Has Anyone Noticed?

[AUEquine]

Has anyone notice that back on H.com aka 'the black hole' that the thread discussing this board has been deleted! hahahahaha! We make a hundred threads asking for answers and changes, with no reply, but we finally take our own action and they all show up! Glad the link was still in a thread in NHR or I have been left out of the fun!

Oh well, on to bigger and better things here! Just thought I'd point it out, and snicker a little!

:cowboy: fyi... I love this freaking smiley!!!!

ETA: Just want to say that I'm totally in love with this new forum software... there's so much I can do! It's so easy... and FAST as HECK!!!!

[cloedoll]

I agree, 'tis quite funny! Oh well, they're the ones losing a good majority of their members and not able to have new ones. :D

[WashingtonBay]

I was actually surprised it stayed up as long as it did.

But then I figured, most of the mods might have thought "what are we trying to hold on to these people for?"

I guess someone found a reason.

[Mandzanita]

I still really want some of the h.com members to join ( cough...Hunterseat, cough...shiver) They aren't budging :(

[WashingtonBay]

I know... and I guess I don't really understand.

MsEddi, btw, is trying desperately to get in, but for whatever reason, she's unable to post. We're trying to work on it with her, but none of it's helping so far. Just an update... Pray for her computer :)

[Mandzanita]

I thought I read a post by her in the Welcome Thread?

[Equine_Woman]

Well I'm praying MsEddi gets in!!! I'd miss her if she doesn't!

[WashingtonBay]

She's made 3 posts, she can even private mail, she just can't post and we don't know why.

[Country Girl 43]

I was looking for that thread today. Wondered where it went....LOL

We will just have to keep plugging THIS forum!

[mtnmollie]

Its still up. They got that thread but not the second one with a link- why are you still here?

Avid showed up. The pm's dont work- e mail dont work but if you want me just type avid.
he does a word search...

[Ms Eddi]

Here I am, thanks to WB hubby, he rocks. I like it so far, but the picture thing escapes me once again, I couldn't do the siggie picture thing at horse.com either and I was there for like 2 years.

[cloedoll]

WB - Have you tried just having her make a whole new account? I hope she gets in!

ETA: Nevermind! She's here! *waves at MsEddi* :D

[vicklynn]

whats h.com? hehehehe

[cloedoll]

whats h.com? hehehehe

Maybe Horseless started his own website, h.com is clearly short for Horseless.com...now THAT's what I call an attention ho. :p I kid, I kid. :D

[cheval]

MsE - do you have an online picture site somewhere?

If you do, there is a little yellow box with a mountain on each reply box. You click that and put the http: address from your online picture (from the album) and it shows up immediately.

I don't know if there is a way to pick up your picture directly from your computer because I've never used that option.

[42many]

I guess that second thread wasn't such a bad idea after all, even though I got snapped at for it :)

If I'd been able to edit with any sort of success, I would have just changed the title to "In case you're wondering where we've gone".

I did notice that h.com actually had a "new member" listed, so maybe they got that part fixed at least! I'm glad, since I really don't want it to die off. It is just really sad that their left hand doesn't know what the right is doing - I'm sure someone in the marketing dept will be ROYALLY peeved when they find out what happened. The absolute best and cheapest possible marketing tool a company has is word-of-mouth, and the constant visual reminder of their store on their forum was a marketing designer's dream come true. Constant access by all ages with a direct interest in your product?? They should have been milking that for all it was worth and gone miles extra to keep the forum up and running. That they didn't implies to me that the store itself may be in some sort of upheaval, which makes me wonder about placing an order there (in the "me" as a customer sort of sense).

[WashingtonBay]

MsEddi - I'm glad you finally got in.... In your "User CP" you'll find (I hope) a place to make photo albums, if you can make some albums there and upload some pictures, we'll help with how to post them.

The signature can be uploaded directly from the signature area, it will resize it for you but it should be approximately the right shape or it may turn out too small. Cloe can help you with that too if you have trouble, she's sortof the resident expert on it since I haven't actually done it.

Anyhow, now that you're here, we can work out the rest of the details, the hard part's solved. :)

[mtnmollie]

42many
yer title is perfect because it is less likely to be zapped by the thread hunters-

yes they said they fixed new member problem. Avid did not know about the problems.
Tell the right person ? and somethin happens?

Loose yer horse herd and then realise theres a problem?

[WashingtonBay]

I did notice that h.com actually had a "new member" listed, so maybe they got that part fixed at least! You know... I got the feeling they weren't even aware that no one had registered there in over a month till we mentioned it.

[mtnmollie]

For computer dummies like me there is directions on pict posting in adman- ( support and adminestration)

I gave Cloe the picts (from photobucket) she cut them for my siggy and avator.
I had a lot of trouble with my avator- but there is lots of help here.

