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Post by BarbaraL on Sept 20, 2016 13:13:54 GMT -5
I've been back on the old CL BB this morning, checking out people's last minute posts. I just tried to go back and I'm directed to the general CL page. So, I guess the boards are finally gone.
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Post by melman on Sept 20, 2016 13:20:00 GMT -5
I know....I just saw that as well. Sad.
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Post by emptynestmom on Sept 20, 2016 13:22:26 GMT -5
Me too...sorry to see it go...it closes a whole chapter for me...but on the bright side, I can now come here and get assistance with questions, encouragement when I am having difficulties...and just catch up with old/new friends...
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Post by natasha on Sept 20, 2016 14:10:21 GMT -5
It is sad. I'm waiting for that first "gah" moment when I realize I forgot to copy something I would have liked to have had.
As you say, though, Pam, I'm looking forward to chatting with all of you here!
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Post by cafelatte on Sept 20, 2016 15:31:08 GMT -5
It is sad. I'm waiting for that first "gah" moment when I realize I forgot to copy something I would have liked to have had. As you say, though, Pam, I'm looking forward to chatting with all of you here! Is it a recipe? Maybe someone has it saved? I'm happy to have this place up and running. I got back from vacation over the weekend and have looked at the other site trying to find last minute things as well, but then I gave up. Oh well . . . |
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Post by sallyt on Sept 20, 2016 15:33:29 GMT -5
I still can't believe it!!! Hours, days, weeks of my life....
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BarbaraL
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Post by BarbaraL on Sept 20, 2016 16:01:19 GMT -5
I still can't believe it!!! Hours, days, weeks of my life.... Ain't it the truth! The BB said I joined in June 2000; that's 16 years ago! I actually may have joined even earlier, as I think we had to re-up when they redid the boards. All of the knowledge I gained, as well as Jewel's garlicky green beans, Matt's harvest ginger snaps, Bob's heaven on a salad plate, the list goes on and on. I'm ridiculously sad that the boards are gone . . . end of an era. But I'm so grateful for my BB friends who scrambled and set up these boards, so our relationships can continue. |
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Post by testkitchen45 on Sept 20, 2016 16:08:00 GMT -5
I still can't believe it!!! Hours, days, weeks of my life.... And that's just in the time since CL told us the BB was going away.  Let's just say that DH picked a great time to be out of town. Guess what I worked on all day during school hours? I just did some laptop cleanups such as emptying downloads & the Recycle bin, & clearing my browser history, and I don't even want to share how many items I had clicked on in my history. Take whatever you're thinking, & double it, & that's probably accurate. I wish CL had shared the reason behind the "ohmygoshtheboardmustdiediedierightNOW" approach, and the choice not to archive its cooking wisdom & general history. They gave some reason but it didn't seem to make much sense. Guess the short version is probably that the board usage had been declining (except for a spike in the last week--ha!), the board had clearly not been a priority at CL, & they just didn't want to spend the time & attention on it, whatever their other reasons may have been. So glad y'all are here! Now, what to make tonight . . . |
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Post by VAcooker on Sept 20, 2016 18:50:58 GMT -5
Yes, it is the end of an era to be sure. I too wish CL had given us a bit more info as to why it had to be shut down completely rather than just archived. Well over a decade of knowledge is gone. What a shame.
I am am so thankful for this board though...it does make me feel a bit better.
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Post by Gecko on Sept 21, 2016 1:30:25 GMT -5
It really is too bad that they could not have at least left the boards up, and just stopped the ability to post to them, but I understand that it is just economics to them. I wonder f they were surprised that everyone did not just jump over to their Facebook page like they suggested?
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Post by melman on Sept 21, 2016 9:35:25 GMT -5
I LOOKED at their FB page and WILL NOT be joining it. It looked mostly one-sided with not much opportunity for asking questions, etc.
