SIX WORDS: A MOBILE VERSION THAT DOESN’T SUCK

Ozzie_Isaac

I do like the multi-month and multi-request gate keeping though.  If you could just sign up and be approved within a week, we would have a lot more rif-raf.  Instead we only get those serious about their Eggs+Internets.

lkapigian

Legume said:

lousubcap said:

Legume said:

I feel like I'm just not invested in the quality or quantity of this forum any longer.

Do you have any suggestions as to how to improve this site to attract and keep members, especially those new eggers who roll in with an issue, get help  and are never to be seen until the next BGE cook crisis? 

Not really Cap.

BGE doesn't promote it as far as I can tell.  They could auto sign people up (as well as auto-register them for warranty) whenever someone buys a BGE, make it opt out vs  opt in.  But I don't think more people helps.   I have no idea of the number of active accounts or how many there were on the OG forum, but my guess is it was much smaller and therefore more of a community. Same here years ago.

To be honest, I have no idea what people expect when they start visiting the forum.

Sometimes it has to be up to us, interact with other members, Zoom Nights  Brisket Camp , Butt Blast, Egg Fest or as simple as exchanging a phone number , I’ve been around here for  9 years and have built relationships that I haven’t done in my 60 on the planet , heck I haven’t even fired up my Egg in probably 2 years , just like home, get to know your neighbors, agree to disagree when needed, and have fun … we were all once new here

fishlessman

Legume said:

lousubcap said:

Legume said:

I feel like I'm just not invested in the quality or quantity of this forum any longer.

Do you have any suggestions as to how to improve this site to attract and keep members, especially those new eggers who roll in with an issue, get help  and are never to be seen until the next BGE cook crisis? 

Not really Cap.

BGE doesn't promote it as far as I can tell.  They could auto sign people up (as well as auto-register them for warranty) whenever someone buys a BGE, make it opt out vs  opt in.  But I don't think more people helps.   I have no idea of the number of active accounts or how many there were on the OG forum, but my guess is it was much smaller and therefore more of a community. Same here years ago.

To be honest, I have no idea what people expect when they start visiting the forum.

i dont think they have ever done anything with the registration/warranty forms except round file them. if they did this online automatically i supposed it could be just stored in an auto delete folder for the same effect.....

caliking

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I do like the multi-month and multi-request gate keeping though.  If you could just sign up and be approved within a week, we would have a lot more rif-raf.  Instead we only get those serious about their Eggs+Internets.

We need moar riff-raff. Livens things up a bit. Our current standard rotation of trolls is fairly predictable.

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume

caliking said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I do like the multi-month and multi-request gate keeping though.  If you could just sign up and be approved within a week, we would have a lot more rif-raf.  Instead we only get those serious about their Eggs+Internets.

We need moar riff-raff. Livens things up a bit. Our current standard rotation of trolls is fairly predictable.

I think people have lost a bit of their sense of humor over the past few years.  Covid and politics and the real life consequences of them has had a very real impact on how we interact.  Snowflakes is right, collectively we're more sensitive, more likely to take something the wrong way and be reactive, more likely to see the black and white and not the gray (grey?).

fishlessman

covid had its good points. the road was mine, the lake was mine, people stayed off my grass...... sorry im so sensitive, i miss those things

lousubcap

Regarding the spelling of " gray/grey" it's gray in America, grey in Europe for me. 

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

Regarding the spelling of " gray/grey" it's gray in America, grey in Europe for me. 

Is grey a colour, or is gray a color?

lousubcap

Yes!

Canugghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lousubcap said:

Regarding the spelling of " gray/grey" it's gray in America, grey in Europe for me. 

Is grey a colour, or is gray a color?

Two colours, black and white.

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap said:

Regarding the spelling of " gray/grey" it's gray in America, grey in Europe for me. 

nod

FarmingPhD

I still stop in every 5-6 months to catch up on the what are you cheffing now thread.  Life just gets busy for folks along with priorities.  Job duties have changed, kids getting older and playing sports, trying to read more books, building stuff, and picking up hobbies with my kids.  There are some strong personalities around here as well that at times I found very irritating for the last year I was trying to stay active on the forum and decided rather than be bothered, just spend my time doing other things.  Still appreciate the folks here and willingness to share knowledge about an abundance of topics.  Also depends if you are coming here for actual help or the social interaction, I find in person social interaction much more fulfilling than a forum format, but that’s my social tendencies.

lousubcap

@FarmingPhD Understand all and life is a sequence of priorities with every action.  Thanks for the input and enjoy the time with family. 

caliking

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lousubcap said:

Regarding the spelling of " gray/grey" it's gray in America, grey in Europe for me. 

Is grey a colour, or is gray a color?

You missed tea. The Earl would be sad. 

Ozzie_Isaac

caliking said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lousubcap said:

Regarding the spelling of " gray/grey" it's gray in America, grey in Europe for me. 

Is grey a colour, or is gray a color?

You missed tea. The Earl would be sad. 

My favourite Earl is the Earl of Sandwich.

Ybabpmuts

My favorite earl is early early umpenfree. It's a childhood thing, at that point I didn't even know about sandwiches.

Ybabpmuts

@Ozzie_Isaac

Sure the earl of sandwich eventually started something, but I slept beside him once in sword camp when we were young, and he had soggy buns for sure, at camp we were swimming all the time, but when we laid down afterwards in the sun, his buns always let out the most water. I always wondered where it came from ... and at least on one occasion I had to remind myself not to dip my canteen into it .. especially if I was thirsty ...  I need a sandwich

danhoo

Perhaps there was an abduction. 

Ybabpmuts

Oh boy 

lousubcap

Dang-  Buffalo Trace is everywhere except the brown water in local beverage stores. 

alaskanassasin

You said it brother.

dbCooper

For the past month or so BT has been in oversupply here.  Also found something new to try out...

alaskanassasin

@dbCooper I haven’t seen buffalo trace at our local liquor store (Kroger) in 3 years.  @saluki2007 has generously offered to procure some for me when I make this proclamation but I have never taken him up on it. 

lousubcap

@dbCooper - that bourbon cream is great and quite easy to consume.  Enjoy.

shtgunal3

 Buffalo Trace has become a unicorn around here as well. 

Legume

Can get it regularly in 750s.  Less often in 1.75s, but that's the only BT offering I see.

caliking

Small mom and pop liquor store nearby has it regularly

GrateEggspectations

Maybe they’re exporting it all. It’s on the shelves regularly at the liquour stores near me here in the GWN.

RRP

lousubcap said:

@dbCooper - that bourbon cream is great and quite easy to consume.  Enjoy.

I wasn’t even looking for it today, but saw that Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream on a row end near the bread aisle in a local grocery store! Is that sort of like Baileys but made with bourbon and with more kick? I assume you drink it neat, but perhaps chilled?