If you do not have expectations of a thank you then it is a nice feeling when one happens. It seems to be an age thing, us older ones say it as an automatic reply the younger ones often think it is not needed. I still automatically hold a door open for a lady and have been told more than once "I can hold my own b##### doors" you shrug and still do it. Most answers on here do get a thank you, often quite effusive which shows people do need the advice given even if we at times get it wrong, at least it points them in the right direction. Thanks or no thanks I would still answer the questions.
Frank, if you held a door open for me I'd beam and say thank you. But then I'm an 'older one'. If I got to the door first, I'd hold it for you, though.
My 'forum notifications' are actually empty, possibly because I opt not to receive E-mails from any threads I post to in the first place??? [But that doesn't mean I'm not interested in the discussion.]
There is a Terry's orange chocolate ball for the first person to explain clearly how to do this.
My 'forum notifications' are actually empty, possibly because I opt not to receive E-mails from any threads I post to???
I guess so-nothing's perfect-if I look at in another way we are not being asked to fund this forum,you are not bombared with ads and there seems to be more of a relaxed atmosphere than the BBC one.
I can live with a few e-mails that I mostly instantly delete.
thanks everyone on here for the info on how to opt out of emails.. get overloaded.. and thnks for the info as to why i cant find older posts i have replied on again wihtot going through page and page.
I don't actually get annoyed when someone asks a question and doesn't bother to return to the forum to at least say thank you. But it would be nice to have some feedback from the questioner as to what they thought of the advice given and if it was helpful to them.
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If you do not have expectations of a thank you then it is a nice feeling when one happens. It seems to be an age thing, us older ones say it as an automatic reply the younger ones often think it is not needed. I still automatically hold a door open for a lady and have been told more than once "I can hold my own b##### doors" you shrug and still do it.
Most answers on here do get a thank you, often quite effusive which shows people do need the advice given even if we at times get it wrong, at least it points them in the right direction. Thanks or no thanks I would still answer the questions.
Frank.
Frank, if you held a door open for me I'd beam and say thank you. But then I'm an 'older one'. If I got to the door first, I'd hold it for you, though.
My 'forum notifications' are actually empty, possibly because I opt not to receive E-mails from any threads I post to in the first place??? [But that doesn't mean I'm not interested in the discussion.]
There is a Terry's orange chocolate ball for the first person to explain clearly how to do this.
I guess so-nothing's perfect-if I look at in another way we are not being asked to fund this forum,you are not bombared with ads and there seems to be more of a relaxed atmosphere than the BBC one.
I can live with a few e-mails that I mostly instantly delete.
Yes, we can live with the little idyosycnracies.
Something that I have found useful on a couple of occasions is Google. You can easily find all the posts with your name in them by Googling for:
site:www.gardenersworld.com/forum your-forum-name
And if you want to find a specific post just add some more qualification.
Thanks Gary
thanks everyone on here for the info on how to opt out of emails.. get overloaded.. and thnks for the info as to why i cant find older posts i have replied on again wihtot going through page and page.
I don't actually get annoyed when someone asks a question and doesn't bother to return to the forum to at least say thank you. But it would be nice to have some feedback from the questioner as to what they thought of the advice given and if it was helpful to them.
Quite. Pointless getting irritated but good to have feedback, particiularly when a poster has taken the trouble to give a detailed reply.
I get the impression that quite a few people appear once to ask a question then go away and are never seen again.