Gerty dancer wrote   ----     Speak for yourself Gary!!! I'm certainly not scary! Perhaps Dougwe and Wombat and Dazren,,,,,   

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  However Gerty you probaly think you have got away with this one ?? BUT you won't know when, ? and you won't know how ? But somewhere , ? sometime, ?   

-- Edited by dazren on Friday 5th of July 2013 05:52:37 PM

I get the feeling you've gotta be a bit of an extrovert to be a poster. The non-posters are probably terrified hehe. And I can't say I blame the poor buggers. The posters are a pretty scary lot.

neilnruth wrote:

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And yes, I did remember there was an easier way of finding a friend.  I found her.

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LOL;

JC.

I don't think you have to be an extrovert to post on this forum. I'm not. I think you just need to have something to say - and be accepting of all points of view. We (yes, my hubby doesn't post but he still hears what's happening) both enjoy this forum and all the info we get from it - and can occasionally give.

Who are you trying to kid wombat???

Can't help but notice that you are creeping up on HW.

A thought - if I may.  It is obvious that the number of members who have not posted or ceased after their initial post is a concern or at least a curiosity to a number of us?!  

For me it was a curiosity so I went back and checked out several members who have only posted a couple of times over several years and not recently.  Many it appears,  post initially just to say hello and then again to say goodbye, we're on our way.  Why not be a welcoming GN and send a quick email or post to them to check in ..... ie, "how was your first trip?  are you back home yet? would be interested in how it went and where you stayed?"  

I thought reaching out to people is what we are all about.  Perhaps instead of competing to see how many posts we each have to our credit, it would be more productive to see how many members you can reactivate by reaching out to the silent majority?? We are made up of a vast array of personalities which for some could be a bit intimidating.

Personally I think you are all great and try to contribute where I feel I can

Just a thought .....

-- Edited by chaslib on Sunday 7th of July 2013 09:06:01 AM

chaslib wrote:

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A thought - if I may.  It is obvious that the number of members who have not posted or ceased after their initial post is a concern or at least a curiosity to a number of us?!  

For me it was a curiosity so I went back and checked out several members who have only posted a couple of times over several years and not recently.  Many it appears,  post initially just to say hello and then again to say goodbye, we're on our way.  Why not be a welcoming GN and send a quick email or post to them to check in ..... ie, "how was your first trip?  are you back home yet? would be interested in how it went and where you stayed?"  

I thought reaching out to people is what we are all about.  Perhaps instead of competing to see how many posts we each have to our credit, it would be more productive to see how many members you can reactivate by reaching out to the silent majority?? We are made up of a vast array of personalities which for some could be a bit intimidating.

Personally I think you are all great and try to contribute where I feel I can

Just a thought .....

-- Edited by chaslib on Sunday 7th of July 2013 08:56:35 AM

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 I agree with you cahslib, but the only person with all of the email address is Cindy, some of us do have email address but Cindy has them all, so maybe when she has time it would be a good idea to boost forum numbers, but it could get too busy on here if everyone posted every day, one would not have the time to read all post.

But it is a good suggestion.

_wombat_ wrote:

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neilnruth wrote:

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Can't help but notice that you are creeping up on HW.

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 I've got no hope of catching HW 

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 Mmmmmm, could have fooled me bigw.

Dougwe wrote:

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_wombat_ wrote:

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I don't post a lot because I do not have the time to spare. 

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 Yeh, too busy digging all those holes to trip people over and then you make out you are a doctor and charge like a wounded wombat to fix them up. 

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 I see nothing wrong with that 

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Dazren is trying very hard too.

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 also he's very trying 

We try to welcome new members every time we see a new post. There's just so many who never post. I guess we could PM them and say 'hello'. But there are pages and pages of them and they may never come back and find their PM anyway.

thought I might post... nar think I will just lurk a bit more ..

still feeling me way round..

G'day Bobt, welcome to the forum!! You will find it all gets easier with practise, we look forward to hearing more from you? Enjoy!