(Thanks Bay and Cloe.) I cried when you put my avator in- that was very special.
You guys are great here! :cowboy:

[JackieB]

I still really want some of the h.com members to join ( cough...Hunterseat, cough...shiver) They aren't budging :(

We're going to have to mix up potato salad, saddle up our horses, and go get 'em. We can't have hunter, shiver, and any of the rest of our old friends holed up over there away from us. Family is family and that's that! :):) It's fine if they want to post there and here of course, but we don't leave family behind. Hunter was a marine at one time, she'll understand that. :)

[mtnmollie]

Hunter snapped and bit when we poked her. Somehow we need to lead her here with love. Not sure how to do that- but I can start with prayer.

I have an idea... we will see what develops. I was thinking of making her jelous of my new room- but I dont know?

[JackieB]

I see that she became a little bit offended. I'll ask her as nicely as I know how as well. She was one of the very first to welcome me and I can't imagine not corresponding with her. She doesn't need to move here, but I sure wish that she (and everyone else) would at least join us.

[cheval]

She did get irate about it. Which is surprising. I would have thought she'd be honored that so many people want her over here. And people can be at both places. Same with Shiver - they both need to get there booties over here and play.

Even if they got it all fixed up over there, this place is the new home for me. It has more stuff to do than on any other forum I've been on.

[lisakaye]

I will go to both but I prefer this forum over H.com. :cowboy::crazy:

[mtnmollie]

.

Even if they got it all fixed up over there, this place is the new home for me. It has more stuff to do than on any other forum I've been on.

yeah cheval!

Hunter will read over here but not sign in. Maybe I'll ask her to read my post?

Maybe I'll ask her to go to my private place and look at my photoalbum?

I need to get Hunter to want to come here- like I get the colt to want to cross the creek- let my idea become his idea.

shiver too-

[cloedoll]

Ditto to what cheval said, even if they get horse.com running how it used to, I'm staying here...I r e a l l y like it. (:

[TheBadLands]

The "why are we still here" thread is still up...or I would have never known where everyone went

[JetLagaside]

Gosh and I haven't even been back over there.

[Country Girl 43]

Yes, we should get Hunter over here. She also welcomed me when I first joined h.com. She actually talked me into staying! And Shiver remembers everything about everyone! They both need to pop in here and say HI. They don't have to give up h.com, but at least come play with their friends.

[SedonaThunder]

I have an idea... we will see what develops. I was thinking of making her jelous of my new room- but I dont know?

This makes me laugh - I picture you rubbing your hands together and laughing diabolically! Are you sure she reads over here? I was thinking about how sometimes I will read at h.com but NOT sign in UNTIL there is some post that I just have to comment on. Sooo I'm trying to think what Hunter could read over here that would just make her want to log on really bad in order to comment! (I need a smiley to insert here with head scratching and deep thought... hmmm...)

[mtnmollie]

Well Hunter told us she came over here to looky loo. Besides she is bored- there is no one left to talk to. PM on the other board stands for public message. I sent her a public message in spiritual house place. You can go read it. :cowboy:

I will never give up my cool smilies!

[Mandzanita]

Hunter snapped and bit when we poked her. Somehow we need to lead her here with love. Not sure how to do that- but I can start with prayer.

Yeah, the reactions totally surprised me! I could understand not wanting to leave a family forum to join a whole new forum filled with new people, but this is just a new home FILLED with everyone we know and TONS of ammentities! It's like they are all loyally stuck to a site that doesn't give a care about them just because it's the site they joined however many years ago. WE make the family not Horse.com! Home is where the heart is, and the heart is here :cowboy:

[WashingtonBay]

Hey did anyone notice we have grown past 200 members? :clap:

We're all just thrilled with how fast this forum has taken off. :D

[Blue]

Haha. I haven't been back on the H.com forum for a few days...It's the first time I've ever done that!

[Mandzanita]

I don't know if it's the feng shui of the colors we have here but when I returned to h.com it felt like a sterile hospital...an empty sterile hospital.

[All4Grace]

I keep lurking over the withthe occasionaly post because I learned alot from HUnter and Shiver when I first started. But I just feel more welcomed here.
There are a few members over there (no one we have mentioned) that just rub me the wrong way and they tend to target me, I am glad they haven't moved over here, yet I do wish Hunter/shiver and Ex would but I am not going to force it upon them. I will come to them if I have too. :D
Shiver, was unbelievably supportive of my when we were going through the loss of Hope and the loss of my sister's mare, Leah that I can't just walk away from her. I mean everyone made me feel better but Shiver just seemed to go that extra step.

[WashingtonBay]

As far as I know I'm on very friendly terms with all the holdouts! So I don't think it's personal, but someone finds out it is, please let them know that they don't really have to like me to be here :) I'm letting everyone in, there is no screening of approvals.

And even if we've had words in the past, this place feels like a fresh start for everyone. Clean slate.

[mtnmollie]

John Boy wants in. They took our link today in Why still here. Dane Haven got both front and back links. ouch. They are watching now.

Johnboy wants a pm with link. I posted another link. How long will it last ?

[magayle]

yep that's just how i feel....i whole new fresh start for everyone...i just love it here!

[WashingtonBay]

I posted another link. How long will it last ?

That's the question. :innocent:

Thanks for doing that.

If they delete it I'd have to ask, why are they trying to keep people from leaving?

