Its oh so quiet....sssshhhhhh.................

Puerto bella · Post by **Puerto bella** » 23 Aug 2007, 21:38

Is it just me or has the forum been awfully quiet this week?

impossiblevoices · Post by **impossiblevoices** » 23 Aug 2007, 21:48

I have been lurking of late. No time to really read and post!

Hello everybody!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 23 Aug 2007, 21:59

Maybe the sudden sunshine has sent everyone scurrying out to the beach/ hills/ allotment..?

Puerto bella · Post by **Puerto bella** » 23 Aug 2007, 22:35

I think they are all just lurking out there - come on lurkers, let your fingers do the posting. Some more topics needed maybe? Anyone got any interesting ones?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 24 Aug 2007, 08:19

I think the regulars have gone quiet to give the hundreds of shy lurkers a chance to post!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 24 Aug 2007, 12:13

Epykat wrote:I think the regulars have gone quiet to give the hundreds of shy lurkers a chance to post!

Absolutely.

Post by **wangi** » 24 Aug 2007, 20:35

** Yawn **

Heaven forbid it's actually summer and people have pulled their poor wee Scottish peely-wally faces away from the monitor and went outside!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 24 Aug 2007, 20:37

Epykat wrote:I think the regulars have gone quiet to give the hundreds of shy lurkers a chance to post!

Congratulations on quietly achieving 3000 posts by the way

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 24 Aug 2007, 22:41

rapunzell wrote:[

Congratulations on quietly achieving 3000 posts by the way

Quietly?

And who cares about post count anyway?

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 24 Aug 2007, 22:57

wangi wrote:** Yawn **

Heaven forbid it's actually summer and people have pulled their poor wee Scottish peely-wally faces away from the monitor and went outside!

Actually got a bit sunburnt!

Only catch up with talk porty before I go out for the day, and after I come in at night - this weather is too good to miss - especially being off work!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 25 Aug 2007, 10:00

wangi wrote:** Yawn **

Heaven forbid it's actually summer and people have pulled their poor wee Scottish peely-wally faces away from the monitor and went outside!

Not at all. We're just being thoughtful

Puerto bella · Post by **Puerto bella** » 27 Aug 2007, 22:06

It might be quiet on here but we had a fire engine come down the street yesterday all sirens blaring and then again tonight - some silly billy had set a bin on fire. Its always the ones on Straiton Place.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 27 Aug 2007, 22:10

Puerto bella wrote:some silly billy had set a bin on fire. Its always the ones on Straiton Place.

Now, be clear, PB ....do all silly billies live in Straiton Place (or is everyone in Straiton Place a silly billy

) or are you referring to the location of the bins??

Puerto bella · Post by **Puerto bella** » 27 Aug 2007, 22:40

Its late, have been on the go since early, just finished evening stint of work - cut me some slack. Of course I meant everyone on Straiton Place

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 27 Aug 2007, 22:45

Ah, that explains it - we heard loads of sirens last night very close by! Glad it wasn't any more serious.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 07 Sep 2007, 21:39

Now the rugger's on it'll be quiet some more! I will be watching the nice tight shorts

NB It's fun watching on TV5 on Virgin. And they don't go on about JW

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 07 Sep 2007, 22:30

Poppy wrote:Now the rugger's on it'll be quiet some more! I will be watching the nice tight shorts

Poppy, wot u like

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 07 Sep 2007, 22:34

Sandra wrote:
Poppy wrote:Now the rugger's on it'll be quiet some more! I will be watching the nice tight shorts

Poppy, wot u like

I'm a bum freak!! In the early 70s I and my pals were concerned with "content, presentation and star quality." The very best we ever saw was playing pool in Plockton....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Puerto bella · Post by **Puerto bella** » 10 Sep 2007, 22:31

Still think its awfully quiet and pretty dull of late. Wonder if they'll all come back, isn't it time for a cease fire?

Marguerite-the-Poet · Post by **Marguerite-the-Poet** » 11 Sep 2007, 03:24

Puerto bella wrote:Still think its awfully quiet and pretty dull of late. Wonder if they'll all come back, isn't it time for a cease fire?

So what happened? Did ya all have a fight? Don't ya all live in the same neighborhood and care and love each other?

Gedge · Post by **Gedge** » 11 Sep 2007, 10:40

This is what is bound to happen when a minority have public squabbles. The majority feel they are outsiders, don't particularly want to be involved in other people's arguments and turn their attention elsewhere.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 11 Sep 2007, 10:59

Puerto bella wrote:Still think its awfully quiet and pretty dull of late.

very dull, don't think it will ever be as it was

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 11 Sep 2007, 13:50

Yes, I too miss the banter and nonsense that used to go on.

I haven't had so much time recently to post and when I do there's not really much interesting to comment on.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 11 Sep 2007, 14:52

Well to keep everyone happy how about a thread about football playing, alcohol consuming frogs?

We could throw in a few arguments about who sponsored their shirts, their campaign to save their playing field and complain every now and again about foul play.

rathbone · Post by **rathbone** » 11 Sep 2007, 17:35

Gedge wrote:This is what is bound to happen when a minority have public squabbles. The majority feel they are outsiders, don't particularly want to be involved in other people's arguments and turn their attention elsewhere.

It could also be that the relative silence and comparative boredom on here is because most of that minority were the ones who actually kept the place alive.

Statistically, in the two months before the deletion of the counting thread there were 2379 postings in Portobello Matters and G&TT. There have been 1094 since (not counting the ones Wangi deleted) 227 of that 1094 are in locked threads because they relate to the dispute and so should not be counted as 'normal' postings. That brings the total down to 867. Roughly, that means that for the two months after the deletion we should expect there to have been 1100 postings -- less than half of where we were.

Noses and faces come to mind.

Post by **wangi** » 11 Sep 2007, 19:40

I don't think continued discussion forever is in any way productive here. I've certainly got better things to do, and I'm sure you all do too. I've said everything I'm going to on this matter, short of posting updated guidelines (when I get a chance to even think about them).

So, lets move on please.

(and yeah - locking this thread too)