Texan here - sometimes posted under chickadee_42us. This may appear as highjacking this post to another topic - As interesting as the topics can be and as mundane as the topics can be there will always be someone who believes their viewpoint is the best and will strongly address someone elses viewpoint. While typing a reply, the sound that is relayed upon another persons reading it may not have been the intention it was meant to give; while the reader of the response can become defensive to they reply. Now having said that, some people are plain rude, argumentative and as my dad always said, You can't argue with ignorant people. As for the forum, yes, it was a nice place to read the journals and the people who kept the forum going were fastidious in KEEPING THE JOURNAL GOING. It seems like more people are currently lurking than posting, maybe because they fear starting a topic that might not be everyones cup of tea for conversation or they have been burnt by someones sarcastic reply. If I remember correctly the topics were more various but the same topics were covered, spring time did bring more Chicken topics - so what? That appears to be when the hatcheries are selling there chicks! My advice, IF YOU HAVEN'T ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY, keep your fingers from typing a reply because know one wants to read derogatory comments or the repetitive defense. If you have contructive information then please reply. my two cents, Roxann

Here's a suggestion since you seem persistently bound and determined to bring about your moniker's demise: go to Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail or wherever and create a TEMPORARY new email address. Use that email address to create a new user profile. Once created, you can then change the email address via your profile page back to your old one if you prefer. If GW complains that that email address is in use, you may have to create yet another temporary email address to act as a placeholder for your old user name. Good Luck. GW seems glitch-y these days. (Keep the alternate email address to use when you want some measure of anonymity on the Web or to avoid possible Spam sign-up.) New Year = New Name??? : D

Houzz has made ALL of our PRIVATE user names display from certain devices. I have noticed it from an iPhone and iPad using safari as the web browser. This is a HUGE privacy issue and a total violation of privacy. By making this post on Sunday, you made them aware 4 days ago. Houzz, this needs to be fixed immediately!!!!! I have created a support request, emailed and created this post: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5349180/violation-of-privacy-private-user-names-are-displayed Be aware... EVERYONE has been affected! Everyone's private username is displayed when viewing from iPhones and iPads!

I was a guest as well but everyone who was invited brought sides or desserts or something to share so can safely evaluate the end result :-) My sister hosted and did the turkey....a 21 pounder that was cooked to perfection with in-bird gluten-free cornbread sausage dressing. Due to some dietary restrictions (no gluten, dairy free, vegetarian) we had more sides than were really necessary including a panoply of roasted root vegetables that hardly got touched at all. Just wanted to make sure everyone could eat their fill :-) One of the sides brought were Costco mashed potatoes, which we were assured by the bringee were delicious. And they were, which I find remarkable for a preprepared mashed potato!!