If your horses are starving from neglect and keep breaking into the neighbor's field just to eat, the answer is not just better fencing. Either invest something in them, or let them go.

[mtnmollie]

A day or two ago they had 6,000 plus members. Now they have 1,000 or so.
I think the numbers are inflated.

They lost 200+ and have 30 - 50 left or less.

That's quite a drop. I'm glad they broke- because this place is so fun! :cowboy:

[vicklynn]

If your horses are starving from neglect and keep breaking into the neighbor's field just to eat, the answer is not just better fencing. Either invest something in them, or let them go.

True

[mtnmollie]

Thanks for doing that.



you bet Bay. :cowboy:

Ever since Labor DAy I have been trying to download picts- my photobucket account wont work. No one on the net could help me.

I need to find WashingtonBay says I. You can fix anything!

Thank you. :)

[WashingtonBay]

What's really got me curious is their logged-in user to "guest" ratio.

I mean the number of registered users online there has gone down, and many of those who are logged in over there are registered here as well. But their number of guests and lurkers is still in the many hundreds, while ours here is pretty low still, as a proportion.

I just think it's interesting that that many people are just looking at the site right now, while not much is happening. Who are those people?

[cheval]

I've always wondered who those people are.

I asked why the Mods wanted your link deleted. I'm sure it will be some lame excuse about competition.

The Einsteins in upper management of h.com don't get the fact that if the forum is lost, so could a lot of the customers be. That shows a lack of caring. Why should I buy from them?

WB's you should get your own Baywind Store up and going.

[mtnmollie]

One way to find horse forums on the net is to goggle horse forums. -
We need a tag so people can find us.

Can I post yer link on my blog?

[mtnmollie]

I asked why the Mods wanted your link deleted. I'm sure it will be some lame excuse about competition.



Dbl Barell and Avid let it be. Why did Dane take it? Inconsistancy.

[JackieB]

I just think it's interesting that that many people are just looking at the site right now, while not much is happening. Who are those people?

I'll bet that a lot of it has to do with the fact that they have the awesome horse.com domain name. Can't get much more horsey than that for a name. So, my guess is that they get a lot of traffic to the forum as a result of people around the world checking out horse.com.

[WashingtonBay]

WB's you should get your own Baywind Store up and going.

Hey now... that actually sounds like real work :huh:

What's remarkable is how little investment it really took to get this forum up and running and it's paid up now for a year. A few hundred bucks and some time (cheaper if you're already paying for webhosting). A tiny investment for a company to make.

[cheval]

Sorry, but Dane has never been consistent with the moderating and that's why so many people have had issue with her. The only person that has ever done anything of use there has been Avid. He should have had complete control of every aspect of that forum a LONG LONG LONG time ago. As soon as you'd contact him (when you were able) he'd be on it so fast it be done before the next time you logged in.

[cheval]

WB - are you guys taking donations? I'd wouldn't mind tossing some your way. And don't get all weird about accepting it. You guys need to know how much of a big deal this all really is to us.

[TBgirl]

I personally love this forum! I think it's one of the best (it is the best!) by far.

[WashingtonBay]

One way to find horse forums on the net is to goggle horse forums. -
We need a tag so people can find us.

Can I post yer link on my blog?

Certainly you can post links places that will help.

Building up our Google ranking on searches will take a little bit of time to develop. The good news is that's something hubby also knows a lot about.

[TheBadLands]

I'm one of those "guests"

I kind of browse through and decide if anything is worth remembering my own password.

[JackieB]

WE make the family not Horse.com! Home is where the heart is, and the heart is here :cowboy:

That's a really good point, Mandzanita. Horse.com gave us a really nice place to hang out, but we became a "family" on our own. That's why none of us were completely satisfied when we left and went to the two other forums. The other forums were so welcoming, but we were split up and it was really hard. Now we have a place where we can all be happy (or unhappy, but still together :)). I just hope we can convince those last few holdouts to at least come join us once in awhile.

[WashingtonBay]

WB - are you guys taking donations? I'd wouldn't mind tossing some your way. And don't get all weird about accepting it. You guys need to know how much of a big deal this all really is to us.

At the moment don't worry about it, though we appreciate the thought :) We're going to see if it can pay for itself well enough with a couple discreet ads. If it becomes a burden, we'll let you all know. :)

[WashingtonBay]

I'm one of those "guests"


I'm one of those too... but even if every single one of us was lurking over there at the same time, that's only 200. They've been in the thousands, even recently. I don't get it. :huh:

[cheval]

42many's thread is taking an interesting turn. I can't believe anyone would be surprised about the move. Sheesh.

[42many]

At the moment don't worry about it, though we appreciate the thought :) We're going to see if it can pay for itself well enough with a couple discreet ads. If it becomes a burden, we'll let you all know. :)

I was going to mention that I'd be happy with seeing some google.ads type stuff on the website, since I know that you are doing this gratis for your personal desires. Always good to try and get a bit covered, anyway!

[mtnmollie]

Sorry, but Dane has never been consistent with the moderating and that's why so many people have had issue with her.

yep- Dane got after me too and it did not seem fair. LOL>

Then some peeps could get away with stuff- this is life. ho - hum.

