wondering why we have a conversation side when

ncgardengirl

15 years ago

We NEVER talk about anything here? LOL.

:) Fran

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tamelask
15 years ago
It used to get used a lot more. TJ's state of real estate thread has been followed and commented on heavily this yr. Honestly, some folks are posting things on the main board that should be here or in the exchanges page. I get in the habit of cking all 3 every 3rd or 4th time i ck discussions. This has always been the least trafficked of the 3, though.
dottie_in_charlotte
14 years ago
Spike used to be more vigilant about keeping the forums on topic before he sold out to ivillage. We're very lucky to have 3 separate forums for the Carolinas since many others only have the gardening forum. We should use the conversations more often. It should be the home for folks looking to move to the Carolinas.
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That was my second big belly laugh of the day. You've plunked my twanger when you brought up labeling. My biggest beef is with ethically false labels, but they squeak by the legal guidelines. Point in case are those foods with "Zero Transfats". I know if there is any partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in it, that there are transfats, regardless of what the label says. They get around this because that label allows up to 500 milligrams of transfat into the food for each serving size, without having to claim it. So, you can easily hide all the transfats in a whole multiple use container of food by making the serving sizes very, very small.....small enough not to exceed 500 milligrams. If the label says it has hydrogenated oil in it, you know it has transfats. I am so sick of spin doctoring.
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Melanie, Do you want to continue to buy from this vender? Do they, for esample, have roses you like which are available no where else? Or, are their roses bigger and healthier than anywhere else? If so, you might want to contact a manager or supervisor about your experience. It soulds likely to me that the customer service (sic) person might have been trying to save him or herself effort by simply giving a no we don't do that answer, of which the translation might be something like, My boss might approve this, but then I would have to track him or her down, and then get into the computer and change your ship date, and then the shipping guys are going to be on my case about having to move your roses from shelf A to shelf B, and if there is any kind of mixup it is going to get blamed on me so if I just say no, so what, big deal. You might have immediately asked to speak to a supervisor during your initial conversation, sometimes that can get cooperation which might otherwise not be forthcoming. Me, I likely would not buy from them again. I take the view that especially in times of high employemnt, there is no excuse for tolerating poor service and disdainful attitudes. The person might have at least asked the supervisor whether, for a long time customer, the $15 charge could not be waived. If I were the phone person, I would have taken it on myself to waive the charge and been dismissed probably, but then I never did have much respect for tin hat authority.
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Why do we have a Conversations Side?
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It's for off-topic conversations. Sometimes we may put OT posts on the discussions side, but that's not the norm. For the most part our forum has a wide-ranging amount of discussion--they may be about seeds, seedlings, the plants we grow or the gardens we make with what we do. On occasion the forum warmth spills over and the familial connection may come though in an OT post, usually made by someone who's having strong emotions and needs support. We're like an extened family here, and like all families we have our fair share of characters. Hope this helps. T
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We're listening - Welcome to your Conversation Side. :)
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All riiiiigght!!!! I'm glad I "stumbled" into finding this!!! I can visit with all my "Homies" again...;-) Faron
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trianglejohn
14 years ago
Even though this subforum seems dead or rarely used it is utilized much more often then some of the forums on GardenWeb.

I think we got this "perk" because our forum has heavy traffic and is pretty much civil, compared to other forums.

We are special.
dottie_in_charlotte
14 years ago
Indeed we are special!
Do you all ever spend time on the Southern Gardening forum?
I flip back and forth between Carolina and Southern forums but that forum, covering a much broader area, is not as active as our Carolina forum.
As for civility, it's hard to transition between the eBay general forums and the GardenWeb forums.

Finally unearthed my GardenWeb teeshirt so I can wear it again.
aezarien
14 years ago
I keep forgetting it is here lol.
rootdiggernc
14 years ago
I use to post in here, but people eo rarely show up in here, lol... it was too much like talking to myself and when I was tempted to answer, well.... :)
dottie_in_charlotte
14 years ago
Well, once more of us get in the habit of checking here maybe we can shift some of the non-gardening posts over here.
Here might be a good spot to start another 'where do you live in NC/SC" thread.
That way they wouldn't fall off the first page so quickly and we could direct newbies to that thread.
Shall I start one for NC? Waddya think?
tamelask
14 years ago
go for it, dottie!
dottie_in_charlotte
14 years ago
Mebbe tomorrow or Monday. Big party today 346 people expected (fortunately not at my house but a neighbors and I do half the cooking).
ncgardengirl
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14 years ago
Yea I used to talk here too, but like was said we stopped.
I think we should use it more often since it is here too, but I like aezarien forget sometimes and I forget to come check the Carolina side most of the time now because I haunt the Round Robin forums.
I however also like root said:
I use to post in here, but people eo rarely show up in here, lol... it was too much like talking to myself and when I was tempted to answer, well.... :)
absolutely UNDERSTAND and decided since I WAS talking to myself I would shut up LOL...
BUT I am so glad to see some of us oldies are still here altoghter!

:) Fran

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