what other boards do you read and think helpful

Berti · Post: # 220761Post **Berti** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:53 pm

here are two others I am on too:
http://downtoearthforums.com/forum.php
http://creativeliving.10.forumer.com

berti (also found with this name there or a variation on the theme ;) )

southeast-isher · Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:59 pm

There is one called Downsizer which is good but i don't go on it much if at all due to time constraints...

skiesabove · Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:09 pm

Huge swedish one called Alternativ.nu, it has 23 000 members and there are usually 60-100 online at all times. It is better divided than this forum I think, by necessity, since it is so huge.

okra · Post: # 220785Post **okra** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:15 pm

skiesabove wrote:Huge swedish one called Alternativ.nu, it has 23 000 members and there are usually 60-100 online at all times. It is better divided than this forum I think, by necessity, since it is so huge.

Silly question but is it in Swedish?

skiesabove · Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:19 pm

Yes 0=)... You should learn it!

I would love to find a similar version in english. I mean, if the Swedes can rustle up 23000 members from a 9 million population, there must be a world-wide forum with like... a million members?

Ish is nice but very small =).

fran · Post: # 220798Post **fran** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:23 pm

Are there other boards?

I did follow Money Saving Expert forum for a while, but I found there were too many people who were really patronising and sarcastic, when essentially they should have been there to help each other. In fact the complete opposite of this forum where everyone is so lovely.

fran · Post: # 220805Post **fran** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:45 pm

skiesabove wrote:Yes 0=)... You should learn it!

I would love to find a similar version in english. I mean, if the Swedes can rustle up 23000 members from a 9 million population, there must be a world-wide forum with like... a million members?

Ish is nice but very small =).

I went on to Alternativ.nu and used the google translate app on my tool bar. It worked really well and it looks a good site. Will have a good look round when I have a bit more time.

skiesabove · Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:53 pm

Cool =). Just PM me if you need help translating something, sometimes translaters can do weird things.

fran · Post: # 220812Post **fran** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:10 pm

Thank you x

oldjerry · Post: # 220822Post **oldjerry** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:49 pm

Well I've looked at all the ones listed above (not the swedish one) and I reckon this is the right place to be.

KathyLauren · Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:48 am

I hang out on a lot of boards - I like the forum format and the pace of the conversations - but I think you are asking about ish-y ones. This is still the best I've found. Others that I've tried tend to be overrun with survivalist gun nuts or permaculture evangelists.

I like the fact that this one has just nice, normal people, and that the very concept of "-ish" implies that perfection is not mandatory.

Sky · Post: # 220834Post **Sky** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:11 am

KeithBC wrote:I hang out on a lot of boards - I like the forum format and the pace of the conversations - but I think you are asking about ish-y ones. This is still the best I've found. Others that I've tried tend to be overrun with survivalist gun nuts or permaculture evangelists.

I like the fact that this one has just nice, normal people, and that the very concept of "-ish" implies that perfection is not mandatory.

I like that too : )

Sky · Post: # 220835Post **Sky** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:13 am

But I also did have a wee look at Alternativ.nu and translate it and will do a bit of reading later.

oldjerry · Post: # 220840Post **oldjerry** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:36 am

I like the fact that this one has just nice, normal people,

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homegrown · Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:47 am

I am on ooooby.ning.org as well as tomatoville.com there is also smallholder.co.uk
http://www.countrysmallholding.com/forums--211794

Selfsufficientish.com

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