[GrungeEquestrian]

I really miss hunter, as everyone else said she was one of the first to greet me. She has been such a friend to me and I miss posting with her, though I still e-mail her. I will see drop by at the horse.com forum but this one is a hundred times better, I love that everyone's page has all these options and albums and such, I have really got to know everyone even better!

[shynbvs]

Maybe Horseless started his own website, h.com is clearly short for Horseless.com...now THAT's what I call an attention ho. :p I kid, I kid. :D

:hysterical: good one cloedoll

[lovesfortune]

Okay, is it just me, or when I go to log OUT over there... it won't LET me? It brings me to the ticket list.. the log out link isn't even available??

[WashingtonBay]

You can log out any time you like, but you can never leave... :D


Heh... no, I don't have that problem loves.

[lovesfortune]

Ugh. I think my forum capability is slowly declining. Or my computer is messed up. I finally got it figured out. I am logged out. Whoo hoo!

[Equine_Woman]

The "why are we still here" thread is still up...or I would have never known where everyone went

We're checking in to pick up any stragglers. You would've been picked up by the outriders!!

[TheBadLands]

We're checking in to pick up any stragglers. You would've been picked up by the outriders!!

Yay!!! No woMAN left behind!

So I went over and looked at a few threads on the subject... and it is interesting how, with ALL the posts made looking for answers... only now do all of these ghost mods show.


It's just something to think about.

It is a bit of a shame... all the memories made, all the stories shared.. we've all watched horse.com members grow and been right there with them for everything from weddings to cancer to new baby's and divorce.... and the place has fallen. Like some small town that just suddenly falls off the grid.

[mtnmollie]

Oh we just got a new home with out a leaky roof. LOL>

Some people want rain to fall on them.

[SedonaThunder]

The only person that has ever done anything of use there has been Avid.
And even he is on a different forum... what does that tell you?
He should have had complete control of every aspect of that forum a LONG LONG LONG time ago.
And then maybe he wouldn't have headed off to do other things...

[pandorasmom]

John Boy wants in. They took our link today in Why still here. Dane Haven got both front and back links. ouch. They are watching now.

Johnboy wants a pm with link. I posted another link. How long will it last ?


There is a link in that thread to here still. :)

You have to read between the lines so to speak, but it's there. :)

[Country Girl 43]

LOL....I think we have them on their toes now!!! Guess they should have taken my advise last month, when I suggested to wipe the slate clean and start over if that is what it would take to get the forum back on track. Lots of people agreed, but none of the IT people would do anything!

[mtnmollie]

My link was still there last night at ten pm. I want to catch all the peeps like me who left the board but would check in- sometimes. I would hate to check in-have yall gone and not find yah. YIkes! Where's gunslinger? Did he make it? Was that his name? He taught us how to heal bad wounds.

[cheval]

Ya know I gotta admit, I'm downright surprised at how offended some of those people are getting. Wonder where it's coming from. I think we've got everyone over here now. I'd say we leave those threads alone. They don't want a part of this forum and that's fine. I just never thought they'd have taken it the wrong way about people wanting them to come over, even after people said they could be at both places. Gees, especially El. I thought a lot of the people here were pals of hers.

[Toodlestoo]

I browse h.com a couple times a day but this is definately my new "home". You can do both. There has to be some underlying reasons that we are not privy to as to why they won't come over. I feel badly that h.com lost so many members too but to me, it's about the people you come to know and not who runs the forum.

[WashingtonBay]

Agreed with all that Cheval!

Well thanks all for your help letting people know about the forum and encouraging them to come over, but I think we've done what we can.

At least there's a few links up that people can find, and we're starting to show up on google searches of forms of the name in case those links get pulled too and people try to look for us later but can't quite remember the name. In fact just googling "WashingtonBay's Forum" now finds it pretty near the top, below some of my other posts at other forums, so either way perhaps people who are looking can find me.

[shewasmyshadow]

Yeah, it makes me sad that everyone hasn't come over. My biggest fear is that the horse.com forum will tank completely and we will loose our friends. I want them to at least register here, or bookmark, something... So, if something bad happens they can know where to come. Especially hunter... She was always cheering me on when I was pregnant and a total chocoholic. She's always so fun to chat with...

[FoxFireEMT]

I wouldn't say that I totally washed my hands of that forum but I don't have the time to keep up between this, that & other ones that I belong to in reference to other activities that I do. It's just too much. I tend to not bother myself with the forum after it crashed & realize it wasn't making any progress. Why take the time when it's all "jacked" up. The "owners" of the forum should of known with out answers or progress people were going to leave or find new places.

I, too, was shocked at the fact that some people where getting mad about "you all" asking them to come over. You would think that they would want to stay in touch with AT least some people. :rolleyes: Oh well maybe someday soon they'll find their way. It's a shame to loose some of the people but maybe we'll catch up with them later. They can find us if they want!

IMHO this site is great and thanks Washington 4 doing this and getting the group wrangled back up. Its nice to come back to a familiar home! I am enjoying my other forum too but this is def. MY kind of place!!

