calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Man,
The natives are restless all across the boards. Has me wondering what the administrators might have been thinking when they decided to push this through.
I understand the ad revenue angle and with publishing taking a hit, they are certainly welcome to try things in order to stay afloat.
But to unveil (as has been seen in the cooking, gardening and threads forums) this thing that in itself appears so opposite the usable forum we knew screams ?..........
The oft repeated "it is a changeable platform, we'll be tweeking this in the future" doesn't sound so sensible.
Certainly could have been "tweeked" in advance to at least keep a modicum of user friendliness.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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plumber_bob
Reged: Jun 13 2009
Posts: 45
Loc: Kentucky
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It is wild,...kinda ,... right now, but, there are plenty of alternatives.
I gotta question,... now I'm new, and don't know much history,... but since this site was already up,... why haven't more people been over here?
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Jeff_J_Buck
Reged: May 05 2002
Posts: 143
Loc: Pittsburgh PA
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wait till the change happens ... it'll be flooded.
for a while.
Jeff
edited to add ... much like a real bar ... it's dead here 'cause it's dead here. If more people were around ... more people would be around.
Not quite sure why it's never taken off.
Edited by Jeff_J_Buck (Tue Dec 08 2009 09:50 PM)
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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If there was no other place to go, I suppose we'd be jammed like during the purges. But with the Backroom and now BT Classic, those that have a beef with one of us here won't make the effort. And others will go where the action is.
Just one of those anomolies.
But as usual, we'll keep this place open should the need arise.
And what the hell, sometimes the quiet place is enough for me.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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plumber_bob
Reged: Jun 13 2009
Posts: 45
Loc: Kentucky
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>>>"And what the hell, sometimes the quiet place is enough for me.'<<<
I hear ya.
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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No longer the instrucional videos.
But this from Drupal.......
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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plumber_bob
Reged: Jun 13 2009
Posts: 45
Loc: Kentucky
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I am surprised that BT has been down so long.
Not too long ago I was over there and all the forums are down except knots.
It will be ruff for me trying to figure out that new software. I felt like a fish out of water in Cooks Talk, with the new stuff. I'll either learn, or I'll burn I guess! :-)
Heck maybe I'll burn while I learn! hehehe
pb
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Whelp, I remember the way I fumbled about the last major changeover...........of course I was just a novice computer user............now so much more advanced I think I'll figger it out ok, but the missing things that make sense is the foreboding part.
No tracking of read posts? no problem on an unused site, but with sometimes hundreds of posts in response to an initial thread? To claim later fixing on this one is just plain ignorant.
Email notification? not a deal breaker if when you go on you can activate "unread messages to me". If there isn't the later, there sure should be the former.
more plain ass'd dumb.
Honest to god, that is the most overpowering drag about this-no one seems to care (i.e. the operators, administrators of the site etc).
And it's that don't give a xxxx attitude that got America where it is today.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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plumber_bob
Reged: Jun 13 2009
Posts: 45
Loc: Kentucky
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>>>"Honest to god, that is the most overpowering drag about this-no one seems to care (i.e. the operators, administrators of the site etc).
And it's that don't give a xxxx attitude that got America where it is today."<<<
I'm with ya, on the, "No one seems to care", feeling, and it is frustrating, to say the least. I get that "Second Class Citizen" feeling from them, and the way they are handling this change over.
I am trying very hard to keep a good attitude.
Well, BT is back up! Rick called while I was typing this and told me. Not sure if it's stable tho, I know some had gotten in earlier today, and in short order it crashed on him, and all but the Knots forum went down.
I'm gonna put my boots on before I got back tho!!! :-D
pb
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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I see no badge for the big boy, he get laid off?
Now, I don't know much about alot........
and we've rcvd several "how do I get around this site" msgs from newcomers............
But that FHB situation is so USER UNFRIENDLY that it's going to be so hard to sell ads I hope they got some primo salespeople.
html tags?
Get the hell outta here-I'm a 60 y.o carpenter for gods sake. And yes, I know.............it's easy.
Well if it's so easy, why is there a wysiwyg format?
and why isn't it available on that drupal?
Too advanced or archaic?
But, you see-even I have learned one html
<strong> BITE ME <strong> which should appear over at BT as BITE ME
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Griffin12
Reged: Jun 16 2009
Posts: 11
Loc: Tennessee
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Is it just me or is the BT site just hard on the eyes to read? It just seems a strain to me to get through the posts with all of the seeming clutter. Perhaps it was posted and I just never read it, but why was the format changed in the first place? Cost? I thought it was one of the best ones I had ever seen befor they messed it up.
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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I don't know what to tell you regarding the why. I've heard that with this new system all the content will be google-able, so way more looks directed to it-ad-$'s.
There's some other rumors, but it's seeming more that either they were looking for something their techs could do to enhance their work experience or they just wanted to weed out all the chaf-open it up to a new bunch of "experts".
Hard on the eyes? You bet.
And harder on the head. Navigating, no matter what anyone says that's got more nerd in 'em than me, is not user friendly. To have to scroll up down up down in order to find a response to you is no picnic.
I've noticed all the photos embedded in at least two photo gallery threads are nothing but X's. Further, no attmnt links neither.
That one I sure hope will be corrected.
Sure is something.
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plumber_bob
Reged: Jun 13 2009
Posts: 45
Loc: Kentucky
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I don't know if any of the peer modes have there status anymore. Haven't asked him that one yet.
Weeding through the posts does get old quick, and I hope that changes, but who knows?
Anyway, I hope it gets better.
pb
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GabeMartel
Reged: Dec 09 2009
Posts: 8
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Well Guys,
I'm not even going to say goodbye at Breaktime. Been there for so long that I can't even remember the number of years but this last ridiculous change has seen the last of me.
So hi to all the old familiar faces and hello to all the new guys and gals.
Gabe
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Well look what the cat dragged in.
If nothing else, the change ushered you into the discussion.
How the heck have you been and is this just a brief stop in between fishing and hunting?
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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PlumbBill
Reged: Nov 09 2008
Posts: 22
Loc: Tacoma Wa
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So as I'm waiting for my tubing cutters to thaw after the bucket they were in filled up with water from my pipe in the attic of my garage froze & burst.
WTF the site is still down.
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plumber_bob
Reged: Jun 13 2009
Posts: 45
Loc: Kentucky
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It's been up and down several times today, it's down now.
What a royal pain in the south end of my north bound self!
pb
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PlumbBill
Reged: Nov 09 2008
Posts: 22
Loc: Tacoma Wa
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I haven't even seen the new site yet.
Hey Steve, got a link for the "backroom" ?
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plumber_bob
Reged: Jun 13 2009
Posts: 45
Loc: Kentucky
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Bill,
Here ya go:
http://thewoodshedtavern.com/index.php
Watch yer back over there! ;-)
pb/Steve
oh that was Steve/Bob wasn't it Calvin?
Now I'm confused!
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Man, that was alot of plumbers.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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