Non-posting members

dazren · Guru

Non-posting members

neilnruth · Guru

Each time I log on I check to see how many members are on line. It confuses me - a lot of the names I see as being 'online' never seem to post comments. We seem to have only a few contributing members. Why?

Kaid · Guru

sometimes I just like to see what's going on

Pejay · Guru

And sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut!!

Jay-Jay · Veteran Member

Hi Campers

Been reading posts here for some time but don't see any point posting for the sake of posting. I would post if I had something to contribute or a question..

hmm JayJay

I, too, like to see what's going on though...

Happywanderer · The Master

I'm not posting anymore till Cruising Granny catches up. lol. after this one.

dazren · Guru

smile smile Ha Ha Ha smile HW, that comment should have been in Friday Funnies..... biggrin biggrin biggrin

Brenda and Alan · Guru

I don't post much either, but I do read them and take note, especially the recommendations for budget/free camp spots. And of course the jokes.

gst · Senior Member

Maybe there is a lot of positive advice being given so we don't all need to say only take in the good advice.

petengail · Guru

Post for the sake of posting? who'd do that? OMG I think I just did lol

milo · Guru

im a post a holic , i thinks...., and then there are times when i just read other posts..

Pam · Guru

Just like any gathering there are the noisy ones and the quiet ones.

nomadic1 · Senior Member

I'm a lurker. I just lurk in the background reading what others have written. Only occassionally do I have anything to add.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

As I have said before, this is great therapy, posting or not posting, I just enjoy it all and learn somthing every day.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Correct!!! Ooops I just did it didn't I? (Think about that) confuse biggrin

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Sometimes posts dont have to be informative, or even funny, just friendly chit-chat. Its what makes us friends when we meet.

jonathan · Senior Member

.. we are lucky to have the freedom to Post or not !

to each their own ..

Jon

justcruisin01 · Guru

Pam wrote:
Just like any gathering there are the noisy ones and the quiet ones.

Guess I;m a noisy one.?

Dougwe · Chief one feather

dazren wrote:
AND TODAY WE HAVE LEARNT ????????????????

GEE IT'S QUITE WITHOUT THE WOMBAT ???
Sorry Dougwe, but without womby to pick on, it is quite on here ??
BUT ?? Then again, we don't really '' pick on him'' Do we ????????
We sort of just stand here with an empty Rifle, and womby gives us the Bullets to fire at him ?? lol

-- Edited by dazren on Monday 28th of May 2012 06:05:03 PM

" AND TODAY WE HAVE LEARNT ???????????????? "

See JC's post.

See told ya.

dazren · Guru

Dougwe wrote

" AND TODAY WE HAVE LEARNT ???????????????? "

See JC's post.

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Sorry Dougwe, but i cannot pick on JC, [today ??] because they just posted a great thread on ''waterfilling''

However if wombat does not return soon ? well ???? Dazren

Hylda&Jon · Guru

Perhaps all these new members that have joined during the photo competition would like to have a say or introduce themselves.

Keith19837 · Senior Member

Keith 19837 here, I've just posted an intro and another newbie 'Rickry' has done the same. I think were using the wrong page though as I can't seem to work out 'where' I am. Is this the right page to be on at the moment?

Keith19837 · Senior Member

Seems I must be the only one here, or everyone's on another page/post/thread. 2215 hrs on 28.5.12, I guess it's bedtime. 'Night.

Fried Rice · Guru

Many have been engrossed in QandA on Aunty.. a good show tonight included David Marr, Bazza Humphries and Miriam Margolies. I get the feeling lots of our mob(GNs) would have enjoyed it; try to look at a replay.

Fried Rice.

milo · Guru

to post or not to post that is the question

neilnruth · Guru

And that got some of the quieter ones out there 'posting'. Good to hear from you. When I first joined I read more than I posted but then I realised that a forum becomes a forum when people take part so I started posting. One day I will enjoy meeting the people who have posted. It was good to meet Briche - I'd been reading their posts before I met them. I once told my kids I would join Facebook to see what they were doing and was promptly told that would be stalking. So what's the difference between 'stalking' and 'lurking'? (By the way, I didn't join FB - kids told me I wouldn't want to know and even they don't read it much these days either.)

Keith19837 · Senior Member

Hi, Keith 19837 here. I'm pretty new (about one day) and I'm finding that I must be posting incorrectly. When I reply to a welcome or ask a question, it seems that everyone is somewhere else. I'm assuming that each screen doesn't 'auto add' and one has to go out to another page and then come back via the forum index. Am I doing this correctly or is there some easier way than leaving the page, going to the forum index and then returning; or is that the the correct way to do it? I hope I'm explaining myself properly here.

Happywanderer · The Master

Keith19837 wrote:
Hi, Keith 19837 here. I'm pretty new (about one day) and I'm finding that I must be posting incorrectly. When I reply to a welcome or ask a question, it seems that everyone is somewhere else. I'm assuming that each screen doesn't 'auto add' and one has to go out to another page and then come back via the forum index. Am I doing this correctly or is there some easier way than leaving the page, going to the forum index and then returning; or is that the the correct way to do it? I hope I'm explaining myself properly here.

Hi Keith, I have clicked on quote in your posting to get this here. Will try and explain a few things. Firstly you don't have to explain who you are every time you post, your name and details are to the side of every post you make.

Secondly there may be no one on to reply to your post. They could be off doing other things. When you are on the front page of Grey Nomads Forum you can scroll down and see who is on line. If you hold the mouse over their name you can see which topic they are in.

Thirdly when you have finished reading or writing in a particular topic you go to either the top or the bottom of the thread and close to see what is now available for you to read. If you have your settings set up right it will give you all the unopened (new) ones at the top for you to find first.

If you click on Grey Nomads Forum it will give you a list of all topics, you go into the one you want to peruse and open the one of interest.

Or you can go into just one of the topics, say Solo or Techies Corner and peruse through there looking for ones of interest.

Don't be afraid to ask, we have all been there and all had to learn from the start.

Nicholstones · Guru

I didn't quite follow your problem Keith, not sure where the somewhere else is that everyone goes to.

If you want to reply to an existing thread you can do it in one of three ways:

1. Just start typing in the 'Quick Reply' which is at the bottom of the screen when you are reading a thread (which is what I have done here). When you are finished, click the 'Post Quick Reply' button at the bottom of the screen.

2. If you want to add pictures or emoticons, or use editing such as bolding or italics, click on the 'Reply' box in ANY posting (it doesn't have to be the latest post in the thread). You will be taken to a new screen, type your message in the big blank box then click on (relying on memory here...) the 'Post Reply' (?) button at the bottom of the screen.

3. If you want to include the contents of an existing post in your reply, click on the 'Quote' button for that post. You wil be taken to the same screen as in method 2 above, but instead of being blank the box will contain the other post. Place your cursor at the bottom of this box and add your new comments underneath the text for the existing post (that's a lot less confusing for everyone else who will read it).

In all cases, once you have posted your reply you should see the thread again with your post at the bottom.

Have fun and good luck with it.

neilnruth · Guru

It took me a while Keith (and I've just learnt more from Nicholstones reply) but like everything else, the more you use it the easier it will be. And just ask - as you see - someone will always be able to help. As Happy Wanderer said, there might not be always be someone there straight away either. Like last night, all watching Q&A!!!