[mtnmollie]

Ya know I gotta admit, I'm downright surprised at how offended some of those people are getting. Wonder where it's coming from. I think we've got everyone over here now. I'd say we leave those threads alone. They don't want a part of this forum and that's fine. I just never thought they'd have taken it the wrong way about people wanting them to come over, even after people said they could be at both places.

Yeah- I feel like have been slapped in that one thread. Wow.
Not the first time i've been slapped on that board.

ouch.

"I visit all the time! Looks like a party! " - Hunter. Shiver too admits to this.



You know who always slaps me the most? Christian people. Why is that?
I have never figured that out. LOL.

[SedonaThunder]

I want to catch all the peeps like me who left the board but would check in- sometimes... YIkes! Where's gunslinger? Did he make it? Was that his name? He taught us how to heal bad wounds.
Guns is on Ex's board... or at least he was the last time I checked. He talked a lot about other boards he was on (one for driving horses) but I don't know the names of them. I miss him too... it was shortly after the leg wound thing (a "wound expert":rolleyes:was one that helped push him over the edge to leave...) that he was gone.

[mtnmollie]

Where is Ex's board? I want to go get him.

The biters drove me from horse com also. I just happened to be looking for Bay when the change occured.

[SedonaThunder]

Where is Ex's board? I want to go get him. The biters drove me from horse com also. I just happened to be looking for Bay when the change occured.
Unfortunately, you have to be invited to get onto Ex's board and if you don't log on in a certain amount of time you are deleted. I tried to log on there a couple days ago and I no longer exist. Maybe if you just do a google search for Gunslinger one of his posts from somewhere will pop up? Was he in Oklahoma or Arkansas?

[starkitten]

I was very surprised to see some of the reactions on horse. I would personally feel flattered if someone called me out personally

[mtnmollie]

me to Star. ST- my search engine is pretty crappie but i'll try. Ex is ex racers Rule? Still at Horse com?

[WashingtonBay]

Guns is in Oklahoma. Certainly if anyone runs into him let him know he'd be welcome here. :)

IMHO, debate is part of life on a forum, and it's pretty easy to rub someone the wrong way or get our own hackles up... we all have to remember to try to temper our arguments and learn when to call it a draw. We may debate vigorously one day on one subject, but on another thread, we may find something in common or need something that they know. We won't know that if we run them out the door. And that goes for everyone :)

[pandorasmom]

I put the link to this forum in my h.com profile. Maybe if someone gets to looking around they'll find it.
I really love this forum! Personally I never felt very welcomed over there, it just to me seem cold and harsh. Sometimes I felt welcomed, others I didn't. This board, the people here,etc. seem much more friendly and it feels like you can breathe. I don't know what it is, but to me that's how it seems. It's like you can go *sighs* and breathe without feeling like it's cold or something. Maybe I'm the only one who felt like an outsider, but that's how it was to me. I love this place here and don't plan on going back to h.com unless they fix it. It's got to many broken pieces. If you have a game with broken pieces that messes up the way the game is played, are you gonna wanna play that game as much if any? I wouldn't.

Thanks to the Wb's once again! Awesome awesome job!

[shewasmyshadow]

IMHO, debate is part of life on a forum, and it's pretty easy to rub someone the wrong way or get our own hackles up... we all have to remember to try to temper our arguments and learn when to call it a draw. We may debate vigorously one day on one subject, but on another thread, we may find something in common or need something that they know. We won't know that if we run them out the door. And that goes for everyone :)

I really think you should run for president next election. I would totally vote for you! :D I'm not sure where that came from...lol.

[mtnmollie]

I really love this forum! Personally I never felt very welcomed over there, it just to me seem cold and harsh. Sometimes I felt welcomed, others I didn't. This board, the people here,etc. seem much more friendly and it feels like you can breathe. I don't know what it is, but to me that's how it seems. Maybe I'm the only one who felt like an outsider, but that's how it was to me. I love this place here...

Thanks to the Wb's once again! Awesome awesome job!

me too panda.

[WashingtonBay]

Thanks shes :):):) - although it sounds like a lot of work ;)

[magayle]

me 3 panda

[Equine_Woman]

Well i think I'm done over there at the other place. I'll try and keep up with those left behind on email. I'm sad about it but what can you do. I just keep getting offended by them and I love them to much to do that so I won't go back to read what was said. . I'll just email and pretend it never was.

[oursarge]

I don't know if it's me or if this has happened to others. I check back there maybe once a day. Since not much is going on I don't have anything to offer. Every single time I go there my computer shuts itself off. Has that happened to anyone else? If it happened once I'd think it was just the computer being stupid like it is sometimes but this is every time I go there. I won't be checking that forum any more because it seems like the site and my computer don't like each other. I really don't know.

I haven't asked anyone to leave since it seems everyone's mind is set to be loyal over there for reasons only they know. They are happy so I guess we need to be happy for them. I didn't expect people to be so mad about being asked to join over here. I did tell one friend from there how nice it is here and then it will be up to her to join or not, I hope she does since she's alot of fun.

