Good-bye

[Chaselady]

I am leaving this forum....
It makes me sad, but I don't seem to be learning much, and I find it more upsetting than entertaining.

[Woodsy]

I am sorry to hear that.... I know the posts over in the lake issues section can be contentious, but that's no reason to leave. Not everything is sunshine and roses and people will disagree. It is what it is.

I am sorry to see you leave...

Woodsy

[Nagigator]

Sorry to see you go.....I really enjoy this forum, the photos posted alone make it worthwhile.............. Maybe some of the members can persuade you to change your mind.

[MGWillia]

I've enjoyed this forum so far (yeah, I'm pretty new). It took me a bit to come to realize that the "Issues" section can be a little like the old west. I'm a big Bill of Rights kinda guy. I enjoy nothing more than a lively debate (After working 16 years in the White House, I'm really fond of the political ones too!) I'm sorry that things may have gotten personal. I'm also sorry that you feel your best recourse is to leave. I've enjoyed your contribution to a variety of threads. I think it is the fourms loss when any voice is silenced. Free voice is important, but so is free will. So if you do leave, you will be missed. Hope you will change your mind, but it's yours to change.... Thanks for all your inputs.

[jrc]

Sorry to see you go!

There is way more good than bad on this forum. Even during the worst of the bad times, only a few people got really crazy. The owner and moderator of this website does a great job of keeping things on track. Actually I'm sure there is a lot of dirt he hid from us.

The dungeon was a compromise between killing certain subjects altogether or cluttering up the whole forum with those topics. It still works when those subjects come back.

Remember it's fall we're all grumpy about putting our boats away...

[Rusty]

I'll bet that if I said I was leaving, there wouldn't be enough room on one page for all the thanks I would get.

That's why I stick around.

[dpg]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I'll bet that if I said I was leaving, there wouldn't be enough room on one page for all the thanks I would get.

That's why I stick around.

Naw that would be if FLL signed off...I couldn't resist - sorry!!

[Happy Gourmand]

Good-bye Chaselady, at least for now. I hope you will reconsider at some point and decide to return. I always enjoyed reading your posts.

[LadyJane]

Wow, just look through the thread on fall photography.......such a huge upper ! In any large group of people you're going to find all kinds of personalities and people that say cranky or dopey things once in a while. That's life. If there is a topic that doesn't particularly interest me I skip it. I enjoy the Forum !

[NHBUOY]

Going to miss you, CL..

[BroadHopper]

The Forum has its ups and downs. Currently everyone is in the Fall mood, boats and camps put up for the winter. It will spring back next year after ice is out and everyone is enjoying the lake.

Don't take it too hard. The forum is the only 'pulse' of the Lakes Region that I know of. There was a couple of other forums but they were shut down by a handful of people. Our webmaster does a good job of keeping the threads under control.

You could join a lively group on Facebook 'I boat on Lake Winnipesaukee' if that will fit your niche.

See you on Chase Island!

[JasonG]

Don't leave. Just come back once in a while. We will all be here.

This forum is like a hidden nook. Good info, good people, a bit laid back, and not crowded like weirs beach on Jul 4th.

[Newbiesaukee]

This is a well run, well moderated Forum with generally both helpful and reasonable people. I ignore the stuff I don't like, concentrate on what interests or is important to me and get a lot of just plain useful information .

Compared to what is out there on the Internet...this forum is all sweetness and light.

My life is much better with it than without it.

[HellRaZoR004]

Isn't this really a little over dramatic?

Why base your decision on a few exchanges between members when there are plenty of very informative and useful threads from the past and discussions still to be had?

It's your decision to leave but wouldn't it be more beneficial if you just ignore the threads you don't agree with and engage in conversation with the ones you do?

[Rich]

Sorry to see you leave... I can say that takes the right type of person to understand the mentality of an internet forum such as this, and a lot of people don't understand this, and may have their own reasons for joining the forum.

Not that I have a good mentality but I've been playing with 'forums' similar to this since before the internet (anyone remember the old dial up BBSs?) and have long learned that it can take a thick skin to get to the point where you can enjoy it, even if someone is not agreeing with you.

In fact, I know that for every person that registers for the forum, only a small portion of those even participate. Not to mention that probably with a 10 to 1 (or possibly even a 100 to 1) ratio, more people will read the forum than will ever even register (I know this as I've created/run many forums over the years). So it takes a certain someone to even get to the point to make a post.

So you have to take everything with a grain of salt, and realize that everyone will have their own opinion (or two), and almost no one may agree with your thoughts or beliefs.

If you enjoy parts of the forum, then remain, using only those parts. If you make some friends, good for you! But realize everyone here isn't a 'friend' but some may be friendlier than others. On the other hand, every once in a while, you may make a great friend, but as it is in 'real life' (as they say), this can be a rare happening and should be appreciated as such when it does occur.

