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Discussion in 'ZooChat Community & Website' started by zooman, 26 Jun 2012.

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  1. aardvark250

    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    aardvark250, 29 Mar 2018
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  2. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Indeed. Any further, deeper discussion is probably best for a separate thread but I don't quite understand our trend of taking any prolonged conversation slightly off-topic to the main thread and chucking it into a new one. I get that we don't want to totally derail the thread, but conversations evolve and most good threads have off-topic banter like this here and there :p

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 29 Mar 2018
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  3. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Administrator Staff Member 20+ year member

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    It's always difficult to find the balance - in this case, I agree on both counts.

    When you get nearly 2 pages of posts that are off topic and actually could stand alone as a new discussion - I would generally be in favour of splitting it.

    However, I also agree that those posts were not really that off topic and could have stayed where they are. But in this case the new topic is interesting enough that I also think it works well stand alone.

    So in this case, my opinion is "meh, whatever - just go with it".

    ... ironically, posts discussing slightly off topic posts from another thread are much more off topic than the original posts :rolleyes:

    Back on topic now please!

    We haven't had any meetups in Australia in quite a few years, so I haven't met anyone new. I also don't get to travel for work frequently like I used to when I first started the site, so I don't get to visit people in other cities.
     
    Simon Hampel, 29 Mar 2018
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  4. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    ThylacineAlive, 9 Jun 2018
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  5. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Newly updated list:

    pleistohorse (once)
    polar bear (once)
    mstickmanp (twice)
    zoonewsguy (several times)
    teamtapir - both of them (once)
    snowleopard (numerous times)
    jbnbsn99 (three or four times)
    ituri (once or twice)
    zoofan75 (once)
    betsy (two or three times)
    lightninghorse (often)
    zoomaniac (once)
    neofelis76 (once)
    otterlord (once)
    ungulatenerd92 (once, but more soon)
     
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    Arizona Docent, 17 Jul 2018
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  6. ShonenJake13

    ShonenJake13 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    ShonenJake13, 17 Jul 2018
    #186
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  7. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Brum, 17 Jul 2018
    #187
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  8. Hyak_II

    Hyak_II Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I have met a big fat no one :')
     
    Hyak_II, 17 Jul 2018
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  9. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I'm missing five off your list. And as for that @ThylacineAlive, well he had his chance to meet me and failed... But as I said, I suck at meet-ups so maybe it's not all his fault! :p;)
     
    Brum, 17 Jul 2018
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  10. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Well there is one very enthusiastic member from Canada whom you could potentially meet, but then again Canada is a huge country.

    The UK members seem to be the only ones good at having meetups. (I tried a couple times doing a USA meetup and it went nowhere). I think the small size of their country and the large number of participants (largest representation on ZooChat) makes it easier for them.
     
    Arizona Docent, 17 Jul 2018
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  11. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Feel free to plan another one :p

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    ThylacineAlive, 17 Jul 2018
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  12. ShonenJake13

    ShonenJake13 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    ShonenJake13, 17 Jul 2018
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  13. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    We shall have to see what the coming weeks/months bring... ;)
     
    Brum, 17 Jul 2018
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  14. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    I don't know whether he was, but I know @ro6ca66 was!
     
    TeaLovingDave, 17 Jul 2018
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  15. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    No but I bumped into a large group of the members at Linton beforehand!
     
    pipaluk, 18 Jul 2018
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  16. ShonenJake13

    ShonenJake13 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I might have run into you then....!
     
    ShonenJake13, 18 Jul 2018
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  17. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Maguari, Devilfish and myself met Pipaluk at Linton.
     
    bongorob, 18 Jul 2018
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  18. Pleistohorse

    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Was I that unremarkable? I know I cut out early, but I did at least spring for admission. Always the Wallflower....

    ;-)
     
    Pleistohorse, 19 Jul 2018
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  19. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Oh man, how in the world did I leave you out??? :eek:
    A thousand apologies. I can assure you absolutely it was unintentional and our meetup was nothing but enjoyable. I will edit my post right now to correct it.
     
    Arizona Docent, 20 Jul 2018
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  20. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Time for an update. Sofar met :
    -zooman
    -devilfish
    -Javan Rhino
    -Agile Gibbon
    -ShonenJack13
    -Korhoen
    -sooty mangabey
    -lintworm
    -Vision
    -Tim May
    -Shorts
    -Maguari
    After Zoohistorica last Saterday at Antwerp Zoo I'm sure I've seen several other ZooChatters but didn't found out their ZooChat-names :( ( maybe next time ! ).
     
    vogelcommando, 10 Sep 2018
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