It would be interesting to know if it's just my computer or if anyone else has issues when they go to check the other forum? Chances are it's just this computer, it's so touchy about things!

[mtnmollie]

Its tough and oh - so - slow- but my computer works. I can go there and post.

[42many]

oursarge - my computer doesn't actually shut down, but after I have viewed one or two threads over at h.com it bogs the internet down. I will try to move forward a page in a thread and it will do the "Loading..." thing for awhile, then it will give me a page load error. Unfortunately, it then makes all the other website tabs I have open also cycle to loading and page load error, so I keep having to restart the browser.

I agree - it has moved past irritating passive nuisance (no pms, edit, etc) and into active nuisance (actually causing me repeated internet connection issues, even with my cable internet - I hate to think how it would be on dialup!). I have pretty much given up going over there at all due to that, and I haven't been logging in at all - much less actually POSTING (which is so difficult now as to be absolutely ridiculous and mostly pointless to even try).

[Equine_Woman]

I don't know if it's me or if this has happened to others. I check back there maybe once a day. Since not much is going on I don't have anything to offer. Every single time I go there my computer shuts itself off. Has that happened to anyone else? If it happened once I'd think it was just the computer being stupid like it is sometimes but this is every time I go there. I won't be checking that forum any more because it seems like the site and my computer don't like each other. I really don't know.

I haven't asked anyone to leave since it seems everyone's mind is set to be loyal over there for reasons only they know. They are happy so I guess we need to be happy for them. I didn't expect people to be so mad about being asked to join over here. I did tell one friend from there how nice it is here and then it will be up to her to join or not, I hope she does since she's alot of fun.

It would be interesting to know if it's just my computer or if anyone else has issues when they go to check the other forum? Chances are it's just this computer, it's so touchy about things!

Well my computer used to crash a lot and I was there a lot. . I don't know if that was the reason or not. . But come to think of it, it hasn't crashed as often since I switched so maybe it was that site. . or maybe it's my new mood influencing my computer!! Much lighter and happier here!!!

[cheval]

I just did my last post and sign off. Does feel kinda sad, but hey, not like we all didn't ask for things to be fixed. I'd go back if they fixed it, but this is home now. :cool:

[mtnmollie]

oursarge - my computer doesn't actually shut down, but after I have viewed one or two threads over at h.com it bogs the internet down. I will try to move forward a page in a thread and it will do the "Loading..." thing for awhile, then it will give me a page load error. Unfortunately, it then makes all the other website tabs I have open also cycle to loading and page load error, so I keep having to restart the browser.

I agree - it has moved past irritating passive nuisance (no pms, edit, etc) and into active nuisance (actually causing me repeated internet connection issues, even with my cable internet - I hate to think how it would be on dialup!). I have pretty much given up going over there at all due to that, and I haven't been logging in at all - much less actually POSTING (which is so difficult now as to be absolutely ridiculous and mostly pointless to even try).

...so thats why my computer is dropping connection. This site drops connection. For 3 days I can not download picts- drop connection.

[mtnmollie]

Well my computer used to crash a lot and I was there a lot. . I don't know if that was the reason or not. . But come to think of it, it hasn't crashed as often since I switched so maybe it was that site. . or maybe it's my new mood influencing my computer!! Much lighter and happier here!!!

My computer crashed 4 times during the summer...

[SedonaThunder]

Hey Mollie! I found Gunslingers website http://lenzpaintquarterhorses.com/index.html for you - now go get him! :cowboy:

[mtnmollie]

Thank you! whoo- hoo yippee. :cowboy:

[mtnmollie]

ok - here's my message- howd i do?

Hay guns
Our new forum wants you!

Hey Mollie! I found Gunslingers website http://lenzpaintquarterhorses.com/index.html for you - now go get him!
When I asked where you went - search and rescue was gathered.

The family at horse.com is now gathered at Washington Bay's place, Baywind farm forum... '

oops I;ll go get the link.

ps- second e- maili with link says-

WE have everything there but the only thing missing is you.

mountain mollie .

[Mercury]

Yay! Hope he comes! I miss guns :(

[mtnmollie]

If you check whos on-line we have a number of guests reading our board.

Who could they be? Who knows about us?

Do you suppose its them?

[Equine_Woman]

If you check whos on-line we have a number of guests reading our board.

Who could they be? Who knows about us?

Do you suppose its them?

I imagine it's some of the lurkers, and some people signing it. When you first pull up the site if you don't stay logged in with Cookies you show up as a guest. . .

[mtnmollie]

*Comes back from other board. Pulls darts from shield.*


I just did my last post and sign off. Does feel kinda sad, but hey, not like we all didn't ask for things to be fixed. I'd go back if they fixed it, but this is home now. :cool:

hay Cheval- just wanted you to know- when they threw those darts at you- I stood in the line of fire for you. wow.

Oh wow.

You are one awesome person.

You got a great reply from yer special alian.

[Equine_Woman]

I made the mistake of going back to check on them again. . . shouldn't have done it. Now I'm grumpy. Sigh.

