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22 years ago

The whole of GW/THS seems to be very slow. Are message boards going to die off?

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Wings2W
22 years ago
I sure hope not Bunnyman.

Maybe everyone ran off and got married! :P

Wing
fishead
22 years ago
Seems like this forum goes through slow periods, a lot of them.
As far as the GW forums, people should be busy harvesting and dealng with the harvest, takes a lot o time.
Instead of mostly lurking on this forum, I'm gonna start posting more - espescially since I'm committed to being single for a while. Gotta think about myself for a change.
Fish
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To moccasinlanding: I assure you it is Blue Mammoth I have tried in the past. To Ken: I have yet to find anything left at the door; although I had to adapt quickly back in 2011 when my mother brought to me BOTH T-Rex and Blue Mammoth. And yes I smiled and did say thank you very nicely. Having both WAS NOT my plan at that moment. She is threatening to "share" some of her Mouse Ears next summer (not sure what variety she is talking about as of yet. Honesty I do get nearly 100% sun for about 2 to 3 hours from about noon in my garden (working on eliminating that next year). 'Popcorn' simply dropped its green in August; it did have an intense gold yellow as it faded. I thought that moment was exciting. 'Vulcan' took off, and exploded into growth making every other hosta look bad last year. 'Gorgon' was a close second in that department. 'Frosted Mouse Ears' and 'Holy Mouse Ears' each seem to have settled in with polite growth. 'Xanadu Empress Wu' was planted in August, and that even tried to take off by growing leaves that were twice the size of what it came with. In short I am expecting a 86% (18 out of 21 plants) survival rate next spring with only three plants not coming up (as mentioned at my blog). Those being ... Blue Mammoth, Itsy Bity Spider, and Popcorn. Naturally they have the option of surprising me, and appearing on cue. Everything else looked in good shape when I cut everything back Mid-October for their long winter nap! Finally Ken, to be honest, I do have a few theories as to why my 2013 survival rate was 56% (from 18 hosta to 10 hosta). I can't discuss those until I see what happens next spring (2014; trying to be objective here folks). Hint keep watching my blog for a lengthy narrative on that topic there. Peter Kelley St. Paul, MN USA
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LOL! I just came here to read the posts, & was thinking how depressing it was here. No offense, but you all make it feel like there's no hope for single people. Maybe it's time to change the outlook from despair to hope... Then again, maybe I'm Pollyanna;-) Seriously, it's a choice to be single. If you wanted someone that badly, you'd find them. However, being single can mean being strong enough to stand alone & not settle for someone who will make us unhappy - just to say we have someone. Single does NOT mean loser!
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Funnelweb, I like your approach! We have a similar attitude. I remember a few years ago we had a snake in the backyard. I only saw it partially once in the old chook shed as it scuttled away very quickly. I thought "god what the heck is that" and then figured it must have been a blue tongue as we had quite a few of those. Then one day my son's school friend was here and they got a good look at it. The friend was all for killing it as he used to live on acreage down around Berry and reckoned that when it gets to breeding season they (snakes) get agressive.. but I reckoned it wasn't doing anyone any harm and indeed it had only even been seen the once, and frankly, I'm flattered it likes our place, so I issued a protection order for it. we have some frogs and some water and the old chook shed has a nice northerly facing concrete floor and stuff in it to hide under. Sounds like pretty good snake apartments really! There used to be an aviary and chooks in nearby yards, and these attracted the mice, but those are gone, so the food supply may not be what it once was, and I don't think snakey is till around. I have been doing a project re family photos recently and had a disappointment. We have an old family story about my grandfather walking along and stepping in a taipan which was curled up asleep minding its own business in the long grass. Snake jumped up into the air in fright. Granfather jumped up into the air in fright.. the family story went that snake went one way, grandfather the other.. but then going through my mothers photo album, there's a photo of my grandfather holding up a dead snake. Mum says, yeah, that IS the snake from the story. .... sniff... I liked that story better when I thought the snake lived to tell the tale. As far as I know the only fauna permanently living in the old chook shed at the moment is a rather large and impressive red back. When I found her she was a beautiful specimen. Red backs made excellent pets. They are quiet, timid and provide food for blue tongues. Sure you don't want to go sticking your finger in their gob, but I reckon that's about what you'd need to do to rile one up.. and im our experience the red backs aren't stupid, they do their best to choose places you don't interfere with too much and set up their web out of the way there. They are lovely little creatures.
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Tinmantu
22 years ago
Man it has gotten awfully quiet....can't I leave you kids alone for even a few days??....JK....I'll see what I can do to do my part to keep things going....just don't make me talk to myself or Captain Morgan might pull into port again
Wings2W
22 years ago
You can't do that to us TM. It's early here.

