An open page for anything
Watch this postSince I signed up just twelve days ago, I have found that the most popular subject is the pages for newbies, which is great and makes sense, but after that, the pages get a little more specialized, in as much as they head towards a particular subject, So I'm hoping that this page will attract all things that people wish to say.
It could be a thought that you wish to share, related to anything, maybe it's an idea, or a question anything that's on your mind.....
For instance, I woke up this morning and decided to ask for this page to be set up, apart from that, I'm just pleased I woke up LOL
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I am new here and still exploring this site.
I am still trying to understand how this forum works.
It is different from other sites, as far as I can see.
I could not find the Private Message section…
Have a nice Sunday !
it is a little complicated to start with, but it all makes sense after a while, I hope you will persevere , I think we all had the same problems at the beginning .....
I infer that this is an Instant Chat box and it is public.
Am I right?
Thank you again .
for more direct approach you can click on private chat, with whoever you are chatting with, you can write your chat, and send it, that way it will come up and tell you on your emails, and ask if you want to see what has been replied, it will take you to the chat section.
I will send you a private chat message in a moment, and you should then be able to see how that bit works. Len
I do not go to Chat Room on any site, so I do not know how it works.
I communicate via private messages on other forums, but here I haven’t seen this section.
We cannot see who is online, either.
Thank you very much for your guidance.
these open chats we've been having are public, but the private chats are just that private. Len
Have fun VL and don't forget if you want guidance on any thing at all I have always found Sally the editor will always try to help, she has a very busy time with us all on here, but she always tries to help. Len
Thank you .
I will do my best and hope I will grow to like this site .
Best regards.
I mainly use the site to put up my photo's, I am not what you would describe as a photographer as such, but I do love taking and sharing my photo's.
I hope you will find that page and upload some shots of your Beautiful country, I have never visited, and probably never will now, as my physical working life has left me with various reasons why I cannot sit in a plain for such long journeys, we went to Canada some years ago, a 10 hour flight, and I was nearly crippled sitting all that time, 24 hrs even with a break would see me on a Zimmer frame LOL. but I will keep a watch on the photo page in case you should indulge us with some scenery from NZ. Len.....
I think you will enjoy Scotland, although if you have family here, you probably know your places over here anyway .
my wife sister live in Southerness, south-west coast of Scotland, so we have been going visiting there for about 40 + years, and never get tired of it, such a relaxed country, compared to southern England where we live.
anyway your day is just beginning , ours over here is just ending. so I wish you a great day, and goodnight lol.
I have tried a couple of plant identification apps in the past, but haven't really found them useful.
and the ones that are charge for giving you the answer,
Now I have found the best of all IN MY OPINION and its free.. if you use facebook ? go to the groups section on the left, and click on the one that says Plant identification UK (not the other one).
you request to join, it may take a couple of hours to get an acceptance email, but once you've got that, you can get any amount of plants ID d. and I must say that having used it about a dozen times at least, and they've come up trumps every time, and within a few minutes
hope this may be useful to some of you
Thank you.
Anyone else find this attraction ???
Finding things a little confusing, although that's not hard for me to do..
Welcome to SS some nice people on here to talk to.
If you want to take over Sallys job apply for the job and you will find it is not as easy as it looks.
if it is, then I'm sorry it's upset you, but I thought that, that was what we were suppose to do, everything I have done has gone through Sally, who I agree has done a wonderful job with the site, but we can't expect her to read everybody's mind on what they want to talk about.
Once again, sorry if I've offended ANYONE, that was not my intention. Len
What is Instagram all about ???
I am fairly new to social media, although I have I have got Pinterest, as I have ALL my photo's on that, I don't bother much with F/B
but a few people have said to try Instagram. any advice what it's like please
I'll go and ponder now... (oh dear where did pondering come from ). ? lol
Have you ever tried speaking to a broad Geordie ? NO SLUR, intended, I'm married to a Geordie girl, When we first met, in 1969, the only thing we did in the same language was laugh.
it was actually quite hilarious in my house and family, what with there Chetties, (potatoes). and nettles. (the loo) and a thousand other words, in fact there is a Geordie phrase book that can be bought in tourist places, bit of a fun thing, but actually very useful .... in fact my brother-inlaw bought me one...
they are in fact the friendliest people you could wish to meet, you wouldn't know it because you can't understand them. LOL
Geodies, Aliens, and colloquialism's I'm sticking to dunno, and coffee.....
Why do councils insist on ONLY gritting trunk roads ? we all know that Motorways roads are our main link roads, but there is no point in moving fast on them, if you can't go anywhere once you turn off,
Mid Hampshire was a prime example last night, as shown on both main and local news, drivers trying to come off the M3 couldn't go anywhere because local roads where iced and snowed up,
about 20 years ago I used to be involved in gritting, having worked for Winchester city council, we were sent out night and day, our big wagons did all bus routs, and the smaller wagons had small portable gritters on the back, which looked after smaller roads and estates,
but our shifts were kept going until all roads had been covered at least once.... I haven't seen any local gritting done for years now,
they get you to these places, but from there on, you're on your own ........
I'm glad to be retired now so don't need to go out unless I want to, lucky me...
it is unusual for our part of the country to get the worst of it,
Apart from that, tea or coffee sound like a good idea, I'm off to the kitchen. lol
anybody else finding this ??
many thanks Len
what I have found though, if your in a site, and write or send something, the little circle keeps turning, but when I came out and went back in , it had gone through as normal
I am always unsure of how to start a chat, but felt that I wanted to share my unexpected treat this morning. I was walking back from the dentist, enjoying just being out and about, and showing through the snow there were lots of daffodils pushing through. This gave me such a thrill all this bad weather weather, and nature carries on. Just lovely.
I wonder where all you folks have disappeared to ? I haven't been on the newbie page much the last couple of days to say hello, but prior to that, over the last couple of weeks I have seen dozen's of new members joining, but I haven't seen many of them popping up after joining,,,,
when I joined, just a couple of weeks ago, I looked around the site and found the photo page and chats, they are great pages, and a good place to start, but then I wasn't able to find a page that wasn't specific to one subject, Although there is Chit Chat section, but again sets subjects... so with the aid of the editor, I have set this one up. and this is the third page I have set up in the last week.
I suppose what I am saying is if you can't find a page for your topic, ? set one up so you can talk about your interest.
and if you feel a bit shy or daunted ? ( and I am basically shy ), just remember we are all anonymous, and private, unless you wish to be otherwise.
give it a go, and if we make fools of ourselves ? don't worry nobody can come and get you LOL.