Why do you keep coming back?

Topic 42 · 166 responses · archived october 2000

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~KitchenManager Wed, Jul 29, 1998 (17:40) seed

What makes us return? Is it for information, entertainment, and/or socialization/comraderie? Or somethings else? And, if you come back for more than one reason, rank each reason by percentage, please... In order to help this place, and specifically my conferences, grow I would love to know why everyone keeps coming back so I can provide more "services" in that direction.

~stacey Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (14:12) #1

eye-hand coordination -- 55% learn new words -- 25% better than methadone -- 15% safe sex -- 5%

~KitchenManager Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (17:34) #2

I asked, and I received!

~terry Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (17:44) #3

Some of these could be quotable in a publicity flyer for the spring, but notice she didn't say better than sex?

~stacey Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (18:44) #4

it certainly has its moments!

~autumn Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (22:09) #5

~terry Fri, Jul 31, 1998 (05:26) #6

~wolf Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (14:28) #7

~terry Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (14:44) #8

I miss you a *lot*! And I'm missig Riette, since she went on her trip. I notice the main screen lists the number of logins but it says "web hits" instead. I wonder if we can change that, I wonder who wrote cool piece of Yapp code. Wer? Kaylene? Or maybe I just never noticed it before.

~KitchenManager Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (16:27) #9

I did it...the variable in the instructions is defined as a "read only web variable"...so I figured it just counted web hits... and it does increment that way at least some of the time...I was the only one on at a certain time yesterday, and it did in fact count my page hits...will re-word it later...

~terry Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (16:38) #10

~KitchenManager Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (21:40) #11

~wolf Sat, Aug 1, 1998 (22:26) #12

sure, too late now *grin* hiya wer!

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (14:31) #13

oh, well...

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (14:52) #14

specifically, it is "the number of Yapp hits today from the www" added a who is logged on via telnet, also... however, I can't get any switches to work with who, and I've found out when AOL crashes and I'm telnetting in, I doesn't log me out...

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (16:24) #15

never mind, those log ins go away with time...

~terry Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (18:42) #16

Yeah it resets daily doesn't it?

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 2, 1998 (18:58) #17

yes, but the time is off...

~terry Wed, Aug 5, 1998 (05:32) #18

I keep coming back hoping we'll grow as a community, I love it when new folks show up. Rollerblade postering service is plastering all the bulletin boards in town with Spring flyers. If you see one, give me some feedback on how to make them better, they're reprints of the Spring main page.

~terry Wed, Aug 5, 1998 (05:34) #19

Rollerblade should read Motorblade. http://www.spring.net/~motorblade

~riette Wed, Aug 5, 1998 (12:30) #20

~terry Wed, Aug 5, 1998 (17:43) #21

~Ann Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (00:42) #22

~riette Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (01:46) #23

Hi, Ann. Are you new here? If so, since when have you been coming? Or do you just tend to go to other conferences? I don't love being away, but I love coming back without it occurring to me for a moment that anyone will have noticed, and then finding that they did. It is peculiar, but lovely.

~CotC Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (12:14) #24

What the hell else have I got to do?...

~Ann Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (15:52) #25

Hi, Ann. Are you new here? } I've been around since Pemberley moved here.

~KitchenManager Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (16:17) #26

Hey, I'm logging on from the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi...

~terry Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (16:59) #27

Hey, whatcha doin' there?

~riette Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (17:03) #28

Hi, WER!!!! Having a good time?

~stacey Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (17:47) #29

get out and play in the sand WER... get some sea water up yer nose for me!

~wolf Thu, Aug 6, 1998 (22:30) #30

the aquarium? you on vacation? do they have a dolphin/whale display?????

~riette Fri, Aug 7, 1998 (01:52) #31

~MEC Wed, Aug 26, 1998 (21:54) #32

~KitchenManager Wed, Aug 26, 1998 (22:22) #33

~riette Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (02:01) #34

Mec, who are you? Are you new, or do you just go to the other conferences mostly? Whatever the case, glad you're here!

~stacey Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (12:05) #35

Howdy MEC!

~riette Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (12:13) #36

Nice to have you here so regularly again, Stacey!

~stacey Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (12:18) #37

oh I'm just on another spring binge... *grin* thanks Ree-head! I go back to my 'real job' tomorrow but it has been kinda fun to have such regular access to a working computer. And I can just keep a telnet link open all the time. When I'm printing, or downloading, or slacking off, I can just stop in! Wandered by the art conference yesterday (through a browser so I could see all the groovy pics!) and it looks REALLY great! I love the new wallpaper (guess it's not so new anymore but it sure was something I hadn't seen before!)

~terry Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (13:38) #38

Ree Head the art goddess sure rocks, doesn't she?