Just a newbie here but have been in the shadows for a while.
Still learning. I was thinking of starting a conversation with myself and I haven't even had anything. Now that is sad.

Things could be really bad. At least our only "honey-do" lists are those we've created ourselves. Actually, it's too hot here to do much of anything.

Wing
jessiecarole
22 years ago
I am working more than I like and sleeping too much. I do like reading and I am always disappointed to come in and find no one has posted.

This brings up one of the reasons that I like being single. I can concentrate on work and sleep and eat (or not) whenever I need to. No one here to complain.
Tinmantu
22 years ago
Welcome to the board Wing...hope to see more posts out of ya lady.....jc, don't work too hard....I've already determined that I can't take it with me and nobody is going to put up a statue of me if I do leave it to them....have fun and enjoy your life, please
marilou
22 years ago
Sounds like some CPR is needed. I agree with jc:

"I do like reading and I am always disappointed to come in and find no one has posted."

The games have breathed a bit of life into the forum. I really like those. I've been around less due to cat nursing duties and spending more time in my garden this time of year. I still think of your posts though, even when I'm not here.

Welcome, Wing!
walksalone
22 years ago
We are alive, it just gets hard to come around during the week because, I have to do yard, laundry, errands, vet visits, eat, sleep. work, repairman, pull weeds, vacuum, grocery store, vet visit, damn toilet runs go to box store for parts, fix toilet, pay bills, new project at work, of course I have the time...:0). What I need is....
marilou
22 years ago
Walks?

I think she fell over dead from all that work. :-(
kayjones
22 years ago
What happened to whats-her-name - the gal that got mad at you, Michael. Did she get married?
Tinmantu
22 years ago
Heck, they all get mad at me, one time or another kay...heh....drawing a blank about who you are referring to...expand a bit please.
Wings2W
22 years ago
There were THAT many TM?

^w^
Tinmantu
22 years ago
No, that is the part that is baffling me by Kays question....haven't had anyone in my life since around xmas...hoping she will elaborate for me...lol
kayjones
22 years ago
OK, Michael - I am talking about Ms. Carrie. I am old and her name just escaped my weak memory. I hope she is doing ok, and I thought if she was keeping in touch with anyone on this forum, it would be you - she LOVED you!!
Tinmantu
22 years ago
Oh ok....I am assuming that she is deeply involved in her relationship and hopefully she is on her way to wedlock if that is what she desires.....I know as much as anyone that has read the board...I never sensed the love, I guess...all our emails were in a disagreement, not standard communication.
kayjones
22 years ago
Michael, isn't that the definition of love - when one cares enough about another to give them honest opinions?
centralcacyclist
22 years ago
I have been around quite a few forums and find that almost all of them tend to quiet down during the summer, especially on weekends. Then, come September, they pick up again as people come inside more and kids go back to school.

BarnMom
jessiecarole
22 years ago
well, if it was not dead before, the gossip just killed it for me
kayjones
22 years ago
Gossip? Gossip? Where - I musta missed it! What are you referring to, Jessiecarole?
walksalone
22 years ago
JC, get back here!

E-mail someone if you dont want to repeat it here.
bunnyman
Original Author
22 years ago
It seems the forum still has a heartbeat!

: )
michael... the other michael that is.

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