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Post by aussiedarren on Jun 18, 2019 4:35:26 GMT
Hey, I'm just a newbie to the forum, but much prefer forums to Facebook and YouTube. Much better to be able to have a discussion with a smaller group that is thinking along similar lines than be in a larger group that wants to battle and be rude or to follow someones videos and all they care about is making a dollar from you watching it. I love to share knowledge and encourage people, have since before i was saved and only feel it more keenly now. Share your adventures you never know when that was just the piece off information someone was looking for. If you like a post say so, you will never know if that person was feeling a little lost that day and needed the little pick me up to brighten their day. If you have a different opinion discuss it in a gentle and respectful manner as you would like others to treat you. Just because the forum is internet based there is no reason to be rude or not be uplifting towards others.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2019 18:15:00 GMT
On the road. Still figuring out this little Class A. New this year is a portable solar panel and learning to slow down even more. We are staying put longer, the journey is the prize, not the destination. Learning, and seeing what is along the back roads. Been at Suttle Lake for the last week, just on the east slope of the Oregon Cascades. Sisters, Oregon and a Metolius River Forest Service Campground was where we were headed, not there yet. Still 16 miles to Sisters. Everything else same as last year. Cook one simple meal a day usually over a campfire. This is our "other" homestead, making it work out here, on the road, off grid....James
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Post by ceresone on Jun 19, 2019 13:38:23 GMT
James, you have more admirers than you can imagine ! To me, it would seem strange to see something different out my window each day . amazing !!( and I so envy your way of eating )
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Post by lindym on Jun 20, 2019 1:05:09 GMT
My lack of participation is personal. I know I have always been too sensitive but it’s who I am. I was personally attacked. I have tried to move on .... forgive and forget .... but, unfortunately the wound is too deep. Even though Melissa commented the situation was the worst she has ever seen, there was no further action. Whenever I visit here, the wound re-opens ..... This family unit no longer feels secure .... I had forgotten ..... ITS THE INTERNET .... Being sensitive is a good quality. And you are going to find jerks just about everywhere. The world in general would be a better place if there were more sensitive people. 'Its the internet' is really no excuse.
Don't hesitate to put the bullies and jerks on 'ignore' and sail right past their posts. The more you ignore the ignorant posts, and immerse yourself in the positive posts, the stronger the positivity grows in the group and for each participating member.
I agree with feather. I am currently on another forum that I really enjoy. One day a guy came on, posted something that I knew some about and responded. He jumped all over me for posting on HIS thread! A mod came on, let me (and him) know the thread was open to anyone. But the guy is sooo negative I just put him on the "ignore" list and don't pay any attention to him any more. This allowed me to still see good information that others might be sharing but meant I didn't need to read through his rants. The mods are way too nice to him IMHO
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jun 20, 2019 17:10:38 GMT
lindym, wrote: Ha! At my site my title is Admin, but I'm generally known as the "Head Curmudgeon". In the site rules and regulations I spell out the general attitude of the site. In the comments, which run a couple pages, I finally told the folks that all the rules boil down to just four words - Don't be a jerk! There was some aggravation at first, but the jerks are gone, and civil, thinking people remain.
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Post by Mr DAVID In Wisconsin on Jun 20, 2019 17:18:47 GMT
Ozarks Tom, so, you really think we refer to you as Head Curmudgeon over there...ok. Jolly, not one word.
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Post by mikeinohio on Jun 29, 2019 22:45:56 GMT
I drop in every so often but I have so much going on I find it difficult to be a regular. We've had terrible rains this year and just dealing with that has been an ordeal. A week and a half ago we had about a half mile of driveway washed out in spots. There's #57 limestone washed on to the side of the drive all over the place. One of the drainage culverts was eroded under. I've been trying to get about a mile of field fencing in but the field is too soft to bring equipment on it.
I think for most of us it ebbs and flows.
Mike
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on Jun 30, 2019 0:09:12 GMT
Ha! At my site my title is Admin, but I'm generally known as the "Head Curmudgeon". In the site rules and regulations I spell out the general attitude of the site. In the comments, which run a couple pages, I finally told the folks that all the rules boil down to just four words - Don't be a jerk! There was some aggravation at first, but the jerks are gone, and civil, thinking people remain. LOL That's funny stuff.
