Forum Restructure

[ERLover]

Ya know Dusty, you did not put a time frame on when the Community Forum started, but I have only been a member here at most 5 years, and when I got on it there was no Community Forum, I think JPG asked the Admin for it, I maybe wrong, but that is my recollection.
Some one correct me if I am wrong on the time frame, I take it well.

The Community forum has been here since day one. http://shopsmith.com/ss_forum/community ... me-t5.html
Under the old bbs software it was separate from all the other forums so you could only see it from the top level of the menu.

Thanks for the correction, I was incorrect and must have missed it, our just plane wrong.

[ERLover]

Let me put this way, 2 months after your 75 Bday but that happened to MOM at 95!! you were just driving around when ever you wanted, working your veggie garden, working in your shop, living in your home independently, cooking when ever, what you wanted, for MOM that was baking in her kitchen, not shop time, BAMB, 2 months later tied to an O2 tube, no driving, no gardening, and only baking with my help and supervision. Like I said, she went to a functional 75 year old at 95, to a 95 year in 2 months, with still a 75 year old mind, you want to be frustrated!!!!

[dusty]

Ya know some, I read your "digs" all day, take a happy pill
Community is, I believe for social discussions, maybe try and be more social!!! . Ya never know when you might have to start cooking and doing laundry. Not political as the MS has pointed out.

I don't know where you got the idea that the Community forum is for Social Discussions but if it is, much of what I read in the Community forum is everything but sociable. In fact, much of the forum has become non-sociable.

In the early days of the forum, the Community section was used for "shop related discussions" that did not fit comfortably in the other sections of the forum; that is to say 1)not for beginners 2) not for general woodworking, 3) not a tool review and 4) not maintenance and repair. It was also understood that the forum discussions would not be religious or political. It was generally understood by the members that forum comments would not be aggressive or demeaning. Sociable - YES but not bar-room sociable.

Ya know Dusty, you did not put a time frame on when the Community Forum started, but I have only been a member here at most 5 years, and when I got on it there was no Community Forum, I think JPG asked the Admin for it, I maybe wrong, but that is my recollection.
Some one correct me if I am wrong on the time frame, I take it well.

It is more like one year, ER. You joined the forum on 31 August 2015.

[ERLover]

I don't know where you got the idea that the Community forum is for Social Discussions but if it is, much of what I read in the Community forum is everything but sociable. In fact, much of the forum has become non-sociable.

In the early days of the forum, the Community section was used for "shop related discussions" that did not fit comfortably in the other sections of the forum; that is to say 1)not for beginners 2) not for general woodworking, 3) not a tool review and 4) not maintenance and repair. It was also understood that the forum discussions would not be religious or political. It was generally understood by the members that forum comments would not be aggressive or demeaning. Sociable - YES but not bar-room sociable.

Ya know Dusty, you did not put a time frame on when the Community Forum started, but I have only been a member here at most 5 years, and when I got on it there was no Community Forum, I think JPG asked the Admin for it, I maybe wrong, but that is my recollection.
Some one correct me if I am wrong on the time frame, I take it well.

It is more like one year, ER. You joined the forum on 31 August 2015.

Dusty, I stand corrected, I must have just lurking here.

[ERLover]

Dusty, good morning, stay cool down there, it is Aug, but a dry heat
Warm here in WI but been high dew points

[JPG]

'Somebody' is ignoring a 'previous life'.


I think 'shop talk' is an excellent suggestion.

A place for shop related discussion 'only'.


Notice I did not say 'woodworking' only. I do other things in 'my shop'.

[Ed in Tampa]

'Somebody' is ignoring a 'previous life'.


I think 'shop talk' is an excellent suggestion.

A place for shop related discussion 'only'.


Notice I did not say 'woodworking' only. I do other things in 'my shop'.

We do know want to hear about the OTHER things you do in your shop!

[swampgator]

It seems the manure spreader is on PTO of the tractor. He said he was going to hush, but instead keeps spreading. Can this thread just be about the intended subject?

Dusty, I think this is a good subject to break down the groups to something more specific. This may have already been discussed, but I don't like wadding through all the muck. I am wondering what will happen to the history of what is already here. I am not sure that the programmers will be able to decide in which group the thread would belong. Of course, the current threads could remain where they are and then open new categories. This is not difficult and didn't use to be. But software has greatly changed since I retired in 2003. Thank you, Dusty to starting this great discussion. Thank all those who have contribute to this topic. That's all I have to say. My manure spreader is in the barn.

Steve, the old swampgator

[JPG]

'Somebody' is ignoring a 'previous life'.


I think 'shop talk' is an excellent suggestion.

A place for shop related discussion 'only'.


Notice I did not say 'woodworking' only. I do other things in 'my shop'.

We do know want to hear about the OTHER things you do in your shop!

I had metal working in mind!


You?

[ChrisNeilan]

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Turn it!