Oh has conversation almost died here? It seems that everytime I come on all I see are introductions and SYOP threads. I check them over but most of them are not conversation starters for me. There is seldom an interesting topic in this forum and most of what's going on in others is "technical" and/or "how to" stuff.
Is it Just Me....
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Yup - it's just you. The rest of us were at the MAPG
. I'm still recuperating.
. I'm still recuperating.
ed4copies
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Yup - it's just you. The rest of us were at the MAPG
There is a certain amount of truth to that!!:biggrin::biggrin:
airborne_r6
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Weather's warmer too. I have seen with a lot of forums that the activity picks up in the colder months and slows down in the warmer months. I am assuming people are stuck inside who would otherwise be out doing something so they spend more time on the computer.
Displaced Canadian
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I like your use of the word conversation. A few years ago I was strong armed into (my Mother told me to) starting a facebook account. I noticed that on facebook there is a lot of people talking and very few listening. I closed the account and when I want to talk to family I just call or email them pictures. When you look at the long threads in SOYP you do see that they are not a bunch of comments but a conversation with questions and answers.
Even with the more technical questions a good exchange of ideas is good and "check the library" is a conversation killer. After all what we do is art and just because there is a library article that doesn't mean that is the only way to do it. The collaborative pen challenge is a good example that conversations make for better ideas than working alone. As for casual conversations, as long as cooler heads prevail they can be good. I think they work better when one reads the whole thread before commenting.
Even with the more technical questions a good exchange of ideas is good and "check the library" is a conversation killer. After all what we do is art and just because there is a library article that doesn't mean that is the only way to do it. The collaborative pen challenge is a good example that conversations make for better ideas than working alone. As for casual conversations, as long as cooler heads prevail they can be good. I think they work better when one reads the whole thread before commenting.
jttheclockman
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Whats on your mind??? What do you want to talk about??? Anything except what makes one pen kit better than another:biggrin:
Quality !! Let's chat about quality!!:biggrin:
Now there's an interesting subject that doesn't get much air time here!!!
Just taking the mick Leroy, :biggrin:
But shouldn't you be going out with the missus tonight??
You are allowed to START a conversation though. :wink:
Now there's an interesting subject that doesn't get much air time here!!!
Just taking the mick Leroy, :biggrin:
But shouldn't you be going out with the missus tonight??
You are allowed to START a conversation though. :wink:
Why would you think I wasn't out with the missus tonight? I started this thread this afternoon wilst resting up for the evening.
JustmeinMS
Member
Wow! Smitty must be getting on up in years if he has to rest up during the day to have enough energy to entertain a date night with his wife on their anniversary. :biggrin:
I believe he was resting up for the stimulating conversation.
edstreet
Member
Some of us will never recover.
jttheclockman
Member
I slept through this. Did I miss the conversation??? Sorry.
Nah - I'm only 75.
You always miss the conversation John.....:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:I slept through this. Did I miss the conversation??? Sorry.
Hmmmm, it is obvious that most of you don't understand what "resting up" is. While resting up, I vacuumed my workshop, took our two dogs for an hour and 5 minute walk, put the finishing touches on a bird feeder we needed to replace one wrecked by one of our nor'easters this winter and repaired the fence rail that had gotten a bit of rot where the feeder sits on it.
I just did things I wanted to do instead of things I "have" to do.
I just did things I wanted to do instead of things I "have" to do.
Gee Leroy, I don't think it's us that misunderstand the meaning of 'resting up'!!!. 
:biggrin:
You've just completed 51 years of 'training' that now makes you think like that. :biggrin:
:biggrin:You've just completed 51 years of 'training' that now makes you think like that. :biggrin:
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jttheclockman
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You always miss the conversation John.....:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:I slept through this. Did I miss the conversation??? Sorry.
I am sorry did someone say something???:sleepy::yawn:
I was resting. I was so tired of reading what you were doing while you were resting. I took a nap for both of us. You are good to go. :coffee: