That anecdote sounds like someone else's stupidy, I think the gist of the thread was supposed to be about your own stupidity.
Any ideas
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That anecdote sounds like someone else's stupidy, I think the gist of the thread was supposed to be about your own stupidity.
I got an idea. Why don't you start a thread called Any Ideas and just see what people have to say???????
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Sorry, JLM, I'm in a teasin' mood tonight. :smile:
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Sorry, JLM, I'm in a teasin' mood tonight. :smile:
OOPS! JLM beat me to the punch, so to speak. Almost my words exactly there, JLM.
No, my drinking days are mostly behind me. I rarely drink these days, except in the summer. I am more prone to think of having the odd vodka and tonic on a hot summer's night as I sit in my sunroom with the last rays of the sun touching my face and the hummers busy at their feeders through the screen window I sit beside.
I'm just in a funnin' mood, is all. :lol:
I started a hobbies thread once, but nobody seemed interested, it died after a few posts. I concluded that either nobody at CC but me has any hobbies, or nobody wants to talk about them. Different crowd now, maybe it'd work this time, but I'm not going to start it again. I was left bitter and twisted by that experience... :smile:
My experience on message boards generally, not just this one, is that any thread I start goes nowhere. I can post things on threads others have started that provoke lots of conversation, but no thread I've ever started has. So I stopped starting threads and reverted to commenting on subjects others have raised that interest me. A lot of them are about subjects I've raised elsewhere and elsewhen (is that a word? Probably not, but I'm sure you know what I mean.) but it seems that if I start them almost nobody responds. I have in fact several times posted messages here that are word for word identical to posts I've made elsewhere to start a thread. If they're not the OP, interesting conversation ensues, if they are, nobody's interested. I have no idea why that should be so, but that's what I've observed. So despite have a lot on my mind, I very rarely start threads.
My experience on message boards generally, not just this one, is that any thread I start goes nowhere. I can post things on threads others have started that provoke lots of conversation, but no thread I've ever started has. So I stopped starting threads and reverted to commenting on subjects others have raised that interest me. A lot of them are about subjects I've raised elsewhere and elsewhen (is that a word? Probably not, but I'm sure you know what I mean.) but it seems that if I start them almost nobody responds. I have in fact several times posted messages here that are word for word identical to posts I've made elsewhere to start a thread. If they're not the OP, interesting conversation ensues, if they are, nobody's interested. I have no idea why that should be so, but that's what I've observed. So despite have a lot on my mind, I very rarely start threads.
I can't imagine someone with a mind like yours, being ignored. Maybeyour topics were too sensible and interesting, and just didn't makeanyone mad, but made them think, and they got such a headache, theysigned off.
Well Dexter, I'm no expert and I'm rather new at this stuff. One thing I can suggest is to perhaps try phrasing the title like a question. And make sure you involve other people in the title. Quick (extreme) example...instead of "I have a great hobby", you might try something like...
"HEY! ARE YOU KILLING YOURSELF WITH TOO MUCH WORK? Let's Talk Hobbies!"
Note the word "killing" might be a bit strong, but you're competing with a lotta' stuff for attention. Also, the word "you" means you're talking directly to anyone who's reading it. And of course, that little sub-title (Let's Talk Hobbies) will - after getting their attention - tell them what it's all about...thus, the interested folks can and should respond.
A weak or boring title on anything is kind of like meeting someone for the first time. You shuffle up to them, head bowed, no eye contact, and mumble "pleased ta' meetcha'." A strong and attention-getting title is like walking up to a person, smiling, looking them right in the eye, and giving them a nice, firm handshake while saying, "It's a real pleasure to meet you!" with some conviction and strength.
First impressions count. If you blow the first one, there is no second one.
Hope that helps get the ball rolling...and good luck! This is a great way to have some fun and learn lots of things.
Quite so, talloola. If a topic is not controversial, does not rile up some posters, usually very few people are interested in participating.
Writing and posting a post requires active participation. So people are not going to do that unless they have strong feelings about a subject.
Point well taken but I think it's more amusing when one talks about his own stupidity. Judging another's stupidity can be rather subjective.