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Post by mountainlover on Jul 17, 2019 4:00:02 GMT
My lack of participation is personal. I know I have always been too sensitive but it’s who I am. I was personally attacked. I have tried to move on .... forgive and forget .... but, unfortunately the wound is too deep. Even though Melissa commented the situation was the worst she has ever seen, there was no further action. Whenever I visit here, the wound re-opens ..... This family unit no longer feels secure .... I had forgotten ..... ITS THE INTERNET .... Being sensitive is a good quality. And you are going to find jerks just about everywhere. The world in general would be a better place if there were more sensitive people. 'Its the internet' is really no excuse.
Don't hesitate to put the bullies and jerks on 'ignore' and sail right past their posts. The more you ignore the ignorant posts, and immerse yourself in the positive posts, the stronger the positivity grows in the group and for each participating member.
I like that advice and I honestly think this applies to life advice not just forum advice as well. Don't let others ruin your fun, you might be the one who ends up missing out if that happens. Then the jerks "win" in a small way and who wants that! Just shake the dust off your feet and keep on keeping on. People reap what they sow even when we aren't the ones doling out the justice. I like the old way of doing things. If something isn't broken why fix it? At the same time innovation and invention are important when they work. If something can be done more efficiently, faster, involves less work and yields the same (or better) results, I am all for it. I don't think you have to hate the way things were done in the old days to appreciate innovation and vice versa. I look forward to learning the old ways and the new on this board!
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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 18, 2019 1:55:04 GMT
I guess I have seen other forums have ups and downs of participation. It seems mostly seasonal with the few forums I follow.
I guess that would be my reason for not participating much of late. Summer is so short in the far north, it is a VERY busy time to get all that needs done before the next seasonal change.
!@#$%
To respectfully disagree with someone is OK... Disagree with someone or everyone eventually over one reason or another as we are all different. Personal attacks are never OK, and should always include consequences.
My 5 cents of opinion.
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Post by Jolly on Jul 18, 2019 15:57:51 GMT
I guess I have seen other forums have ups and downs of participation. It seems mostly seasonal with the few forums I follow. I guess that would be my reason for not participating much of late. Summer is so short in the far north, it is a VERY busy time to get all that needs done before the next seasonal change. !@#$% To respectfully disagree with someone is OK... Disagree with someone or everyone eventually over one reason or another as we are all different. Personal attacks are never OK, and should always include consequences. My 5 cents of opinion. You do realize what you just said? Come wintertime, we expect X number of posts. Per day.
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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 18, 2019 17:50:17 GMT
You do realize what you just said? Come wintertime, we expect X number of posts. Per day. >>>>>>>>>>> I don't know if I can do that.... My fingers and brain gets tired...
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Post by bluemingidiot on Aug 7, 2019 1:09:55 GMT
I was stationed in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1971. That was my first and last trip outside the Continental United States. My understanding of Germany was based on my father being part of the Normandy invasion and the following push across France; his brother being killed by anti-aircraft fire over Romania, and my mother's brother having to bail out of his bomber over Slovakia behind enemy lines. I have no memories of my father or uncle ever saying anything nice or mean about Germans. I watched movies and documentaries which gave the German people a negative connotation.
Heidelberg was pleasant and peaceful. Whatever war wounds it had, had healed. Probably the two things that surprised me most about Germans were that they looked a lot like people in Texas. I don't know what I expected them to look like, but evidently it wasn't people back in Texas. Another thing was that people lived in apartments. I am a yard man. I need flora and fauna. I worry that heavenly accommodations will be apartments. People who live in apartments remind me of bats going in and out of a cave.
Not a majority, but many apartment windows had flower boxes. I remember lots of reds and whites. That made the city a little disneylandish. That was also my first encounter with community gardens. People would get off work, go home, change clothes, and then go work on their plots. Every plant was spoiled. The older men reminded me of my father working in his garden. I wondered if they had served in the German Army.
I enjoyed walking around Heidelberg. It felt comfortable. Some views took my breath away. The terrain is not that different from the Texas Hill Country. The Neckar River is larger than anything we have in the Texas Hill Country.
Forty-five years later I took one of those DNA ancestry tests. I knew I was several things but the closest thing to Deutsch was Dutch. None of the ancestors my grandparents talked about were German. I was surprised to learn that I was mostly French-German. I found out that the Lovinggoods were originally Liebenguts. Since then, more and more German names have shown up in my family tree.
Sunday I learned that one of my sixth-great grandmothers, Maria Dorothea Mayer was born August 13, 1703 in Baden, Germany. She was Christened in Heidelberg and in 1722 she married Johann Balthazar Knoertner in Heidelberg. Tragically, she died while crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 1738 and was buried at sea.