[shynbvs]

You can log out any time you like, but you can never leave... :D


dun dun dunnnn! lol

[Cat]

I see my WANTED: Stragglers ad is still up, though I'm not sure how much good it will do since its in the classifieds section. Not main-stream, but atleast the link is there.

[starkitten]

well Cat - I did link to it to point NJRider in the right direction when she asked ;)

[cheval]

I just went and checked Avid's reply. And I meant every word I said of it. That guy is super cool.

And thanks Mollie for the back up! Hey, we tried.

[Cat]

WooHoo - would be great to see NJ here. I need an update on certain fuzzballs.

[mtnmollie]

I made the mistake of going back to check on them again. . . shouldn't have done it. Now I'm grumpy. Sigh.

I had a link on the third to last page- but I am crying so hard- I dont think I will ever go back. It was there last i checked. Hidden from dane- heeh .

[mtnmollie]

I just went and checked Avid's reply. And I meant every word I said of it. That guy is super cool.

And thanks Mollie for the back up! Hey, we tried.

You are so welcome! :cowboy:

[cheval]

Hey I just found Ryle over at h.com and left the link here in one of the threads she's replying on this evening. Hopefully she can find her way here before the link gets deleted.

[mtnmollie]

yeah!

[mtnmollie]

Guns is not here yet. We need a cowboy to go get him.

Do we have any cowboys here?

is RockinK a cowboy?

Last time I worked cows- i had to bulldog them because i don't rope.
One roper had a stroke- the other a bad arm from a hay baler accident.

We was quite a pair or trio. :cowboy:

[Equine_Woman]

I had a link on the third to last page- but I am crying so hard- I dont think I will ever go back. It was there last i checked. Hidden from dane- heeh .

It's gone now. All the links are gone. Nice to see a Moderator moderating over there. . . What I don't get is after re-reading everything written how we came off as snarky? Or the savers of the world, or whatever else we were called. I'm glad to know where the loyalties lay now though. It's fine and all I'm just surprised by it. I'm with everyone here who thinks the forum is the people not the address. So just wanted to say I love you guys!!! Glad we have a nice shiny new spot to hang out! (with edits and pms! and really cool profiles and clubs!)

[starkitten]

Well not all the links have been removed - I happen to know of one posted by Cat ;)

[quest]

I just love how many responses the threads are getting on this forum! Much more exciting than horse.com has been lately.

[Mandzanita]

Was anyone else insulted at Broken A's last post on the Why Are We Still Here thread? I don't even want to go over there anymore....lame.

[Horseless]

Guns is not here yet. We need a cowboy to go get him.

Do we have any cowboys here?

is RockinK a cowboy?

Last time I worked cows- i had to bulldog them because i don't rope.
One roper had a stroke- the other a bad arm from a hay baler accident.

We was quite a pair or trio. :cowboy:

Im a Horseless Cowboy!! :cowboy:

[cheval]

What good is a forum if it's quiet? People are saying how they like it because it is quiet. What's the point on being on a quiet forum.

I still don't get their bad attitude about people leaving and wanting the others to join in. I was surprised by Broken A's response. Makes me feel like crap for even caring about anyone left over there. Like it was a stupid thing to do. Who get's insulted about people wanting to stay in touch via forum?

Why is it insinuated we don't have a life because we hang out on the computer (I do in the evening after the barn and before I head out).

[WashingtonBay]

Yeah - I don't care if people don't want to join. I just want to leave links for those who don't know where everyone went and would want to know.

Did you guys ever read Watership Down?

Nevermind where the other rabbits have gone... ;)

[starkitten]

Yep - I guess we all better log off and get some fresh air ;)

[Mandzanita]

Cheval, exactly...doesn't make sense but such is life. Oh yeah we don't have lives...forgot. There was some real un-provoked anger in her words and alot of the others'. Well I'm happy here and maybe this was just natural selection at it's best :) lol

[cheval]

Leave them be. If they want to come over they can. They likely are reading the forum.

I agree with whoever said above, nice to see some moderating finally be done. :rolleyes:

[mtnmollie]

Im a Horseless Cowboy!! :cowboy:

Horseless go get guns. Nothing like sending out the national guard!:cowboy:


Hay guns
Our new forum wants you!

"Hey Mollie! I found Gunslingers website http://lenzpaintquarterhorses.com/index.html for you - now go get him! "
When I asked where you went - search and rescue was gathered.

The family at horse.com is now gathered at Washington Bay's place, Baywind farm forum... '

oops I;ll go get the link.

ps- second e- maili with link says-

WE have everything there but the only thing missing is you.

[mtnmollie]

It's gone now. )

I noticed Thrus night or Firday? :)

I got punched in the gut again during my visit. ouch.

[Horseless]

Horseless go get guns. Nothing like sending out the national guard!:cowboy:

Sorry its not the weekend yet. Im a weekend Warrior!!! :D

[cheval]

Horseless are you wearing high heels in your avatar?? They look mighty fine pardner. :cool:

[mtnmollie]

Sorry its not the weekend yet. Im a weekend Warrior!!! :D

That's ok! I'll wait !

