David van Harn Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 ¡Hola, mi amigos! Although I prefer the format of the Ning forum platform over this Invision Community Software platform, now that I stop by every day, I am beginning to realize that the content here is much more relevant for me as a "settled in" expat who loves living here. Plus, a lot of my friends hang out there Although I still occasionally visit to read and post at Boquete.ning, that community forum website is a shadow of it's former self without a strong sense of connection to the core expat community of Boquete. I am aware that many of you here were summarily excluded from ning, and the forums there now represents only a fraction of the community compared to the past. Indeed, the forum there would be pretty dead without admin postings of new discussions, many of which are not even related to the community. However, it does have a lot of informational content and links, and the word "Boquete" in the name will probably attract a number of people looking up Boquete for the first time. I look forward to contributing and participating more at Chiriqui Life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Welcome aboard, David! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSailors Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Well said David. Just wait, CL will keep getting better and better. 500 members now and probably 1000 by the middle of rainy season. You might put a post on BN and invite the few remaining there to come over here and test out the waters! ( But then again if you do, you might get banned like a lot of us have) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I have noticed that I spend more time reading all of these sites since these high winds arrived. The wind seems worse this year. I blame it on El Ningo. It sucks more than our Dyson. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Atwater Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 22 hours ago, David van Harn said: ....that community forum website is a shadow of it's former self.... ..."a shadow of it's former self" means "a shadow of it is former self..." (Sorry, I just can't help myself!) Nevertheless, welcome to CL, David.) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pederhaney Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Welcome, David. I summarily excluded myself from that now-mess after happily being there from its inception. Change is usually hard but in this case it was an easy no-brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David van Harn Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 6 hours ago, Dottie Atwater said: ..."a shadow of it's former self" means "a shadow of it is former self..." (Sorry, I just can't help myself!) Nevertheless, welcome to CL, David.) Sheesh! Tripped up again by that pesky "sometimes there is an apostrophe to indicate the possessive form - and sometimes there isn't." At least I don't say "me and her" instead of "she and I." And just where does that period belong - inside or outside the quotation mark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSailors Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Inside of the quotation mark. From my writer wife, who has a Journalism Degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Atwater Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 On February 13, 2016 at 10:05 PM, TwoSailors said: Inside of the quotation mark. From my writer wife, who has a Journalism Degree. Exactly. I don't have a journalism degree, but I know the English language. Other errors that make my teeth grind are the misuse of the verbs "to lie" and "to lay." Please forgive me..I'm not criticizing anyone. Sometimes I can't remove my "editor's hat." We all know what one intends to say (write). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WryAwry Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Sometimes ya gotta let lying dawgs lay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WryAwry Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 While ever-so-grateful for Chiriqui.Life, I sure miss Lee. A gentlemen's gentleman, a real cool character, the reader of the pulses, the diviner of the stirred entrails ... and I miss others of those that have gone on before: the have-its and the ain't-got-so-much-of-its, the wise and the wacky, the sublime and the absurd, the movers and shakers ... Ahhh, what a river. Putting the mental into the sentimental, wryawry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) Under Lee's guidance, participation, collaboration, and even dissension were encouraged which provided a wealth of information and a broad spectrum of opinion. All of which made .ning a true community forum, imo. I also miss our always friendly chats and verbal jousts that were exchanged when we would bump into each other. Edited May 8, 2016 by Keith Woolford 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WryAwry Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Sorry to dredge this up again, but one feature from that .thing that I do miss is the resource of the Groups. I pine for the days when one could formulate a Group of like-minded individuals like, for instance, "Rocket Surgeons", and then proceed to trash-talk anybody or anything that was not intellectually, morally, culturally, or spurtchully aligned with the Group's agenda. This is an important tool in the promulgation of the "Us vs: them" mindset that keeps exciting tensions simmering at the near-boiling point and stimulates stimulating intercourse. Or simulated stimuli. While stipulating that many (most) (nearly all) of the Groups that I personally participated in were comprised of Membership roles equaling exactly one soul, we nonetheless contributed Very Important Social Commentary right out there at the razor's edge of the Human Condition. Reaction ran the gamut from vigorous yawning to thrilled puzzlement, resulting in productive page-clicking to get the hell away from that which was proffered as quickly as possible. Those tomes? Priceless. However, compendiums are available during this limited-time offer at only $9.99 Balboas. Stretching the boundaries of Evolution, for the good of the Group, wryawry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bakke Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 The most impressive thing about the new improved other site is the large number of like minded individuals. And really top-flight comments, such as this one from yesterday: ""Hello, My name is princess. a young lady, I got attracted and impressed when i read through your profile, and be cam interested in you i will like you.to send me email (princcessaffin@hotmail.com"" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) 43 minutes ago, WryAwry said: While stipulating that many (most) (nearly all) of the Groups that I personally participated in were comprised of Membership roles equaling exactly one soul, Dav, one man Gropes are nothing new. Edited June 5, 2016 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Dav, I couldn't help but notice that you often offer products and services for $9.99 Balboas (http://www.chiriqui.life/search/?type=all&q=%249.99+Balboas ). Most people automatically round that up to $10 instead of falling for the 1cent change. You might make more sales at say, for instance, $9.25. Just my 74 cents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 19 hours ago, Gordon Bakke said: The most impressive thing about the new improved other site is the large number of like minded individuals. And really top-flight comments, such as this one from yesterday: ""Hello, My name is princess. a young lady, I got attracted and impressed when i read through your profile, and be cam interested in you i will like you.to send me email (princcessaffin@hotmail.com"" I believe this is called spamming. Hope your e-mail address was never used on "the other site". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WryAwry Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 18 hours ago, Deborah said: Dav, I couldn't help but notice that you often offer products and services for $9.99 Balboas (http://www.chiriqui.life/search/?type=all&q=%249.99+Balboas ). Most people automatically round that up to $10 instead of falling for the 1cent change. You might make more sales at say, for instance, $9.25. Just my 74 cents. Perhaps you'd enjoy our handy financing option: Thirteen and one-half easy payments of $.74 Balboas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David van Harn Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Adding some random silliness - considering two of our great local products... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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