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Post by RobertGraves on Jul 17, 2009 4:12:24 GMT -5
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Post by Aravis on Aug 9, 2009 18:21:54 GMT -5
Hm. Wow. All's quiet on the Western Front, eh?
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Post by Aravis on Aug 9, 2009 18:24:49 GMT -5
You might have noticed that the Viewpoints logo is back. I thought I'd lost it forever, but stumbled across it somewhere in the depths of my cpanel. Anyway, in order to restore it I had to add it to this site's "skin." When did this place get so fancy? *G* Which meant that I had to choose colors for Forum and Topic links. So when you scroll over one of those links and the darn thing changes color, that's why.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
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Post by RobertGraves on Aug 10, 2009 6:44:48 GMT -5
Thanks Aravis!
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Post by Wyndham on Aug 11, 2009 10:23:05 GMT -5
Very quiet. I'll have more to say in a bit. I was away for July, and have been painting the house in August. The wife is a very demanding, and exacting, taskmaster.
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Post by pinkozcat on Aug 15, 2009 23:27:05 GMT -5
I joined twitter and found it wanting; now I've joined facebook and find it rather perplexing.
I can see that it could be great if one is prepared to put one's real name into the ether, something I have always been reluctant to do. However, in a quest for old classmates I have done just that but with no connection to my pinkozcat persona. So far no-one has rushed in to make themselves known and I suspect that a lot of my contemporaries are not all that computer literate.
Has anyone here any uplifting comments to make about facebook? Is it a good thing or do we leave outselves wide open by revealing who we really are?
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Post by RobertGraves on Aug 16, 2009 3:01:05 GMT -5
I use bothe FB and Twitter extensively every day and find them brilliant. I am myself, not a pseudonym, at both and use iPhone apps to make them mobile tools for networking.
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Post by Wyndham on Aug 16, 2009 15:39:13 GMT -5
To tell the truth, I guess I'm old school. I've neither twittered, nor FB'd.
Some news. Not entirely good from my perspective. It appears I'm going to Afghanistan in January. You all probably know that I've been in the Army Reserve for years. Now it seems the global war on terror can't be waged without me. Oh well. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Can't say I'm looking forward to the entirety of 2010 in Kandahar and Kabul!
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Post by pinkozcat on Aug 16, 2009 23:27:08 GMT -5
Oh, dear, Wyndham . not the best place in the world to have to spend time. I hope that you will keep us posted (as much as is allowed) and that you will come home safe and sound.
The nephew of a friend of mine spent time in Iraq with the army and found it all a dead bore as well as being hotter and dryer than he fancied. But I am not sure that any part of Afghanistan could be described as boring.
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Post by pinkozcat on Aug 16, 2009 23:34:26 GMT -5
Robert, I joined Facebook for the same reason that I joined Twitter - so that I could give any of my clients at least a small amount of information if they had read about it and wanted to experience it for themselves.
I can see some advantages in it but was horrified that it wanted to invade my address book to send out invitations to my contacts.
If you would like to add me as a friend I have used an email account which only has about five people in the address book and they are mostly my own other email accounts.
The one I am using is araminta261@yahoo.com.au
So far none of my classmates has put her hand up and I have only discovered one whom I know - she used her maiden name which is what I have gone back and done in the interests of being recogniseable.
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Post by Wyndham on Aug 17, 2009 9:55:45 GMT -5
Hi Pink. I'll be mostly in Kabul, so the climate is better. My wife felt good about that, except that (as bad luck would have it) there have been a series of car bombings recently, well publicized here. All the guys I've talked to who've been and come back say that its 50% boredom and 50% frustration. Boring because, at the end of the day, its a chythole country, the predominant colours grey and sand. Frustrating because the Afghans don't really want to change, and if you're there from one of the little fish countries, you're pretty much window dressing. The Americans call the plays, but alas, aren't very good at counter-insurgency. In the end the feeling is that its a pretty futile experience. They're said to have nice rugs, however!
Not going for a while. Still have about a quarter of a house to paint, but will keep you posted once the day comes.
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Post by RobertGraves on Aug 19, 2009 14:58:28 GMT -5
Wyndham,
Are you able to blog or keep an online diary that we can read? I assume that online access will be possible. It will be incredibly interesting to hear a firsthamd account (of the boredom and frustration ;O).
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Post by Wyndham on Aug 19, 2009 17:00:51 GMT -5
I don't know Robert. It will depend on what I'm set to do!
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Post by pinkozcat on Aug 20, 2009 4:23:09 GMT -5
Did any of you follow Riverbend's blog? She was a girl living in Baghdad and her blog was fascinating.
A couple of years ago she and her family moved to Syria and, except for one post from there she has fallen silent. I have a feeling that the BBC or one of that crowd bought the rights to it.
Google 'Riverbend' and 'blog' and you will probably find it if anyone is interested after all this time.
Or I have a shortcut and could post a link ...
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Post by pinkozcat on Aug 28, 2009 23:20:44 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Robert.
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