~stacey Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (13:47) #39

yep... I just made it to the gallery in all its colorful glory!

~riette Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (02:00) #40

Thanks, you two. I think the whole spring is rocking at the moment. Oh, and I heard from Mike Griggs yesterday as well. He'll be back in a fortnight or so - going on holiday, the lucky bugger!

~terry Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (09:06) #41

Yep, I heard from him too, he emailed me using a friends account.

~riette Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (09:24) #42

~terry Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (09:48) #43

~riette Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (11:49) #44

~terry Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (13:01) #45

Ask a man friend and then tell us what he says then.

~riette Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (14:55) #46

My husband is my only close man friend, and he says he finds Claudia Schiffer ugly - but that's only because he has weird taste in women anyway. He couldn't think of any famous babes either; says he never thinks of other women as babes. Probably trying to play safe with my temper, as I'm having my period! ha-ha!!!

~terry Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (17:04) #47

Playing it safe, good strategy.

~wolf Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (22:18) #48

ok, well the dudes seem to like shania twain, should we add her?

~terry Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (00:12) #49

Add her, she looks very sexy in the picture I saw of here today in the concert section of the paper.

~nan Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (00:19) #50

Terry, dear...where's her head? ;-)

~terry Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (00:26) #51

Boy I messed that one up Nan, they have real intricate puzzle like coding on http://www.mercurynashville.com/mercury_nashville/artists/new_shania/shania_home.html You'll just have to go there to see it properly assembled.

~riette Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (01:29) #52

There's a woman with reason to be vain!

~wolf Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (21:43) #53

~riette Sun, Aug 30, 1998 (02:18) #54

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 30, 1998 (09:18) #55

~riette Sun, Aug 30, 1998 (12:10) #56

Are you coming back, muffin?

~KitchenManager Sun, Aug 30, 1998 (12:48) #57

as soon as it is safe...

~riette Mon, Aug 31, 1998 (01:53) #58

But it IS safe! Don't you miss us too?

~KitchenManager Mon, Aug 31, 1998 (08:37) #59

when my head is (relatively) safe, silly!

~riette Mon, Aug 31, 1998 (13:26) #60

�kiss�

~wolf Mon, Aug 31, 1998 (21:50) #61

*hug* you're head is safe with us!

~KitchenManager Mon, Aug 31, 1998 (22:51) #62

ah, but you all aren't safe with it...

~riette Tue, Sep 1, 1998 (01:45) #63

Let us be the judges of that.

~wolf Tue, Sep 1, 1998 (01:45) #64

~terry Tue, Sep 1, 1998 (01:45) #65

~isis Wed, Sep 2, 1998 (21:58) #66

~KitchenManager Wed, Sep 2, 1998 (23:34) #67

with an offer like that, how can I refuse? can you cook? and just cause I'm not talking doesn't mean I'm not watching...

~riette Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (01:54) #68

?????? Good to see you back, Wer!

~KitchenManager Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (01:58) #69

??????

~riette Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (02:43) #70

What, ??????????

~KitchenManager Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (09:51) #71

exactly!!! (I think...)

~riette Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (12:07) #72

possibly!

~isis Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (22:31) #73

sorta like when you don't smoke cigarettes for awhile you start shaking and eating more than ususal,,,,what's it called,,oh yeah,,,WITHDRAWALS......

~KitchenManager Thu, Sep 3, 1998 (23:13) #74

have NO idea what you're talking about now...

~autumn Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (00:08) #75

~KitchenManager Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (00:40) #76

~riette Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (01:39) #77

~KitchenManager Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (02:31) #78

it takes about three days to quit getting sick... as to the rest, ?

~riette Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (04:30) #79

ha-ha!!! And what happens then? Then you're a smoker? Does it taste nice after that?

~KitchenManager Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (04:56) #80

depends on the person... depends on the person... depends on what you're smoking...

~riette Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (06:01) #81

I see!

~wolf Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (16:22) #82

so you don't smoke for the flavor, you just do it cuz of some psychosomatic need to bring on your own death in short order?

~KitchenManager Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (16:59) #83

that's one of my biggest "reasons," yes

~autumn Fri, Sep 4, 1998 (23:43) #84

Puffing away almost daily, here...can't help it, the weather's been too good. If it gets cold or humid I can't stand it. Damn El Nino!!! #@$%&!!

~riette Sat, Sep 5, 1998 (02:10) #85

ha-ha!! hilarious business!

~wolf Sat, Sep 5, 1998 (10:29) #86

~riette Sun, Sep 6, 1998 (03:03) #87

~wolf Sun, Sep 6, 1998 (16:11) #88

~riette Mon, Sep 7, 1998 (02:24) #89

Apart from Isa's legs, my kids have absolutely NOTHING of me in their looks. Isa looks just like her dad, and Elza looks kind of Swedish with her white hair and blue eyes (Chris has very dark hair!). I once had tea with a Swedish guy in Namibia - about nine months before she was born!!! - and now I keep thinking: perhaps getting pregnant is easier than one thinks!!!

