Is it just me or is the Italy board less active? I seem to remember that more than one page of new topics was common. For me I have been less active as there is less to respond to, what gives? RR
Funny, I was thinking the same but I didn't want to insult Alice .
Robert, it's summer and I think there are a lot of people traveling, here and abroad. Kids are out of school, and some of us (sigh) must travel on the crowded summer plan. I noticed what you did back in mid-June.
Sorry, Robert, that was vague, I meant that I noticed back in June what you mentioned above, that traffic was light on this board. Still think it's a summer thing.
As Alice says, this is the same every year. We are very busy January - May when people are trip planning. It slows over the summer when people are traveling or just out enjoying summer. It picks up again in September when people are back from their trips. November and December are slow because people are doing the holiday things.
But when things seems slow, it is a good time to start a fun thread. I am currently adding up how many weeks we have spent in vacation rentals in Europe (for a journalist writing an article) - maybe we can all do that for fun. I will start a thread.
plus it's hot out, making it harder to push the right buttons on the computer. Or is that just an upper middle aged woman's thing that I am experiencing?
Originally posted by Pauline: I am currently adding up how many weeks we have spent in vacation rentals in Europe (for a journalist writing an article) - maybe we can all do that for fun. I will start a thread.
I suppose that for us Europeans, it may be "how many weeks etc. in non European rentals". Mine would be two.
Many of those are guests or lurkers. This happens every year. Also, maybe many people just don'ìt have a lot to say, or they read the board but have other things to do (kids home from school, relatives visiting, etc.).
As Pauline wrote, this is a great time to start a fun thread. I nominate you to think up a good one (can't use bidets or toilets though!) instead of questioning why it seems slower to you .
Usually our ONLINE NOW numbers jump up by now - but they are still low (usually 80 or so people online). We have a different way of seeing who is online from the admin section, and it shows over 120 people online now.
So maybe the ONLINE NOW feature is not working - I will look into it.
Originally posted by Diana Strinati Baur: plus it's hot out, making it harder to push the right buttons on the computer. Or is that just an upper middle aged woman's thing that I am experiencing?
OMG Diana! If you are "an upper middle aged woman", I am ANCIENT. Remember, 50 is the new 35, and 70 is still "middle".
And just this morning, Sheena said I was "still a young chickie"!
Judy - that brought back all sorts of memories of trips as a child. Long hours spent in the back of the car with angry parents in the front! Hopefully I shall behave better as an adult than I did as a child!
Jerry
The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. ~G.K. Chesterton
that brought back all sorts of memories of trips as a child. Long hours spent in the back of the car with angry parents in the front!
Jerry, How about sitting in the back seat, horribly car-sick? Gaaaaaack!
We are close to 10,000 members! Anyone else keeping track, besides me?
"The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers." ~ Dave Barry Brenda
You know what my metric is for activity? The jokes. It means that members are posting enough to hit those milestones. Jokes seem to be stagnating.
Speaking of which, I'll be coming up to a joke milestone in about 150 posts. But I'm going to email it first to a moderator to find out if it's clean enough for the board. It's my favorite joke and about the only one I can remember.
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