
The Profile can give info too, that is seen by members only while posts in the forum are open to all internet users world wide.
I wait for your start
I don't think I can open the topic - I think only the administrators can do that............
The new board for intro is made
Create a topic for each name that comes in, this way we can keep better sight of what comes in
Go Here and create a new topic
http://www.oranjemundonline.com/Forum/index.php?board=51.0
Sorry had the wrong link
Mike
Take that round face with the flashing eyes off and put a real photo of u there
@ alfie.... That pic is a reminder about some guy throwing beer bottles at a president, where was he with za elections.........lol
Ahem !! beer bottles ,, Molotov cocktail would be better ...
I only have access to milk bottles now and they are of the plastic variety.LOL
Yes Chris .. we know those Quart empties have a valuable deposit on return to the bottle store ..
Quote from: Alfred Boehme on May 30, 2009, 09:30:57 PM
Mike
Take that round face with the flashing eyes off and put a real photo of u there
That is his REAL face - his eyes always look like poached eggs when the cash registers are ringing!!
catmusic good one Pete ...
Oi! Those are me Cheetah Currie Cup eyes....
and yes, this weekend the tills did indeed start to ring again.... I found my queue that had gone missing for the last 5 weeks... lets hope it sustains throughout the rest of the month....
from poached eggs to scrambled ..
Quote from: SandyB on May 30, 2009, 01:13:33 PM
Thanks Frank ... yes picked up who you were from profile ... It would be interesting to know how many are on facebook etc and freely exchanging info ?? me only recently gone on .. not active just put me there as a lurker in case anybody from my interesting past is looking for me ... technically if anybody was looking for me they would find me on sareunited as well thats schools and military camps ... thats where Bev Coates found me ...
yes i did Sandy after looking for you and nicolene for ever, and turned out you lived so near each other...and the rest is history still in the making...cant wait for out next reunion.....but i did find you a couple of years earlier through mike and his old site .....but you wernt quite ready for it.......everything happens for a reason and i think the timing was just about right ....i soooooooooo want to do it all again........