~wolf Mon, Sep 7, 1998 (11:37) #90

hahaha!

~autumn Thu, Sep 10, 1998 (21:40) #91

I am swearing off tea this instant. Back to espresso!

~riette Fri, Sep 11, 1998 (01:34) #92

Yuksies!

~wolf Sat, Sep 12, 1998 (23:21) #93

i much rather take tea....tried cappucinno and, though it smelled good, tasted much differently. why is it that coffee smells better than it tastes?

~riette Sun, Sep 13, 1998 (03:56) #94

That's just what I say! I just find it awfully bitter, even though I love the smell of coffee. Whereas I've not yet found a tea that doesn't taste better than it smells! My favourite is South African Rooibos.

~KitchenManager Sun, Sep 13, 1998 (10:54) #95

not all coffees are bitter, in fact I prefer the less acidic types...

~wolf Mon, Sep 14, 1998 (11:56) #96

do tell us non-coffee drinkers the best tasting, non-bitter coffee....

~autumn Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (22:32) #97

~KitchenManager Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (22:57) #98

~terry Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (01:04) #99

~riette Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (01:54) #100

I love it when you get so excited about technology - it's terribly sweet!

~KitchenManager Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (10:30) #101

it's printing in reverse now, Terry... have to get Kaylene to write the one to let you choose a number in a response box... you'd have to fix the "future" dates in order for the last month, etcetera calls to work...

~terry Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (13:36) #102

That rocks! Kaylene has a routine already that can be run to fix future dates. Call me this weekend and I'll get you set up on access. Awesome!!!

~wolf Fri, Sep 18, 1998 (17:28) #103

ok, where can i try this kona stuff? do they sell it on the mainland? (ok, here in the bayous or anywhere close?)

~autumn Fri, Sep 18, 1998 (17:34) #104

You can buy it at any gourmet-style coffee place. It's VERY expensive (because those mules have to schlepp it down mountains with 20,000 foot altitude), so look for the little sample packages that only makes a couple pots.

~stacey Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (08:43) #105

~riette Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (10:30) #106

~stacey Wed, Sep 30, 1998 (14:34) #107

~riette Thu, Oct 1, 1998 (01:54) #108

Same here. Anybody been to Hawaii?

~wolf Thu, Oct 1, 1998 (13:45) #109

nope. one of my coworkers went in april. she said it was great!!

~autumn Thu, Oct 1, 1998 (14:53) #110

Never.

~terry Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (00:18) #111

Nope, never been. Ah, to lay on the beach in Maui and live in a grass hut.

~stacey Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (00:22) #112

in a grass skirt?

~riette Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (05:40) #113

eating grass?

~stacey Fri, Oct 2, 1998 (08:08) #114

eating poi (not as yummy as it sounds)

~autumn Sat, Oct 3, 1998 (00:22) #115

smoking grass.

~riette Sat, Oct 3, 1998 (05:58) #116

~autumn Wed, Oct 7, 1998 (16:33) #117

~wolf Tue, Oct 13, 1998 (20:52) #118

~stacey Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (10:03) #119

did she have a holiday to go on?

~terry Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (10:39) #120

That's what I'm thinking, she may be traveling.

~KitchenManager Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (13:10) #121

When was her sister due to visit?

~stacey Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (13:19) #122

by george! I think he's got it!

~KitchenManager Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (13:33) #123

I hope it's curable...

~stacey Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (13:35) #124

Actually, I believe it's degenerative.

~wolf Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (15:37) #125

i thought she was already there (when riette created a topic for her)....hmmmmm

~mikeg Wed, Oct 14, 1998 (18:19) #126

give her a call if you like: (international access stuff) 041 382 1064

~riette Thu, Oct 15, 1998 (14:06) #127

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (04:32) #128

~terry Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (10:14) #129

~riette Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (12:02) #130

Hi, guys. I'm back too. I almost feel like I should ask for permission to come back, though - I feel so bad about having just taken off like that and stuff. I am truly sorry.

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (13:29) #131

does this mean that you need another spanking, Mistress?

~riette Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (13:31) #132

Man, that's what I call a WARM welcome! I should dissappear more often!

~sonja Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (14:13) #133

Is this treatment not for first-timers then?

~terry Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (14:17) #134

Sure, first timers get equal treatment.

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (14:25) #135

Yep, so grab your ankles...

~sonja Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (14:57) #136

LOL! I was thinking we could do it the other way around, perhaps?

~terry Fri, Oct 16, 1998 (15:20) #137

So you want special treatment? OK, in your case, you can have it.