I am glad that I know of her and the grief that her family experienced at her passing.
I suppose you may be wondering why I am sharing this here, or perhaps why I am sharing this at all. Well, for years I have been requesting a genealogy forum and it would seem that my requests have fallen on deaf ears. This thread is about getting more people to share what they have learned with others. There's a lot I would like to know about genealogy research. I am so ignorant that I don't even know what I don't know. But if there was a genealogy forum I could start finding out some of the things that I don't know.
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Post by Melissa on Aug 7, 2019 15:04:25 GMT
bluemingidiot, I have never seen you request a genealogy forum but it would be easy enough to start one.
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Post by Melissa on Aug 7, 2019 15:08:38 GMT
bluemingidiot, I set it up. It is under the Conversations heading just below The Good Old Days.
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Post by bluemingidiot on Aug 7, 2019 17:05:54 GMT
bluemingidiot , I have never seen you request a genealogy forum but it would be easy enough to start one. Just like a woman, they never pay attention to anything we say. But thank you. I am copying my post and moving it there just for a starter.
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Post by Melissa on Aug 7, 2019 19:15:54 GMT
I try, just don't always have time to read every post. You can always message me!!!
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Post by janinco on Aug 8, 2019 20:20:52 GMT
I haven't had as much time this year to post, but always get on and do a little reading every day. It's my relaxation, I suppose. I sincerely love your posts, Tallpines, and those of everyone on here. I think Melissa does a great job of monitoring our little tiffs, and I do like others, just ignore anyone who gets too ignorant. I was feeling a bit down over not having a big garden this year, just didn't get to it. I have a couple dozen tomato plants that are huge, looking great! I hope that they produce a bumper crop and I can manage to can some pasta and pizza sauce with frozen peppers and onions. The grasshoppers were terrible, but I've got them down a bit now. Hoping for a few beans before they produce a new crop of nibblers. With the little girls starting school near us, we will be able to accomplish more at home, won't be on the road so much. Have sold the goats, and only have a dozen chickens, one old mustang and an elderly llama for companionship for her. We'll convert the barn to store the tractor, grandson's collectible Jaguar, and maybe do something else out there, I don't know what. It's a different life, but still rural. Next year, I plan on really producing as much food as possible. Please all of you, keep posting when you can! Your information is valuable to someone, even if you never know it.
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Post by moldy on Aug 9, 2019 19:59:56 GMT
I will try to be more active. The last 2 years I have been going to school to get a certificate in clinical herbalism. DH and i are still hanging out on the family ranch, but with just the 2 of us, things are changing. The political climate here is less than optimal, and we aren't getting younger.
That being said, I am frequently given the opportunity to teach - and I love it! I will try to add more here as I can - I have been slacking.
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Post by farmchix on Aug 9, 2019 20:06:24 GMT
I've been trying to post more....
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Post by bluemingidiot on Aug 9, 2019 20:49:54 GMT
Anybody can try, succeed, and try again.
The real heroes walking this good Earth are those who try, fail, and then try again.
I think score keeping for crowns at the Pearly Gates is not the total number of times we did the right thing, but the total number of times we tried to do the right thing.
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Post by mollymckee on Aug 10, 2019 20:48:24 GMT
One thing I think might help, especially those who don't post often, is to be sure to let them know you read their post. I'm very guilty of getting involved in a thread and not "liking it", even when I do. I will try to do better.
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Post by bluemingidiot on Aug 10, 2019 21:18:37 GMT
Yeah. When you hit like, it doesn't necessarily mean you agree with the post. You could mean that theirs's was an interesting take or you like the subject. Sometimes it means 'I like you' but not what happened. You could even mean that you would like to punch them in the nose. That's what I figure most of mine are.
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Post by feather on Aug 10, 2019 22:24:30 GMT
My 'like' meant, I hear you, you have a good heart. Thank you for sharing your sorrow or your circumstance or your feelings or your view point.
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Post by my3boys on Aug 11, 2019 2:27:11 GMT
I think Facebook has had a lot to do with the level of participation dropping in forums, but I think you could see that changing. With all the censorship, etc. it’s becoming less and less attractive to many.
I am slowly making the move back to forums and away from Facebook, which I mostly use for keeping in touch with friends now. I find I enjoy the few forums I’m on much more.
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