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Post by kgraham on Sept 21, 2016 9:47:21 GMT -5
I don't know if it will do any good, most likely not, but I submitted a request through their webform requesting that they consider restoring the boards as an archive. It doesn't hurt to ask, right?  |
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Post by testkitchen45 on Sept 21, 2016 12:07:40 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I don't know what this post will look like. Haven't finished signing in. lol I was in the middle of doing something when the BB just disappeared. I never finished saying good bye. I never thought I would feel like I did. I just had to come here and sign up and be with you all again. Help, where are all the smilies. You know I can't talk without them. lol
Ohhhh, love my new avitar, just what I was looking for lol Darn, now I want some. Yay; cookieee's here!  Party, party! (All the formatting buttons are such a light grey that I thought they were inactive till I hovered over one just in case. They work. The smilie button is to the far right of your formatting bar, at the top of each "reply" screen. See, italics!) |
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emptynestmom
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Post by emptynestmom on Sept 21, 2016 12:41:56 GMT -5
Yippppppeeeeee many of the old gang is here! And, I am lovin it. Cookieee, welcome glad you could join us. Hope to run into you often.
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Post by Catbatty on Sept 21, 2016 12:42:16 GMT -5
Welcome home, Cookieee  Join the crowd in learning where everything is.  The name of that gray bar (Bev is going to fix that color) at the top of our Reply edit screen is "Editor Bar" -- but I think I will call it the Smiley Face Bar, myself. This new place takes some learning time. I spent a few days (or more) in a bit of confusion. So expect to feel the same way. I'm becoming a bit more confident with it...and am thrilled to see all the features we have here. This thing is like flying a jet plane. Slick! It's a bit of a shift for all of us. But OH so nice to BE here! Glad you joined us. Have fun. Catbatty Hi everyone, I don't know what this post will look like. Haven't finished signing in. lol I was in the middle of doing something when the BB just disappeared. I never finished saying good bye. I never thought I would feel like I did. I just had to come here and sign up and be with you all again. Help, where are all the smilies. You know I can't talk without them. lol
Ohhhh, love my new avitar, just what I was looking for lol Darn, now I want some. Yay; cookieee's here! Party, party! (All the formatting buttons are such a light grey that I thought they were inactive till I hovered over one just in case. They work. The smilie button is to the far right of your formatting bar, at the top of each "reply" screen. See, italics!) |
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BarbaraL
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Post by BarbaraL on Sept 21, 2016 14:14:47 GMT -5
Welcome, Cookie! Were you actually on the CL BB and it just disappeared?  I was wondering how that would happen. I hadn't noticed the formatting bar, guess I'll have to play with it.  |
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Post by Gail on Sept 21, 2016 15:26:16 GMT -5
It's sad.
I worked about eight years on the web site for a (now-defunct) weight loss program. When they stopped selling the product, the company claimed they would keep the site up for the customers, which they did for three years . Then, poof! One day it vanished. I don't think there was any warning. HOWEVER it was saved on an on-line archive-- not in its entirety, but actually quite a bit of it. And the recipe forum, which had been my realm, seems to have been saved for the most part. I checked to see if CL had done something similar, but alas...
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BarbaraL
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Post by BarbaraL on Sept 21, 2016 15:30:21 GMT -5
Anyone know what "Topaz" under our names means? I'd had it, but it just changed to "Politicos" since I joined the Hot Topics board (plan to lurk there, as I'm rather apolitical). Just wonderin . . .
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Post by Catbatty on Sept 21, 2016 15:39:43 GMT -5
Yep. It has to do with the number of posts each of us had made to this forum. I think, until you post 50 times, you get a Topaz sticker...after that, another gem, and so on.
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BarbaraL
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Post by BarbaraL on Sept 22, 2016 8:35:58 GMT -5
Hi, Cookieee! Good to "see" you! I'm having fun visiting the new boards (even at work as a guilty pleasure), and am committed to being an active member, so this board will continue.
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Post by beth on Sept 25, 2016 12:34:31 GMT -5
I was in the middle of trying to grab things I thought I had saved with the Control S and then lost after my computer rebooted. All you could access was a poorly designed (IMHO) webpage.
I also find FB to an unsatisfactory replacement. It is just promotion for the current magazine and they control everything they want to be talked about.
In case you missed my other post, if you have links you saved with Control S on your computer, you may still be able to view those pages. Any activated code on that page will take you right to the CL webpage, but I have been able to view and copy pages I saved. I may have not gotten something from the BB, but it doesn't look like I lost anything I thought I had -- except time figuring it out and recopying the pages. Still, it was worth the time save at the beginning. So yes, it is gone -- but there may be relics left if you need to find them.
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Party, party! 
I was wondering how that would happen. 