Go defend our country. First things first. :cowboy:

...but only on weekends once a month.

hubby Ge' Air Guard- retired.

[Horseless]

That's ok! I'll wait !

Go defend our country. First things first. :cowboy:

...but only on weekends once a month.

hubby Ge' Air Guard- retired.

LOL

huh whats Ge' ???

[mtnmollie]

LOL

huh whats Ge' ???

hubby Gene in a hurry- :cowboy:

[Horseless]

hubby Gene in a hurry- :cowboy:


LOL ok then. :cool:

[Cat]

Well not all the links have been removed - I happen to know of one posted by Cat ;)

Yeah, but that one is gone too. Geesh - I figured an out of the way spot would have been fine. Oh well...

[starkitten]

Well Cat - I guess it lasted for awhile ;) At least NJrider got a chance to see it :)

[palomino]

And me! I saw it!
I wish everyone (OK, not EVERYone) else would show up.

[WashingtonBay]

So it was worth doing :)

[Cat]

Yippie - I feel better. :cowboy:

[HogWild]

Someone needs to let luvs2ride1979 know about this board. I think she had given up on h.com and may not know we are over here now.

[mtnmollie]

Yeah, but that one is gone too. Geesh - I figured an out of the way spot would have been fine. Oh well...

They are spying on us cat.LOL. Or maybe doing a word search like Avid did - type his name and he comes.

[mtnmollie]

And me! I saw it!
I wish everyone (OK, not EVERYone) else would show up.

yeah palo! I knew we had some stragglers out there who missed the big stampeed.

[42many]

My original reason for starting that poor misbegotten thread was exactly what WB said - not to do or say anything related to people who were not interested in coming, but just to tell people who DIDN'T KNOW where everyone else had gone to! I know if I had just popped on over there after a long time off I would wonder what had happened.

The only good thing about it getting such constant postings is that it has stayed near the top (one of the few daily posting items they currently have there) so that people visiting are bound to read it (I did notice that the General section still has yesterday's news on it).

Maybe a s p a c e d o u t web address wouldn't be noticed if they are doing a keyword search? At this point, though, even 1 moderator could keep up with the posts going on over there so the posts themselves might be read in full.

[mtnmollie]

I was gone- and popped in some. It could have been me- left behind.

"...if I had just popped on over there after a long time off I would wonder what had happened."

No one has replied to my question in Trail riding- where is Washington Bay.?

[Equine_Woman]

Guess we need to quit posting the link. Hopefully anyone that is looking for us will google WashingtonBay. She's well known enough that I'd think of it if you all ran off!! Lol. Maybe we could post a link to an email address of someone who will respond with the new address. . is posting an email address against the rules? Anyone read the rules over there? Gotta watch for stragglers!! Not everyone hates us!!! (and I have no idea why anyone got upset really. . . so strange.

Too bad the powers that be at the main company didn't notice. . .maybe they would fix the place for those that stayed!! They deserve it with their loyalty! Anyways, I almost signed in to respond nicely to Shiver cause it was nice of her to explain her feelings but decided not to. Hopefully she knows that all is good. . .

[mtnmollie]

Every time i go over there my computer get sick and or dies;. This has happened since last summer. Maybe they have a virus. I scoogled Bay Wood or ( Baywood I forgot?) Farm Forum and got our link.
I will have to scoogle Washinton Bay an see what happens.

Anyone who wants to go to trail ride section, and answer my question tell them Bay went to Baywood Farm Forum "Where did Bay go?" I asked. :cowboy:

[WashingtonBay]

Because it's Baywind not Baywood :)

[mtnmollie]

LOL- my bad. Dislexia strikes again.

I got this place from goggle last night...
whatever i did.

* But of course wind would be an arab. Wood would be a horse with much heavier feet.*

I think I got it now. :cowboy:

[sofi98]

My original reason for starting that poor misbegotten thread was exactly what WB said - not to do or say anything related to people who were not interested in coming, but just to tell people who DIDN'T KNOW where everyone else had gone to! I know if I had just popped on over there after a long time off I would wonder what had happened.


I'm very glad that you did!

I really didn't post much over there, but after repeated difficulties with a mod over her inconsistent and, frankly unfair, moderation, it just wasn't worth the hassle. So I had just been lurking on and off for months.

This forum looks great!

[WashingtonBay]

Well hello and Welcome Sofi! :)

[sofi98]

Thanks WB!

[mtnmollie]

If you can't post the forum link- perhaps you can send peeps to my blog?

I joined a new forum - D board this week. We were part of a stampeed that left the old broken forum at country supply- horse.com. Our link is Baywind Farm.
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/

Come and visit sometime. Over 200 active ueser stampeeded from the broken board to the new home, leaving 30 or so of our friends behind. This new forum is awsome- best horse D board on the net I have found. We have a room for groups, a place to downlaod our picts from our computer and many awesome bells an whistles. Come on over to our campfire.

Look- I mis- spelled a word. I only edited it 3 times...
dislexia strikes again...

* I can't even log in to fix it. Sometimes the key to that door works...* :doh: