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Tuesday Randoms

So....is this board pretty much non-existant now?  Maybe it's time for me to move on.
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  • I'm kind of bummed. I really don't want this board to die out but I have no clue on what to do to keep it alive. 

    Our house seems a lot bigger with furniture not in it. Funny how that happens.  

  • Seems like a lot of the Nest boards are dying or already dead.  ProBoards seems to have taken off as the new chat site.  Most of the boards are subject specific though, and general chatting isn't as encouraged. 
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  • I'm hoping now that school has started things will start to pick up.

    Everyone have a good weekend? I sunburned my legs. I was too occupied reading The Hunger Games trilogy to notice that while I was reading on the lawn chair my legs were getting fried. Oops. 

  • Yeah I hear you two. I don't want the board to die, but it seems that most have already moved on. I like talking to you all though. shame.

    Like i said last week we COULD start our own pro board. If people left because they didn't like the Nest, they may come back.

     

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  • I think a lot of people simply keep in touch with Facebook now.  It was a close enough group that everyone felt comfortable sharing their personal info with eachother and now they don't need TN.  Too bad I don't have a FB account. 

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  • I don't want this board to end either. Maybe we'll start having some more people come since school is starting? Let's not give up!
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  • imageTheWop:

    I think a lot of people simply keep in touch with Facebook now.  It was a close enough group that everyone felt comfortable sharing their personal info with eachother and now they don't need TN.  Too bad I don't have a FB account. 

    I think you're right TW. I don't have an account either. 

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  • I'm not familiar with the pro boards? 

    The weekend went well for us. Saturday's move didn't take long at all. Of course it helped that we did move some stuff during the week. Of course now we have things in 2 different places and some of the things I packed I didn't realize that I would need them. Thursday day will be the last night DH & I sleep in the house. Sad.

    Wendy: Burned legs no fun. How did you like the book? 

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    imageTheWop:

    I think a lot of people simply keep in touch with Facebook now.  It was a close enough group that everyone felt comfortable sharing their personal info with eachother and now they don't need TN.  Too bad I don't have a FB account. 

    I think you're right TW. I don't have an account either. 

    You guys could sign up for google plus. Not a lot of people use that, trust me I know.  

  • Here is the home page:

    http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general

    It's really simple, no frills. 

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  • imageTheWop:

    Here is the home page:

    http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general

    It's really simple, no frills. 

    Sign us up Mrs. Wop! :-) 

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  • Do you really think more people would join us on Proboards?  Is it a Nest thing people don't like or is it they just don't want another social media site to keep track of? 
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  • Speaking of FB. Since I'm not friends with a lot of you on FB, Twitter or what ever Social networking site, you probably didn't see what happened at the office yesterday.

    DH & I went in to work on the kitchenette area and while he was cutting into the countertop I happened to look into the sink and saw a bat lay in the sink on a small saucer. He wasn't moving at all so I said something to DH and he came to look at it. DH go a napkin to grab the plate to get rid of it thinking it was dead. NOPE! Little guy moved just enough for us to realize he was alive yet. DH took him with the plate and placed him on the outside ledge of the window in the office. Poor thing looked so helpless. We added some water to the plate to see if we would drink it and after "yelling at us" he did suck some of the water up. After a bit he started to move and made his way off the plate and onto the ledge. Which was where he still was when we left yesterday. This AM he was gone.  

  • imageTheWop:
    Do you really think more people would join us on Proboards?  Is it a Nest thing people don't like or is it they just don't want another social media site to keep track of? 

    I'm thinking when the nest made those changes a few months ago it drove a lot of people away. While I didn't use much of the national boards I wasn't really bothered. I use the nest just for the GR board.  

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    imageTheWop:
    Do you really think more people would join us on Proboards?  Is it a Nest thing people don't like or is it they just don't want another social media site to keep track of? 

    I'm thinking when the nest made those changes a few months ago it drove a lot of people away. While I didn't use much of the national boards I wasn't really bothered. I use the nest just for the GR board.  

    Yeah.  It just makes me wonder if people will ever be back to posting on another GR board, here or Proboards.  They switched back to the old format, and a lot of people are still gone, KWIM?  I'm not totally opposed, I just don't know if it will make people "come back". 

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  • imageTheWop:
    Do you really think more people would join us on Proboards?  Is it a Nest thing people don't like or is it they just don't want another social media site to keep track of? 

    I think they would at least try. I've heard that the Nest really turns people off and some are just fed up with it. AND I think you can make the (pro)board more private if you wanted. Like requiring a sign in and what not.

    Deeder- a bat huh- no thanks. And his screaming at you was his way of thanking you :-).

    Wendy- We did a lot of nothing over the weekend. Went to arts beats and eats. Saw this cool sculpturist (is that a word?) who will be at ArtPrize. Slept, ate, slept more 

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  • imageTheWop:
    imageDeeder522:

    imageTheWop:
    Do you really think more people would join us on Proboards?  Is it a Nest thing people don't like or is it they just don't want another social media site to keep track of? 

    I'm thinking when the nest made those changes a few months ago it drove a lot of people away. While I didn't use much of the national boards I wasn't really bothered. I use the nest just for the GR board.  

    Yeah.  It just makes me wonder if people will ever be back to posting on another GR board, here or Proboards.  They switched back to the old format, and a lot of people are still gone, KWIM?  I'm not totally opposed, I just don't know if it will make people "come back". 

    I guess another question for me is how do new people find the board? I only found the nest because the knot brought me to it. New people are fun. 

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    Deeder- a bat huh- no thanks. And his screaming at you was his way of thanking you :-).

    He was kind of cute for a bat. The hair on his body looked very silk and smooth. If it wasn't a bat I would have wanted to pet it. We are not sure how he got in. I wonder if he has friends? 

  • We could have a "this is where we are" post with a link and make sure it's at the top. 
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  • Being able to find the board is another problem.  I have no idea how we'd get newer people there.  Or if an oldie came to TN if they'd know we moved. 
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  • imageBnGCookies820:
    imageTheWop:

    Here is the home page:

    http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general

    It's really simple, no frills. 

    Sign us up Mrs. Wop! :-) 

    Well I just signed up. Just to look around and see what I can see. Not jumping out of here.  

  • Anyone remember the days where we'd have 100+ posts in a random thread? 

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  • I do. Those were great. It was like 4-5 pages to go through before you could post something. 
  • eek, a bat?!

    I loved the books. I liked the movie better than the first book, but I did like the second and third books too.  

  • We should send out an old Nestie bat (how fitting for this conversation. Ha!) signal to come back and chat with us.

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  • Ooo we're up to 26 randoms! 
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  • imageTheWop:
    Ooo we're up to 26 randoms! 

    Record!

    Deeder- I hope he doesn't have any little bat friends.

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  • I had the strangest dream last week.  My mom was pregnant and I had to help her deliver.  Baby was a boy, and my suggestion for a name was Lorenzo.  It was very strange.  I had pretty much the same dream shortly after and I was the one having the baby.  Baby was a girl, and we couldn't decide on a name. Probably something that would happen IRL about names.  No, I'm not pregnant, or even TTC. 
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  • Lorenzo? I recently saw that name and I think the kids nickname was Enzo. Do parents practice saying name before actually choosing it for their child.  Do you say it calmly and then maybe yell it randomly though out the day. I've never had to name a child. I have names I like but never have had to use. For SS we rarely use is last name just the first 2.
    Maybe the dreams mean your subconscious wants another baby. Stick out tongue

    Dreams can be crazy. A few weeks ago I had a dream that DH & I were in a street fight and were surrounded by dark shadowy figures and I was able to pull out a flaming sword from my pocket. Surprise

     

  • I'm a very thorough namer.  I say it outloud normally, with the middle name, I write it out on paper, put it on a fake resume to see how it looks....Since I have a hard time deciding on names, I'll do pretty much anything to help me narrow down the list. 
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