[kj] Official KJ site updated - now some gathering tangent thingy

Nick Scott npscott at blueyonder.co.uk
Fri May 20 09:36:21 EDT 2011


FP, I reckon Youth has the worst toenail clippings for sure!

On 20 May 2011 14:14, Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Every now and again you learn some unique gens of knowledge about rock n

> roll on here.  Gatherers have had interesting lives, or spent a lot of time

> living them through rock no rollers?  I love the random and sudden presence

> of gossip and stories people would otherwise never have shared with all but

> a tiny and immediate circle of friends/family.  I like the email format

> too.  Imagine a forum site?  Pandemonium...

>

>

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> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 14:52:44 +0200

> From: 65snoopy at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Official KJ site updated - now some gathering tangent

> thingy

>

> Couldn't have put it better. I think you just wrote the Gathering users

> manual!

>

> n

>

> On 20 May 2011 14:48, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> I quite like the intimacy of receiving something in my inbox as opposed to

> going online & reading something.

> It does make you feel like you are conversing with friends

> I just ignore certain thread headers once I've had enough (& yes, as Jon

> pointed out it would help is headers were changed when a thread branches

> off)

> I think one of the problems with the gathering is we've all been on here for

> so long we've dissected & discussed every aspect of killing joke down to

> their toe nail clippings & you reach a point where there's not a lot else to

> say on the matter. As a result it's turned into more of a social thing &

> with any get together someone always says something banal or stupid.

> However, the bickering & sideswiping can get very tiresome & as in the real

> world it only takes one or two people to bring down an entire street.

> I unsubbed a while ago after reading a particular comment & to my surprise I

> found I really missed it.

> Although I rarely contribute anymore I do like having it in the background.

> I guess working alone from home this is the closest I get to office banter!

> When it gets shitty I just stop reading for a while.

>

>

> On 20 May 2011, at 13:18, Nick Scott wrote:

>

>> I have been on this forum lurking for many years with rarely posting.

>> To be honest, this does not work as a forum anyway, it is an email

>> list, it would be better structured as topics on a forum on a proper

>> website in my opinion.

>>

>> Perhaps if there was structure, with column headings, topics etc,

>> things on here wouldn't get as fragmented.

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