Voices from the Past?

I'm here, not posting much but reading almost daily - not that I'm really from that much the past, I only got into beading about 6 or so years ago.

A lot of the lampworkers can be found at Lampwork Etc. (web board), at least occasionally - I bought myself a torch last year and a kiln earlier this year, so I have a lot of questions, and it's a good place to hang out too.

I made my very first strand of bead crochet last night. This is going to be a 3 strand necklace (one for each of those odd shaped lampwork beads I made in my first class - at least they're all the same color) and I'll post it when it's done.

Aloha, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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Maren, you are a faithful member of the group and I love your work. Do you have any ideas to get this group strong again? Marilee

Thanks Marilee!

But then, umm.

After Shirley posted the roll call quite a few people came out of the proverbial woodwork and checked in. I send a PM to Kalera at Lampwork Etc. and she replied that she had forgotten how to get on Usenet. I think part of the problem is that a lot of ISPs drop their newsfeeds and a lot of former usenet users are uncomfortable with using Google. I've been using Google for years because the University of Hawaii news server was becoming unreliable long before they stopped maintaining it altogether. I noticed years ago that I never saw some people's posts (Kalera being one of them), and as I didn't like it very much (to put it mildly) I switched to Google.

There are other news servers out there, my DH subscribes to one (usenet.com?) for something like $5/month (don't know why he's not using Google, but that's up to him), but I think the lack of usenet servers is part of the problem.

I'd love to be more active again myself, but I'm not usually one to post new threads unless I have burning questions. I'm slow taking pictures and even slower posting them, so I don't have a lot of new stuff to show off most of the time.

I'll try to get the mgambo seed and amethyst necklace and bracelet set picture somewhere where it will stay for a while and then post here where you can find it.

Aloha, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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Hi Ladies.....

I have used a free news server for over 2 years ever since my ISP dropped Usenet. And I can highly recommend this one. It used to be Motzarella.org, but due to a copyright problem (not Italian, grin) they just changed to "eternal-september".

Give it a try.....it does take some setting up, but they are really helpful. And yes, it has a support group once you get on there. Or you can find it via Google. I have put several people onto this news server and everyone is quite happy with it. I find Google to be a bit of a pain, but do use it for the archives. Or to check and make sure I am getting all of the ng feed. I confess that I am not a big Facebook or blog fan....old habits die hard. (old people don't like change either......lol).

Good luck.....Heather > Maren, you are a faithful member of the group and I love your work. Do

Thanks Marilee!

But then, umm.

After Shirley posted the roll call quite a few people came out of the proverbial woodwork and checked in. I send a PM to Kalera at Lampwork Etc. and she replied that she had forgotten how to get on Usenet. I think part of the problem is that a lot of ISPs drop their newsfeeds and a lot of former usenet users are uncomfortable with using Google. I've been using Google for years because the University of Hawaii news server was becoming unreliable long before they stopped maintaining it altogether. I noticed years ago that I never saw some people's posts (Kalera being one of them), and as I didn't like it very much (to put it mildly) I switched to Google.

There are other news servers out there, my DH subscribes to one (usenet.com?) for something like $5/month (don't know why he's not using Google, but that's up to him), but I think the lack of usenet servers is part of the problem.

I'd love to be more active again myself, but I'm not usually one to post new threads unless I have burning questions. I'm slow taking pictures and even slower posting them, so I don't have a lot of new stuff to show off most of the time.

I'll try to get the mgambo seed and amethyst necklace and bracelet set picture somewhere where it will stay for a while and then post here where you can find it.

Aloha, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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My isp is dropping newsgroups on the 15th. It sucks:(

Maren aka HiloBeads or PalmsEtc wrote:

yes, it does, and it's becoming more and more wide-spread.

Mine did 2 years ago, that's for how long I have been "Google only" for usenet.

Aloha, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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In message , Maren aka HiloBeads or PalmsEtc writes

I have used it for over 2 years (used to be Motzarella) and can highly recommend it. It does have days where it gets overloaded, but its free and Ray (the owner) is really excellent to deal with and answer questions.

Hope you are feeling better, my dear. These are "golden years"?? (G)

Heather in Toronto

A 3 strand crochet necklace? Sounds cool. I'd really like to see that. You know, I've made bead crochet bags, but for some reason I've never done a necklace. Hopefully this will inspire me.

Tina

Hear, hear.

Tina

Boy oh boy, a learning curve is just what I do NOT need. But... Maybe when there is not so much going on.

Tina

LOL.....I hear you!! My computer guy (Willy the Wonder Tech) who built this machine, totally reformatted it yesterday and I am trying to keep from tearing out my hair as I start from Square One to reinstall stuff.

Mind you, I do have a wondrous gadget called "Clickfree" which is an automatic backup, so will now put it to use to see if it really did all it was supposed to do. It even backs up Outlook Express emails apparently.

I did get my news server set up once again, but luckily I save most of my subscriptions, passwords and so on in a folder on Yahoo so it was available. Hope Clickfree reinstalls my OE password folder.

Cheers......think I will go have a stiff drink!! (G)

Heather

Tina

I miss Kalera. Please say hi for me and the rest of us next time you "talk" to her.

Tina

I stopped coming here because there were more trolls and spammers than members, it seemed. I got tired of wading through all the crap to get to the actual posts. I really like LE though; they've been great and the spamming stuff doesn't happen there that I've seen.