~riette Sat, Oct 17, 1998 (01:48) #138

~riette Sat, Oct 17, 1998 (01:52) #139

~sonja Sat, Oct 17, 1998 (08:35) #140

Hey, that's my special treatment, and mine only! Only I do the ordering! Back off, girl!

~riette Sat, Oct 17, 1998 (15:49) #141

Should've never let you on here.

~sonja Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (05:16) #142

Too late now, isn't it?

~terry Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (05:36) #143

It's going to be ok, Ree!

~sonja Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (09:53) #144

Yes, it's going to be okay, Ree!

~terry Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (22:36) #145

She's back! Does this mean the Bronte conference is alive again? Item 63 entered Sun, Oct 18, 1998 (17:07) by Amy Wolf (amy2) I'm baaaccckk... Hi fellow Bronte fans -- it's me, Amy, your hostess, returned after many months of being away. Truth to tell, I couldn't find this Board until Mick kindly gave me the new URL. I think part of the confusion was that I had changed my e-mail address. So please check in & let me know you're still there! I hope we can continue your excellent discussions on the Bronte's lives & works. 1 new of 1 response total. Long live the Bronte sisters!!!

~riette Mon, Oct 19, 1998 (03:39) #146

Hee haw!!! LONG LIVE THE BRONTES!!!!!

~terry Mon, Oct 19, 1998 (07:51) #147

Topic 63 of 63: 'I'm baaaccckk...' Resp 2 of 2: Mick Armitage (Mick1) Mon, Oct 19, 1998 (06:25) 1 lines Hi Amy, - Nice to see something stirring on this conference once again: when I re-discovered it, at its new URL, it was looking like a long-deserted ghost town! Now all we need is everybody else . . . Now, he's back. I hope Amy does a mail to the bronte ulist (list of folks who've visited the Bronte Sisters Conference with their emails, available to every host).

~mikeg Mon, Oct 19, 1998 (07:51) #148

I can't decide if this is the right place or not, but no matter. I'm afraid that my time here is pretty cut down at the moment; work is piling up on me and to make a change I'm actually doing it and scoring some very good grades. I feel bad about not being around so much but I hope you understand...I will make an effort to drop by, probably two or three times a week for a short time. MIssing you all!

~aschuth Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (12:17) #149

~KitchenManager Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (20:26) #150

it's gotta be the abundance of love...

~aschuth Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (11:28) #151

Hmh.

~WERoland Sun, Aug 28, 2005 (18:24) #152

Not really sure of all the reasons I keep coming back here. I just do.

~terry Sun, Aug 28, 2005 (23:33) #153

It's like the Hole in the Wall. It just survives.

~MarciaH Sun, Oct 16, 2005 (20:01) #154

Like the bad penny, I keep turning up. Real life is Geo!

~terry Sun, Oct 16, 2005 (20:43) #155

You're a good silver dollar.

~MarciaH Mon, Oct 17, 2005 (18:11) #156

*Smile* That's nice to know. There are lots of silver dollars here. Spring is very special like that.

~WERoland Mon, Oct 17, 2005 (19:48) #157

Hmmm, I thought most of us were only "short bus" special...

~MarciaH Mon, Oct 17, 2005 (22:26) #158

Need s bit of edifying before commenting on the qualities of being a "short bus" special...

~stacey Wed, May 3, 2006 (19:54) #159

Like many of you... just don't know why I keep coming back but it's been over a decade now!!

~WERoland Thu, May 4, 2006 (07:23) #160

Well, hello, stranger!

~terry Sat, May 6, 2006 (11:59) #161

It has been over a decade. Some things just never change, though we keep changing. We're just a virtual bunch of Friends. I'm sure glad you and wer keep coming back.

~stacey Wed, May 24, 2006 (14:39) #162

Awww... warm hugs to you too! wer... my addy has changed since I looked you up but I posted it in inner awhile back... I lost yours in the deletion of the earthlink account... I'd love to hear how things are going!

~terry Thu, May 25, 2006 (13:36) #163

I'm hard at work on a big project now. http://web2.0slides.com and the slideshows at http://sportsked.com/slideshows/ I'm enjoying the hot summer in Texas, swimming and cycling a lot. We bought 12 plus more acres of land so we have 15 acres now. I'm working on recruiting some UT students to help me with this big slides project. I need testers too!

~cfadm Sun, Jul 16, 2006 (00:24) #164

Over a decade, wow, Stacey.

~stacey Mon, Jul 17, 2006 (13:12) #165

(... feeling old) *grin*

~cfadm Mon, Jul 17, 2006 (15:43) #166

It's pretty amazing in terms of Internet time that we've been here that long.

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