there are fewer and fewer participants. Just now, I checked in and I saw there was only one online user. I couldn't resist knowing who it might be, so I clicked on "online users" and found that, horrors, it was ME! "I would never join a group that would have me as a member." __to quote Groucho Marx and/or Woody Allen. I'll revise that: If I'm the only member left, I'm outa there!
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Far be it from me to gloat, but i've noticed that at the "other" site
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michael-in-phoenix
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Yeah, Joe, it seems pretty desolate over there. It's very sad, if you...
...ask me.
Gail's is worth lamenting. I've moved on, but I consider it a huge loss.
Judy mentioned in a thread above that there seems to be 10 or less posts per day. It appears to me that a lot of those posts are from new posters who post a request and then disappear. There are one or two 'regulars' that answer most every post.
Not good.
Michael
...ask me.
Gail's is worth lamenting. I've moved on, but I consider it a huge loss.
Judy mentioned in a thread above that there seems to be 10 or less posts per day. It appears to me that a lot of those posts are from new posters who post a request and then disappear. There are one or two 'regulars' that answer most every post.
Not good.
Michael
They started a "blog!" I am really at a loss as to their business model. So fortuate to have fk.
http://www.epicurious.com/features/blogs/editor
http://www.epicurious.com/features/blogs/editor
michael-in-phoenix
Well-known member
I doubt there'll be any meaningful discussion of the destruction of the Swap.
I posted this thought to "Gail's" in 1995...
...in response to sentiments expressed in the beginning. Remember how it was? Now I feel the same about this new forum 10 years later. Change is inevitable and usually for the best...
"I am very new to the net. The swap was one of my first postings. I got in on the ground floor and have had great fun here. I feel a kinship with many people and a responsibility to hold up my contributions. I’ve checked out a few other sites and felt rebuffed by the established members. I’m glad to hear that isn’t happening here. It’s wonderful to see new “handles” coming through and to keep seeing the same ones over and over. When someone is gone for a while it’s nice to see them return. Through out the day I find myself thinking “I have to tell Cathy or Steve this or that.” Or “Richard would get a kick out of that!” You are REAL people to me ... not electronic figments. The “international-ness” of the whole thing is also a big draw. I’m fascinated to watch us grow country by country. I’m learning so much ... and not just about food. I could go on but I would began to wax too poetic so I’ll stop here with a thank you to the “powers that be” for establishing, maintaining, and improving this forum.
Most sincerely,
Pat in Tokyo"
...in response to sentiments expressed in the beginning. Remember how it was? Now I feel the same about this new forum 10 years later. Change is inevitable and usually for the best...
"I am very new to the net. The swap was one of my first postings. I got in on the ground floor and have had great fun here. I feel a kinship with many people and a responsibility to hold up my contributions. I’ve checked out a few other sites and felt rebuffed by the established members. I’m glad to hear that isn’t happening here. It’s wonderful to see new “handles” coming through and to keep seeing the same ones over and over. When someone is gone for a while it’s nice to see them return. Through out the day I find myself thinking “I have to tell Cathy or Steve this or that.” Or “Richard would get a kick out of that!” You are REAL people to me ... not electronic figments. The “international-ness” of the whole thing is also a big draw. I’m fascinated to watch us grow country by country. I’m learning so much ... and not just about food. I could go on but I would began to wax too poetic so I’ll stop here with a thank you to the “powers that be” for establishing, maintaining, and improving this forum.
Most sincerely,
Pat in Tokyo"
michael-in-phoenix
Well-known member
Hi Pat. I didn't sign on to Gail's until a few months later, but I know what...
...you mean. I felt (feel) the same way about the comraderie and the exponential growth in my skills and knowledge about food and the way many different people approach it.
It was one of the first sites where I worked up the courage to post. It is also the only site I have followed since 1996. I still check back and post occasionally, but I check Finer Kitchens FIRST, and waaaaay more often that epi.
Thanks for the reminder of all that WAS good about epi, and all that IS good about Finer Kitchens!
Michael
...you mean. I felt (feel) the same way about the comraderie and the exponential growth in my skills and knowledge about food and the way many different people approach it.
It was one of the first sites where I worked up the courage to post. It is also the only site I have followed since 1996. I still check back and post occasionally, but I check Finer Kitchens FIRST, and waaaaay more often that epi.
Thanks for the reminder of all that WAS good about epi, and all that IS good about Finer Kitchens!
Michael
michael-in-phoenix
Well-known member
Plus HERE we are actively moderated and responsive to suggested tweaks.
I logged on Gails the first time in 1995 too
I lurked for a loooong time because at the time, I hardly knew anything about cooking except from boiling water smileys/smile.gif
Over the years I tried a ton of recipes - to the extent were my boy friend would ask: What's Gail serving for dinner tonight? smileys/bigsmile.gif
I had so much fun in there, and it was a punch in the stomack to see something I have loved for so many years be totally ruined.
So thank you thank you for putting up this site for us. I'm having a blast here :a hug to you all:
I lurked for a loooong time because at the time, I hardly knew anything about cooking except from boiling water smileys/smile.gif
Over the years I tried a ton of recipes - to the extent were my boy friend would ask: What's Gail serving for dinner tonight? smileys/bigsmile.gif
I had so much fun in there, and it was a punch in the stomack to see something I have loved for so many years be totally ruined.
So thank you thank you for putting up this site for us. I'm having a blast here :a hug to you all:
richard-in-cincy
Well-known member
Pat that is so touching...
I remember too how incredibly fun it used to be in the early days. All of us had our hair down and were just being ourselves as we explored this brave new world (before all the weirdness started creeping in) and we all got to know each other.
Remember that first Christmas when there was a lull and it seemed that just you and I were the only ones on for a couple days? Thanks for coming to the rescue with the ham glaze! : )
I haven't looked back, I know there was a huge database of work that is on the verge of being lost, but we're building the same thing here, only it's better since it's moderated. A simple thing since the format here keeps the people who used to post anonymous blasts over at Gail's on a civil level since their username is always attached to their posts.
Anyway, life moves on, I haven't looked back at Gail's since I left.
(And btw, Lynn, someone forwarded me the chatroom comments about me leaving the the epi site (I believe "drama queen" was the term used) and then how I was "caught lurking". I simply returned later to see if there was a response from epi to my questions and comments regarding what they had just done. Nothing nefarious about it. If I had wanted to be lurking, I wouldn't have signed in.)
Anyway, 'nuff said.
I remember too how incredibly fun it used to be in the early days. All of us had our hair down and were just being ourselves as we explored this brave new world (before all the weirdness started creeping in) and we all got to know each other.
Remember that first Christmas when there was a lull and it seemed that just you and I were the only ones on for a couple days? Thanks for coming to the rescue with the ham glaze! : )
I haven't looked back, I know there was a huge database of work that is on the verge of being lost, but we're building the same thing here, only it's better since it's moderated. A simple thing since the format here keeps the people who used to post anonymous blasts over at Gail's on a civil level since their username is always attached to their posts.
Anyway, life moves on, I haven't looked back at Gail's since I left.
(And btw, Lynn, someone forwarded me the chatroom comments about me leaving the the epi site (I believe "drama queen" was the term used) and then how I was "caught lurking". I simply returned later to see if there was a response from epi to my questions and comments regarding what they had just done. Nothing nefarious about it. If I had wanted to be lurking, I wouldn't have signed in.)
Anyway, 'nuff said.