IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?

[georg ruf jr.]

Yep.
But only sometimes.

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

   Georg I agree. So i'm not imagining it.

[SandyB]

Further to this I  see not much activity on site .. good to  see the  pic of the Jones family .. does this  mean I'm going to have to  now start rummaging through negatives as  well to  try and dig up pics and memories ??  .. dont quite know whats all there but suppose its wortha bash in the absence of effort ....

[Michael Alexander]

I think in General, over public holiday's the site tends to quieten down as everybody is off doing things.... I too need to get my in gear and get on with some updates...once an update is done, then I auto email evryone that is registered in here and then the forum gets busy again over the next few days.......gotta find those lost sheep....

[SandyB]

Maybe the  good  sheperd Michael  should  do a  father  Keith  thing  and  place  an  advert saying  he  is  looking  for all his  stray  sheep ..  I finally aquired a laptop and wireless connection so I'm portable and can access and  post 24rhs , my  problem is I'm spending so much of  my  free time doing those  essential jobs , lapsed projects and of  course  trying to get  other projects on  the  house  into  motion  before the cold winter hits ( and  of  course  trying  to  do  liesure  and  social )  .. so  much  so  that I now rehired my one arm and  leg man to  do  all  the  smaller painting  jobs ,, Sipho is  a   statisitic  of  crime who does not  want  to  be  a  victim ,  he  was robbed and  thrown off a  moving  train and  lost left arm and right leg  , gets by  well  on  his  falsies . because of  his  meagre disabilty grant he has his abled but lazy brother  leaning  on  him ... as  said  I  am  employing him to  do  and  at  the same  time  learn painting , frustrating cos  sometimes its 50 % supervision  to  teach  a  skill like  cutting  in  and  brush  technique .. but I'm sure it  will  pay  off ,  theres lots of   the  on  ground preparation  and  fiddly work he can do .. further more he is  trustworthy  and once  trained I can  leave  him   to  get  on  with  it .. , and  best  reward is  the  smile on  his dial when he  has finished a days work and earns  his  money  albeit  as  an  appie  at  the  moment .. Oops  rambled  off  so  yes  me  busy  and  distracted  , but  still  no  excuse , I  suppose i   should  do  the  rummaging and  sorting  in little  bits , then  scan  and  hopefully  some  more  postings of  memories ..

[Michael Alexander]

I should think about advertising the site in a few newspapers and mags.... that might help.... on the other hand would it? we have close to 400 members here, but only about 35 access the site on a regular basis....

[georg ruf jr.]

I'm sure there are more accesing the site. They're on incognito, which means they're not active.
Maybe we should try and find out why. Maybe there'sxsomething some people find annoying. We've had several complaints already:
Too many smileys.
Not sticking to the topic.
Some don't like particular subjects. (3 word story) But why do they check in these subjects?
To much bitch-slapping...
ect.
So what do we do? 
There's no real sence in changing your attitude.

[Michael Alexander]

Just wait till Paula climbs back online again... then the bitch slapping will start all over again.... 

[georg ruf jr.]

Yep.
That girl really put life on this board...
:emot19: bling1

[Rhona]

Maybe they are just shy Jnr..................after all it took me a while to introduce myself to you guys - Best thing I ever did; kinda like having a load of penpals only better     e154

[georg ruf jr.]

Yep.  e154
Were you one of the incognitos?

[Rhona]

I don't know about incognito - but I certainly used to sneak into the site under the cover of darkness and read what everyone was saying; then I'd laugh out loud and relay my own stories - all in my head - and then I'd log off again, before anyone would even know I was there...........but then one day I thought - I want to have the same fun the rest of you guys are having, and so I introduced myself - still haven't got the hang of posting a picture of myself - but here I am none the less and it's the best thing I ever did............

[SandyB]

Good for  you ... register .. post your face .. and  contribute .. i am joining my  dear friend Ronel  Whatley for a braai tonite .. they  down for easter and staying at her  sisters place .. my  camera batteries on  charge so  hopefully i can post a  few  faces ...  dammn  I  always  seem to  somehow  let both  sets  run  down  .. spoilt at work cos I just walk into  It and  swop  out  my  flat batteries ........

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Long discussions etc....  I'm always out here!  -  dont care what the rest are doing or saying -  as long as I see the friends on the forum chatting away - saying what's in their hears, complaining, bragging, nagging, sagging  - what ever topic  -  I love reading it all (sometines I do not post or chat due to circumstances), but yeah, it's sad that only about 35 people really do participate. (Hasn't it always been like that in all ways of life  -  the same old "oxen pulling the wagon through"? 

So  - you regular "oxen"  - just keep pulling  -  you'll get your extra bale of hay in the end of the day! 

[Michael Alexander]

If one thinks back to school days, you always had introverts and extroverts... the extroverts being the cool kids and then the squares being the introverts.... always quiet and shy... not running for the back seats in the bus... not smoking behing the moth camp.... but the net, or this forum opens all that up.... you don't have to be shy any longer...just post and be damned with it./....... By the way, I was not a cool kid at school... a real quiet chap me.... gee! HOW  all that has changed..... known as a bombastic kinda guy these days.....