I was a member years ago and thought the group had closed. Was so shocked = the other day when I got a notification. Only looked at a few postings and= was glad to see some familiar names. I used to sign Roz in Montreal, but = now just sign as Roz. Take care.
Nice to see you, Roz. No, we haven't 'closed', but are much, much less active than before. I understand that there is a section of members on Facebook - I have no connection with that, as I don't 'do' social networking sites. However, a good core of us are still around in this system, and there are always a few messages every day. . In message , Roz writes
other day when I got a notification. Only looked at a few postings and was glad to see some familiar names. I used to sign Roz in Montreal, but now just sign as Roz. Take care.
One day I'm going to go over to fb, scoop up all of our friends and gently put them back here where they belong. This morning Hanne is thinking about a baby quilt and is showing us the requested palette. NOT one I would choose but it would be such fun to see all of us chiming in again. Polly
other day when I got a notification. Only looked at a few postings and was glad to see some familiar names. I used to sign Roz in Montreal, but now just sign as Roz. Take care.
You can come find us on FB too! TTFN Allison
Many days I get my rctq fix from FB...because I can access it more easily. But I do like reading conversations better here since there are fewer distractions. Allison
Hope you will be posting often! Barbara from SC
I really wish you *would* do that, Polly! I don't like FB and find it frustrating to try to navigate. The only reason I even have an account is because my two DDs post photos of their children there -- which I think is insane, anyway. :S
I too don't like FB - and only have an account to keep in touch my nephew and family who live in the USA. I love reading the newsgroup,m it feels like you are actually talking to the group.
Di
Polly,
I wanted to post the question here, but I'm working off my phone at the moment and posting the picture somewhere just didn't seem quick enough for me...
No, not my palette either, which is why I have NOTHING that is usable in my stash, sadly.
Hanne
Den 06-08-2012 13:58, Polly Esther skrev:
I too only really joined Facebook because of the pictures my family post there. I have my own personal page and the RCTQ one, and some of the RCTQ posts are duplicated here in the Newsgroup, but there are also the posts from, I presume, those who find newsgroup connection difficult (nice to see the old names). I read all, and my e-mails every day.
With the pers> I too don't like FB - and only have an account to keep in touch my nephew
You have to go back to when newsgroups started. Newsgroups were set up to be either text only (like our group) or binary which allowed pictures. Lots of groups set up two versions, the text version for conversations and a binary group where a picture could be posted for readers to view. At the time, not all news servers even carried binary groups.
The world was slower, storage was more expensive, we had no clouds...things were different :-) We're all still here having fun with the old technology but it's often easier for people to move to a newer platform - like listservers, and then mail groups like yahoo and google, and now facebook - to get what they want.
marcella
Den 07-08-2012 16:55, Marcella Peek skrev:
What Marcella said is right on - what is more, because of the bandwidth restrictions, normally newsgroups positively BAN files. Don't know if RCTQ does, but pretty sure. We could work to get that changed?
Once I've moved I'll be back sewing some more, and stopping by here more too :-)
Hanne in DK
Actually, no we can't get it changed. Once a group has been formed in the hierarchy that this one is in, it is pretty much set in stone. We could all come to an agreement to allow images, and there probably would not be much issue with that given the laxity of usenet anymore, but there would be problems.
While we may have the bandwidth to view images nowdays, many of the usenet servers filter binary images out, or still require you do a specific download of the file. Most of the free servers not attached to an isp are text only, so those of us on those servers would probably not even see a post with an image attached, or if we did it would be in terms of half a zillion lines of programing code.
The usenet is not really made for viewing images. There are work arounds but it is generally easier just to link to the image on the web, which brings us right back to where we already are.
NightMist
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