I have started this Blog to help people who come across the Gentle Thread to learn a little about its history and the people who post on it
Gentle Chit Chat - Any time of day and Linking not allowed!
I am sorry all you linking fans but I am blinking fed up with it.
Bring back chatting without linking, please - good topics and lighthearted banter are all that's needed in my humble opinion (like wireless radio before tv came along!).
Susie Q
09/03/2008 01:34:37 Its hard to think so much time has already passed and so many people have joined in our chat since this date.
Well that’s how Susie Q started it all, in an effort to get away from some of the stranger threads on the site & to make it easy for anyone to join in normal conversation through Sagazone,, despite the distance some of us are from each other, without any nastiness, rudeness where people can support each other joining in general conversation, where people could talk about the ups & downs in their lives without feeling threatened.
When I checked a little earlier today we had had over 56000 posts on this thread, so I think it’s a sign that people are enjoying it up to now.
Susie mentions Linking and many have asked what this is and are worried about inadvertently doing so on the thread
This refers to when people show a link in a post , you can see these on many threads on the site when they show a short piece of text usually blue underlined that has a web link to another area or site, it was felt on this thread that it was distracting and did not help with the flow of conversation.
The other issue that Susie raised was that of quoting, which is when people use the quote button to refer back to a previous post. This on the odd occasion can help people to see what a previous poster was talking about, but as you may of seen on other threads, to many quotes can totally lose the point of the conversation then make it hard to follow for the rest of us.
Early contributors included, Goingupcountry, Whitehall, Wait and see pudding, Cinderella Sue, Jeffreybbb, Veronika, Pennywt, sadly some have found other parts of the site more interesting and moved on but maybe one day they will call back in for a chat.
Common interests and topics for discussion seem to include
FOOD, our own or others pets, travel, family, MEN & their failings, drink, meetings, the weather,
this is not a comprehensive list & other topics can be added later by any of you
Below is a list of members, I am sorry if I have missed anyone out and if you join after this is posted please send me a PM with brief details and I will add you to the list.
Should you not want to be included I will happily remove you and your details from the list.
I have put words that come to mind when I see your names, and occasionally things that appear to be topics you discuss or points I have attributed to you, no offence is intended, its all in fun, this is only to encourage you to give me a couple of lines to replace mine and to help people know a little about you in terms of the thread, obviously if people want to know more they can look at your individual profiles
Veronika early riser dogs, meetings
Nobaggage France holidays OH, village
Samsnan Grandchildren
Bollie Budgie breeding, ironing, baths
Greendragon cats
Idanyelle Red rose
Maggie C Morgan cars
Jeffreybbb Grandchildren, giving unwanted advice, fantasy forums
Brendaja webcams, meetings Caravan, food
Minijune Cats, planes, cars,EX OH
Andtiggertoo Cats, London, meetings OH
Merlotjess Able to stand up at an angle, Scotland
Dolly j
Lindy lou Moving house
Coomara
Murriell Daughters, holidays, meetings
Myklebust Norway, snow, fish
Dee3
Skipton recently joined
Aggie Maggie Meetings, London
Wellie recently joined
Tigger too recently joined
Nippynana
Angie 027
Boudica recently joined
Yeaovileman
Ribrae
Maryrose
I have not written about all of you because so far it has taken three hours to get to this point, please PM me some info to be included about yourselves
