A Country Life - Where's it gone???

Imp · Post: # 31543Post **Imp** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:55 pm

I tried logging into A Country Life forum for a recipe I recall seeing on there from a while ago (it was a war time one)... it's gone!

Sorry to bring up another forum here but I just wondered why because it appeared to be thriving last I looked

Andy Hamilton · Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:54 pm

I like them over there actually and they did a good job of letting people know about us when we first started!

I imagine that they must be moving servers or something, that's what it looks like to me anyway. When I did it it took about 2 days or so before normal service was resumed.

Imp · Post: # 31564Post **Imp** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:44 pm

Glad I didn't offend

I recall your posts on ACL and signed up here when I saw them

Stonehead · Post: # 31632Post **Stonehead** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:28 pm

There was some sort of bust-up and the site was shut down - don't know what exactly but I've now heard that from three people.

Imp · Post: # 31633Post **Imp** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:35 pm

Oh no! What a pity, there was a lot of interesting and helpful advice on there with many knowledgeable members (as here).

I had been reading the Ed's war time diets with interest but not been able to catch up with it for a while due to committments.

Millymollymandy · Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:13 am

So will it come back again? Why would a bust up between members stop a forum - that sort of thing happens on forums. Sounds a bit wierd.

Shirley · Post: # 31690Post **Shirley** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:20 am

says on the home page that normal service will resume shortly - let's hope it comes back. I've won TWO prizes from ACL!!!

cir3ngirl · Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:49 am

Members were asked what we did and didn't like about the site. Replies got heated and personal in some cases. Don't know if this caused the plug pull though.

cir3ngirl · Post: # 31944Post **cir3ngirl** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:19 am

Its back up and live this morning.

Imp · Post: # 31968Post **Imp** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:47 am

Woo hoooo!

Carolyn (Ed) has explained what happened, Stonehead was right, there was a forum issue that got out of hand and turned nasty.

Can't post on the forum or PM yet but will watch out for that.

I got so much support on that site when I got my ducks and chooks. Nobody laughed when I thought my chicken had a growth and it turned out to be a full crop either

Lynda

Millymollymandy · Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:55 am

And I asked whether the vent was the place they laid eggs out of or pooped out of!!! The reply started "You're gonna love this........"

Imp · Post: # 32060Post **Imp** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:58 am

OMG I think I remember reading that post

When I joined I read EVERY post on that forum, felt well prepared to look after chooks after that... then the chicken ate all the corn and I asked 'that' question

Andy Hamilton · Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:20 am

I think we can learn a valuable lesson from what went on at ACL. I do respond to pm's (more than emails) when people are getting into a tiz about something and will try and divert or disapate the anger that sometimes errupts on forums. So if you see any posts gettitng heated and think they need a hose down don't be afraid to pm me about it.

Mind you I think this forum works pretty well as we all seem to get along, I hope I have not spoken too soon!

Imp · Post: # 32065Post **Imp** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:51 am

It's lovely here too Andy

ACL and Selfsufficientish are the ONLY forums I subscribe to (oh, and my horsey one but that doesn't count here

).

I pick forums that have the same 'feel' as here, nice and friendly and supportive. That's the whole point of them, non?

Lynda

Andy Hamilton · Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:00 am

Yes of course that is point of them and that is what we try to be. I do like the way that our members will treat new and old members the same, I once subscribed to an MSN self sufficiency group and found that I was ignored as I did not post in the hello bit. I did not know you had to!!