I find this forum well run, and it mostly has a great bunch of people (actually I can't think of one bad one at the moment, but that can change after one post).

You can't let a forum such as this one make you lose sleep, get a headache, or have a drink (but you can drink while on the forum)! It's more like hanging out at a local coffee shop, where you know of most of the regulars, but you don't nessesarily agree with their political direction, ethics, religious beliefs, morals, nor even their choice of a cup of coffee.

With that said, I hope we see you again!

[tis]

Chaselady, you shouldn't leave. As Newbie said, just ignore what you don't like, don't read the threads that offend you. Any thread that has the speed limit or performance boats discussed is going to be divisive most likely, so just don't read them. Remember if you let someone drive you off the forum, they win.

[dave603]

Originally Posted by tis

Chaselady, you shouldn't leave. As Newbie said, just ignore what you don't like, don't read the threads that offend you. Any thread that has the speed limit or performance boats discussed is going to be divisive most likely, so just don't read them. Remember if you let someone drive you off the forum, they win.

Maybe Chase is just having a bad day, and tomorrow will be a better day.

( I hope so)

[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by Chaselady

I am leaving this forum....
It makes me sad, but I don't seem to be learning much, and I find it more upsetting than entertaining.

You posted at 4:07 that you were leaving but I notice that your last activity was 5:11. My guess is you can't leave since you are addicted like the rest of us!

[dave603]

As with all types of online forums there are good and bad.

I think you are making a mistake and you will regret it later and I hope you come back later. Maybe give it some time and you may miss it.

I'm not sure what you had hoped to learn here, but it is a great forum for the area.

[TiltonBB]

As others have said, the forum, and the website, are well run and very informative.

I check in often and find out many things that I didn't know about the lake, restaurants, and area attractions.

If you are addicted to the lake (as most of us are) there is so much to learn here and add to your knowledge and increase your enjoyment of the lake and the surrounding area.

Are there subjects you are not interested in? Sure. So skip over them. Are opinions expressed here that may not agree with yours? Sure. That is how it is in life. Enjoy what interests you. Look at the pictures in the gallery. Read about the history of the lake. There is a lot of great and entertaining information here.

I believe that for most of us this website increases our feeling of being "connected" to the lake even when we are not in the area. Keeping up with what is going on on Winnipesaukee is important to everyone who has an interest in the lake.

I cannot imagine suddenly becoming uninterested.

[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by secondcurve

You posted at 4:07 that you were leaving but I notice that your last activity was 5:11. My guess is you can't leave since you are addicted like the rest of us!

Back at 7:38😀😀😀😀

[JasonG]

I'll be the first to say I wish there was more traffic here. But given the fact that the site is Winnipesaukee.com, it pretty much is going to get all the traffic it can. Kudos to the webmaster.

[mcdude]

For what it's worth, if you find someone's posts particularly annoying simply ban them. Works great. go up to "User CP", then under "settings and options" click on "edit ignore list". Simply add the name of the offensive poster and their posts will disappear from your feed. Works like a charm and you don't have to read through their drivel.

[SAMIAM]

You might not post,but you aren't leaving......bet you'll be lurking.

[Sal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqiblXFlZuk

[BroadHopper]

You may not be posting or letting us know you are around, but I bet you will be haunting us every now and then..............................

[Phantom]

HEY !!!

<<--- Me "Phantom"





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[GTO]

Originally Posted by Sal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqiblXFlZuk

http://youtu.be/Qz2c53TgZB0

[Tired of Waiting]

to see you go. Don't think that Sal's and GTO's replies are normal.

Most members on this forum are better than to hit one when they are down. But this is the internet and we get all kinds.

I for one wish you would reconsider and just hit the ignore button on those you have an issue with.

Hope to see you back.


ToW

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Tired of Waiting

Don't think that Sal's and GTO's replies are normal.

I think they were just kidding around and trying to lighten things up a little.
Chaselady is gone so she didn't see them anyway.

Nope I don't see her anywhere.

[dpg]

Actually all you need to do is change your user name and you can appear to have left for good. I believe only the Webmaster would know??

[Happy Gourmand]

When you do that, all your old posts come up under your "new" name. I was "The Phantom Gourmand", I asked Don to change my name to "Happy Gourmand". All my posts under my original name now appear under my new name.

[Phantom]

and I for one Truly appreciate the name change

(I hate getting the wrap for your comments .... LOL)


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[SIKSUKR]

Sounds a little like this.

[SAMIAM]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Sounds a little like this.

Pretty funny,SIKSKR....guess those performance boaters won't have Chaselady to kick around any more.

[SIKSUKR]

She had some good posts and did some very noble things for boaters. People have different opinions on certain issues and I have to overlook those as well.

[Senter Cove Guy]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I think they were just kidding around and trying to lighten things up a little.
Chaselady is gone so she didn't see them anyway.

