I agree Sheba - I think some people think they won't be read in the techie section - maybe.

Unfortunately the directions on posting are not clearly laid out - many items in general forum contain stuff that's general in nature but with a bit of technical stuff thrown in.....where should it go? May also be a bit of digress there as well. One post may contain bits that belong in 5 different forums if you disect it.

Personally I scan all the forums except singles and medical.

By my figuring, this post should have been in the "I digress" forum, not the general.......but that's just my take on it and I don't claim to be right.

I'm happy to go with the flow.

Good Luck.

Sometimes things are answered faster in the in this section than they are in the techies forum. as this is the general forum, general questions could cover everything. I do realise that all comments so far are from Guru's but us peasants are here too.
Cheers Jack

Get back to your burrowing!!  LOL.............

Mark wrote:

---

Get back to your burrowing!!  LOL.............

---

 Thanks Mark, I thought you were a mate of mine 

 I know the reason, that is the cause for all the wrong postings in the General Forum 

 

But i cannot post the answer here ??? because this is the wrong area ??? So I have posted the answer where it belongs in '' I Digress''  

_wombat_ wrote:

---

Duh wrote:

---

There are a lot that seem to be posted in the wrong sections Sheba, a bit more care is needed by all of us to try to put them in the right place, also OT posts in sections that are not in "I digress" and I will put my hand up for some of those but will try my best not too....promise!   

 

---

 you should be putting your hand up to ALL of them not just some of them. 

---

 Geez.....and I didn't even say most of them were in response to Wombat's posts which are way OT !  

 

 That would be a MINORITY opinion ?? and whats that got to do with General ?? it should be in ''I Digress'' 

magraret wrote:

---

just noted that there are a lot of gurus on this post maybe oneday  i will beone two

 i read the forum every day wish i could say i read all of them but i dont i am gulity of posting all in this forum and i notice that i get a lot of feed back from you guys and you always point me to pages or other forums so yes i am a guilty one so as i take on your advise i now see that i can search for things maybe i should take a bit more time and check the  others out 

thanks for pointing me in the right direction i will try to do better next time (only joking) at least you guys put a smile on my face between you all you are a wealth of info so keep up the good work for the gurus to come

---

 if you keep posting you WILL be a guru 

good to hear some of us are helping with your questions etc but we all have to put up with Duh, Dugwe & dazren. 

Sorry Sheba, Duh made me go off topic 

I reckon replies should be directed towards the OP's question/query or comment. It's only my opinion, but once a thread becomes chit-chat I lose all interest and this means that if the chit-chat starts before what may possibly be a very interesting thead gets intelligent answers, then it's all over red rover. One or two comments may be OK but not when it's like a game of tennis. My apologies if you feel I'm being boring.
I have a suspicion that most GN's that don't post regularly feel the same.

Regards

Denis

-- Edited by hako on Tuesday 23rd of July 2013 04:41:54 PM

dazren wrote:

---

jetj wrote .

tonyd wrote:

---

brickies wrote:

---

Would be great if all the Wombat talk could be kept in I Digress

---

 Blocked would be better.

---

 Agree, not so funny after the first hundred posts.

==============================================================================================================

Those comments seem a little personal ?? ---       Keep looking ?? Happiness IS out there, and we all find it sooner or later ?  

 

---

 No not personal, these are lovely helpful nice people, but you can only laugh at wombat holes so many times and not helpful to those with limited access. This is such a great forum. Sorry but happiness is not about wombat holes.

-- Edited by jetj on Tuesday 23rd of July 2013 06:12:51 PM

brickies wrote:

---

Would be great if all the Wombat talk could be kept in I Digress

---

 Blocked would be better.

Thanks everyone for your input. It does help with navigation and searches if members try to post in the section that best fits the subject matter. It also helps visitors who are looking for specific things, whether it be general information, jokes, rig photos etc to find - and enjoy - what they want. However, I understand that there are grey areas and hope that everyone can be flexible when they read others' threads. It is not an exact science ... and ultimately the most important thing is that we all find what we are looking for and enjoy the forum. I'll try to keep things in the right place as best I can, but I am hoping that this can be fairly self-regulating. Fingers crossed! Please let me know if you have any concerns about strings appearing in the wrong section. Thanks for your understanding everybody.

brickies wrote:

---

Yes I DIGRESS was set up for the purpose of letting people who want to talk to one another without Hi jacking posts

---

 NOT 100% correct, PM is for people who want to talk to one another.

Thanks Cindy for your input, I know you will change a topic if you think it needs to be done.