Have a Chat

[bruiser15]

Well we are back home having done our bit for Corncrakes, and other birdlife on Coll, including counting breeding pairs of Red Throated Divers and Hen Harriers, also went out looking for Basking Sharks but not harpooning them as Gavin "Ring of Bright Water" Maxwell once did off The Minch. Daughter and I spent a fab afternoon counting Wild Flower species on The Machair [land between the sand dunes and agricultural ground], managed 46, with her favourites being Bloody Crane's-bill , Ragged Robin & Dog Violets.

And I picked up a copy of the reprint of Michael Powell's 200,000 Feet on Foula under the title of Edge of The World in a charity shop in Oban which was nice, and kept my quite on the ferry out and back.

[ShirlGirl]

Well we are back home having done our bit for Corncrakes, and other birdlife on Coll, including counting breeding pairs of Red Throated Divers and Hen Harriers, also went out looking for Basking Sharks but not harpooning them as Gavin "Ring of Bright Water" Maxwell once did off The Minch. Daughter and I spent a fab afternoon counting Wild Flower species on The Machair [land between the sand dunes and agricultural ground], managed 46, with her favourites being Bloody Crane's-bill , Ragged Robin & Dog Violets.

And I picked up a copy of the reprint of Michael Powell's 200,000 Feet on Foula under the title of Edge of The World in a charity shop in Oban which was nice, and kept my quite on the ferry out and back.

Sounds great, bruiser15!

[Steve Crook]

Well we are back home having done our bit for Corncrakes, and other birdlife on Coll, including counting breeding pairs of Red Throated Divers and Hen Harriers, also went out looking for Basking Sharks but not harpooning them as Gavin "Ring of Bright Water" Maxwell once did off The Minch. Daughter and I spent a fab afternoon counting Wild Flower species on The Machair [land between the sand dunes and agricultural ground], managed 46, with her favourites being Bloody Crane's-bill , Ragged Robin & Dog Violets.

Sounds like a good time was had by all. Well done

And I picked up a copy of the reprint of Michael Powell's 200,000 Feet on Foula under the title of Edge of The World in a charity shop in Oban which was nice, and kept my quite on the ferry out and back.

A very nice way to pass a few hours

Steve

[CaptainWaggett]

Well we are back home having done our bit for Corncrakes, and other birdlife on Coll, including counting breeding pairs of Red Throated Divers and Hen Harriers, also went out looking for Basking Sharks but not harpooning them as Gavin "Ring of Bright Water" Maxwell once did off The Minch. Daughter and I spent a fab afternoon counting Wild Flower species on The Machair [land between the sand dunes and agricultural ground], managed 46, with her favourites being Bloody Crane's-bill , Ragged Robin & Dog Violets.

And are the corncrakes going to count you next year?

[bruiser15]

And are the corncrakes going to count you next year?

No but there was a Heron who kept staring at me funny, she either fancied me or was counting my eyeballs for lunch,...nasty stabing beaks

[Amethyst_Isle]

Whatever happened to the chatroom that was installed on this forum ?

[Steve Crook]

Whatever happened to the chatroom that was installed on this forum ?

It died through lack of interest and lack of use. It was one of the features that was disabled soon after Steve Debank (DB7) died unexpectedly and we were then subject to a series of attacks by hackers.

That you are the first person to ask about it in the 6 months or so since it was disabled speaks volumes about it.

A chat room only works when there are a lot of people online at the same time. With a population like ours, with people calling in from all over the world at different times it just doesn't work

Steve

[ShirlGirl]

It died through lack of interest and lack of use. It was one of the features that was disabled soon after Steve Debank (DB7) died unexpectedly and we were then subject to a series of attacks by hackers.

That you are the first person to ask about it in the 6 months or so since it was disabled speaks volumes about it.
Steve

Someone mentioned it a couple of months ago. I think it might have been Faginsgirl, not sure.

[Steve Crook]

Someone mentioned it a couple of months ago. I think it might have been Faginsgirl, not sure.

OK, so two mentions of it in 6 months. Hardly enough interest to start it up again - even if I could.
I always did think that it wasn't appropriate to this sort of forum, with the sort of membership we have.
There are plenty of other places that offer chat rooms if that's what some people want. We can't do everything, and shouldn't try to

Steve

[ShirlGirl]

Must admit I'm one who never took an interest in the chat room. One reason was the time difference. "Have a Chat" is good enough for me. (Thanks MarkyB.)

[Amethyst_Isle]

OK, so two mentions of it in 6 months. Hardly enough interest to start it up again - even if I could.
I always did think that it wasn't appropriate to this sort of forum, with the sort of membership we have.
There are plenty of other places that offer chat rooms if that's what some people want. We can't do everything, and shouldn't try to

Steve

I wonder if the lack of interest was down to a lot of members not knowing it existed in the first place ?

[Steve Crook]

I wonder if the lack of interest was down to a lot of members not knowing it existed in the first place ?

It was quite well advertised. But it was always hard to get two or more people to use it at the same time.
Lots of people went in there, said "Where is everybody?" and quickly gave up.
There were a few pre-scheduled meetings, but they didn't last long

Steve

[Amethyst_Isle]

It was quite well advertised. But it was always hard to get two or more people to use it at the same time.
Lots of people went in there, said "Where is everybody?" and quickly gave up.
There were a few pre-scheduled meetings, but they didn't last long

Steve

Shame that,had it worked we could have stopped clogging up the threads with mindless stuff Maybe that still happens.

[Steve Crook]

Shame that,had it worked we could have stopped clogging up the threads with mindless stuff Maybe that still happens.

It still happens. Mindless chatter is what we specialise in

Steve

[torinfan]

I made a few collages of Torin (mostly screen caps) that I use as backgrounds for my computer at work. It's funny, whenever one of my co-employees see one of them (right now the one I have up is of his early British films) I get a lot of positive comments about nostalgia, how movies were different back then. They know I like older movies, they know I am a BFI and STR member, too.

[Marky B]

Lovely day at Whitby - just the tonic (no gin though).
Ta Ta
Marky B

[torinfan]

Some unforeseen family problems have arisen which are quite serious - not sure when and if I will be back.

Sorry.

[Amethyst_Isle]

Some unforeseen family problems have arisen which are quite serious - not sure when and if I will be back.

Sorry.

Sad to hear that Torinfan,I do hope all goes well in the end.

[wadsy]

Some unforeseen family problems have arisen which are quite serious - not sure when and if I will be back.

Sorry.

All the very best to you torinfan I hope everything turns out ok & that you will be back soon!

[alan french]

Hi,
Sorry to hear that. I wish you best of luck. Hope you are back soon.

Alan French.