Nope I don't see her anywhere.

She still "checks in" occasionally, like yesterday. Once a member, always a member.

[glennsteely]

I thought i was the only one watching what was going on......have caught the green light on, saying she was online, 2 times.....and see her latest activity was 4:08pm yesterday......addiction is bad!! But denial, de-nile is the longest river in da-world!! Lol!!!

[pjard]

Hahaha...that's pretty funny!

[WakeboardMom]

Originally Posted by glennsteely

I thought i was the only one watching what was going on......have caught the green light on, saying she was online, 2 times.....and see her latest activity was 4:08pm yesterday......addiction is bad!! But denial, de-nile is the longest river in da-world!! Lol!!!

It's interesting that she logs in; I wonder if she knows she has folks checking this? One can read the forum without logging in...

It's also kind of funny that you guys are keeping an eye on this.

[GTO]

Originally Posted by WakeboardMom

It's interesting that she logs in; I wonder if she knows she has folks checking this? One can read the forum without logging in...

It's also kind of funny that you guys are keeping an eye on this.

Its like I said before, "she took her ball and went home" She didn't agree with everyone here, some people get mean spirited, some nasty, etc. But thats what a forum is. A chance for people to voice "their" opinions. It would be a pretty boring place to come if we all shared the same opinion and agreed on every topic (speed limit). Don would be out of a job as moderator. So as much as we hate to see someone leave, She is now looking out her window with her ball in her hand watching all the kids playing outside deciding when the right time to come back out and play.....although I thought it was kind of odd that she announced she was leaving...why not just leave....maybe to start a new thread where people share their opinions??

[Happy Gourmand]

This thread is getting as little creepy.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Happy Gourmand

This thread is getting as little creepy.

I agree, I think its creepy that people are checking when she is logging in.

I say give Chaselady her space and lets hope she returns. She was a pretty nice person if you ask me and a productive member of this forum. Right or wrong, she went out her way to help fellow boaters. I wish more people in the world were like her...

Come back when your ready Chaselady!

Dan

[glennsteely]

Originally Posted by GTO

Its like I said before, "she took her ball and went home" She didn't agree with everyone here, some people get mean spirited, some nasty, etc. But thats what a forum is. A chance for people to voice "their" opinions. It would be a pretty boring place to come if we all shared the same opinion and agreed on every topic (speed limit). Don would be out of a job as moderator. So as much as we hate to see someone leave, She is now looking out her window with her ball in her hand watching all the kids playing outside deciding when the right time to come back out and play.....although I thought it was kind of odd that she announced she was leaving...why not just leave....maybe to start a new thread where people share their opinions??

that was pure drama, pure and simple......I find it amusing to check in, I don't think its creepy at all, and Im going to continue to check in.

[gillygirl]

Originally Posted by GTO

Its like I said before, "she took her ball and went home" She didn't agree with everyone here, some people get mean spirited, some nasty, etc. But thats what a forum is. A chance for people to voice "their" opinions.

But people aren't supposed to get mean-spirited or nasty in THIS forum. They agree to that when join as opposed to being a guest. And by being nasty, those people made Chaselady feel like she couldn't voice "her" opinions.

[GTO]

Originally Posted by gillygirl

But people aren't supposed to get mean-spirited or nasty in THIS forum. They agree to that when join as opposed to being a guest. And by being nasty, those people made Chaselady feel like she couldn't voice "her" opinions.

true but, people aren't supposed to jump off the black cat bridge, but they do. that doesn't mean I won't drive over or under it. I don't agree with being mean spirited here but its going to happen. There are some controversial subjects in any forum and some have a very defensive stance on their opinion, sure there is a better way to make a point sometimes. I enjoy reading all views on a subject and if someone wants to disagree with my opinion, I'm not going to leave (and announce that I am leaving)

[thinkxingu]

Hi! I know there's a new member thread here somewhere, but can someone point me to the "I've been here and seen some things I like and some I didn't but recognize it's a public forum that will entail that sort of thing and, as such, have found much more good than bad and am deciding to stay" thread? I'd be ever-so-grateful for the support and recognition. Peace in, left-wing hippies and right-wing nutjobs--I'm keeping it real from the center aisle!

[Tired of Waiting]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Hi! I know there's a new member thread here somewhere, but can someone point me to the "I've been here and seen some things I like and some I didn't but recognize it's a public forum that will entail that sort of thing and, as such, have found much more good than bad and am deciding to stay" thread? I'd be ever-so-grateful for the support and recognition. Peace in, left-wing hippies and right-wing nutjobs--I'm keeping it real from the center aisle

No you're not. You are sitting on the fence, can't make up your mind and stirring the pot!!!


ToW

[VitaBene]

I had the pleasure of having a 30 minute conversation with the OPs. They are real nice people who never expected their good deeds to go awry as they have. I am glad they did their best to mark the rocks near their house.