Is it too quiet in here? More chat needed?

[Mrs Blorenge]

Keehotee's post over on his current poll says "The Arcade's turned into the games machine in the corner of the Pub - nobody's talking in here any more - true or false?"

I've been thinking about this, and trying to think of a way to promote more 'chat' here in the GAGB forum. IMO the UK Geocaching community could do with a well-developed Off Topic forum: The GC.com one is generally too USA-centric and most topics over there are of little interest to UK residents.

So, in an effort to stimulate a broader range of chat/trivia/debate I've started 4 new Off Topics. As we already have the Pub Quiz and the Arcade up and running it seemed a reasonable idea to continue with that 'pub theme', so there's "the Snug", "Moan into your pint", "The Jokers at the bar" and "The Culture Vultures". Other posters may like to create their own 'pub corners' to cover other stuff.

Whether these options will divert any of you from the games machines for any length of time... that remains to be seen!

:cheers: Cheers!

Lucilla

[Alan White]

IMO the UK Geocaching community could do with a well-developed Off Topic forum

IMO the UK caching community could do with [using] a forum where it can discuss on-topic caching issues without the thread being closed by Groundspeak.

[Mrs Blorenge]

IMO the UK caching community could do with [using] a forum where it can discuss on-topic caching issues without the thread being closed by Groundspeak.

You're in the right place then!

[studlyone]

Absolutely, this place has been long known as a place for reasoned bedate and as long is things don't degenerate into personal attacks I can't see any threads getting closed in the near future.:cheers:

[Mrs Blorenge]

Absolutely, this place has been long known as a place for reasoned bedate and as long is things don't degenerate into personal attacks I can't see any threads getting closed in the near future.:cheers:

No handbags at dawn, then?

[studlyone]

No handbags at dawn, then?

LOL, perfectly acceptable as long as all housebricks are removed first

[uktim]

Absolutely, this place has been long known as a place for reasoned bedate and as long is things don't degenerate into personal attacks I can't see any threads getting closed in the near future.:cheers:

You're quite correct. Mainly because hardly any on-topic threads get opened in the first place

perhaps you could try opening one then?

[active cacher]

Well Done Mrs Blorenge. Although I tried to start a "help" me line about advice about boxes, hoping that would inspire a debate about the various pro's and cons of everyone's favourites and the response was quite poor. I was going to ask if anyone had any reccommendations for footwear as I am thinking about buying some walking boots, but I don't know if anyone would bother giving me their advice...unlike the "real" pub where every Tom Dick etc will spout forth about their favourites. They are very reserved in here!