This is my last post on this site.

Its not always a member :-). You get out of the site what you are prepared to give to it.

Give kindness - get kindness

Give trouble - get trouble.

I have taken up the policy recently - If you can not help in some way (even if it is only a suggestion) do not post. That works for me.

Cheers Tony

Alloy,
How many more times will you mention that you have donated your membership to the fire appeal. This must be the sixth. You say you don't like the rants, you enjoy the freedom, yet you still insist on using this site. It seems like you have made no sacrifice for the appeal, but you want the world to think that you have.

:-) Maybe he is the author of all the missing posts :-) Cheers Tony

Tony,
Ummm, that post is interesting as you say:
"I have taken up the policy recently - If you can not help in some way do not post"


I've thought of many things but I can't type

Maîneÿ . . .

Hi Pesty. One name I did recognise on here. I actually came on to rejoin, but geewiz after reading this I am having 2nd thoughts now. Good to see there are still some old names on here. Karen.

Hi Karen,
Great to hear from you again, hope all is well in your camp.
Dont let my feelings stop you from joining, this is a good info site, but it has lost the character that it had as you would remember it.
No chit chat like this, so is near imposible to make friends on here like we have in the past.
Hope to catch up with you one day, we still havent had that coffee!

Cheers Pesty

Reply 31 below tells it all Karen !!!

Pesty,
What's evident in "Reply 32" is Steve did not abide by forum rules and regulations, I believe his post was removed for that reason

With knowledge of what Steve's deleted post said, I agree with the action of the Moderator in this instance!

As I'm now aware of Steve's reason for his original ("my last post") post, I think Steve may have got upset for no reason and he will see it for what it was - a simple mistake that has now been exagerated way out of proportion!

Maîneÿ . . .

Definitely Oscar Nomination stuff. lol, roflmao, etc, etc

the forum has been overtaken by kiddie posts making uninformed stupid inane comments. Advertisers that tell blatant lies and don't answer with the best advice, and reply only to push their barrow and equipment which is often suspect in quality, design or price and importantly lack of suitability to task.

John,
AnswerID: 370223 Answered the question for you.

As you signed off as a "Newbie" I've sent you a copy via MM
Click the 'flashing envelope' near the top right under the tool bar at the top.



paul,
Your entitled to your 'opinion'
But I wonder why you even bother to be here, or is your reply just another version of an "uninformed stupid inane comment" ??
(yes, it's a question)

As they say: If you don't like it here - leave, it's a choice YOU have !!

Maîneÿ . . .

Mainey,

AnswerID: 370223 probably answers the the question far more elegantly now than when it was originally posted.

Gotta love irony.

Matt.

I missed answer ID:370223......?????

Anyway Steve....sorry to see you go...hope it is not for long...BUT,do what I do, that is I stay away for awhile and only come back "in" when the topic of conversation is good....but the negatives, etc, it happens with all forums and one, I hardly go back to at all, but out them all this I like this one, it is the best for me, and is the most useful of all to me, so I will always stay here.

And at it's core is a good bunch of folks who are like old friends really, but every now and again, there are those who turn up and spoil it, when all they have to do is just back off and relax a little.( maybe they do not have a life and this is how they choose to express themselves)

I love to help where I can and I do not get tired of repeated questions by new or old members...it's just when you do contribute, expect to cop it from those who see it as their responsibility to shoot you down.....you know..."my mate's mothers, aunt, who's sister's friend had one of them and it exploded.....LOL, that type of thing....there is NO help for them.

Anyway at least think about it...it is people like you that make this forum richer.
.

Option 5:
The standard PHPBB software that runs 99% of forums so you have sections to make it easier to find stuff. SPECIALLY when searching.

Present results are:

Option 1 = 24%
Option 2 = 6%
Option 3 = 18%
Option 4 = 52%

Looks like a reasonable result - for some :-)

Maîneÿ . . .

G'day Mainey,
Not wanting to take a negative approach to your statistics and would love to catch up and talk about Solar one day. I have a newly purchased panel sitting in my lounge just itching to be fitted to my next unpurchased cruiser ute.
The way I see it is this forum survey could not have come at a worse time. All the die hard explorer fans are non internet accsesable ie. many a wave length away from the internet bandwidth. And also straight after a 42% discount of membership. So do the Stats......... all the keen new members whom have only known the site to be what it is at the moment are voting as what the site is today.
Out of the 2000 odd "Voters", there are on this site, how many are new members who do not know what the sites past is?
How many of the voters emails went to spam and did not even get the message?
How many old members are out in the middle of nowhere and not even get a chance to vote?
How many members who have had enough of this site and have left for various reasons in the past that could not vote?
This site is a wealth of information for which I am so honoured to have crossed paths with in the past few years and I am sure there are many more to meet to.
There used to be a few living legends on this site for which "EXPLOROZ" should be proud of and have just pushed away for reasons that baffles the mind.
The knowledge that extends beyond just written word is priceless. These legends are what any great site needs to make it great. Friendship is forever, people on websites come and go......... and get bored very easily.
To be honest a website that boasts so many hits a day and has so very few members in a country as large as ours, with so many opportunities that is losing respect from the most knowledgeable quiet achievers in our community. I would have thought that we would need to accommodate the "OLD TIMERS" in some way to make the site unique. Some of these Old timers may one day in the future become known as the great modern day explorers being the last to travel in these less explored parts of Australia that may very soon be totally closed to the public. We can learn from there mistakes and hope not to make the same mistake. Some are as eccentric as they come, come back tirelessly and that is what makes them unique. But still they come back to give knowledge to our children to make there travel experiences a safe one
Everyone is entitled to an opinion and that opinion is entitled to be heard. If that opinion is not appropriate for the sake of the general public then we as a minority pay our fees to hear the opinion of another. I feel it should be moved to a member only section so as the 2000 odd can make up there own minds as to whether or not to read it.
sorry for the long one and hope it does not go into the big long drop.
Peter

What Truckster said.

Other forums are much easier to search and are less cluttered.

Cheers.

Peter I couldn't agree more, with your comments, Here we are a month later and i have just read this post, missed it completely as it was at the end of the Financial year, and what with stock take etc, I never even read the newsletter. So I for one who I guess could be classed as an OLD (sic) member didn't get to vote, some of the mebers we have lost lately didn't get to vote.

Bit like a pole in Iceland asking what Aircondition Units are best.. LOL

Cheers