Guests becoming members!

[EasternGirl]

Well we were hoping to see pics of you Chantel...but it was just big snakes!

[kibakiba]

maybe when I stop breaking out ill post a new picture of me. I'm no longer blonde, so my blondie pictures just wont work.

[zooplan]

This is a specialty forum and visitors are just part of it.
Not sure if you saw this. This forum does very well for being a specialty forum.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/site...-top-40-a.html

Oh, I missed that.
Although I´ve daily practice, reading English post is still straining and
although I´ve practice for some years now I still have to use a dictionary frequently.
So this is my only English forum, and I don´t know what are the others like.
Is there so much space for small talk?
Are there so many members stepping in and out again?

[PINJOHN]

Oh, I missed that.
Although I´ve daily practice, reading English post is still straining and
although I´ve practice for some years now I still have to use a dictionary frequently.
So this is my only English forum, and I don´t know what are the others like.
Is there so much space for small talk?
Are there so many members stepping in and out again?

my impression Udo is that when some members become less/non active on the forum for whatever reason[busier life style/less access to PC/changes in relationship/ and so on, then they still look in on us when ever circumstances allow, even though they may not actively participate.
And as for space for small talk that area is very well catered for,there are threads for photography/art/books/ movies/other pets/poems/music/u tube/and the its oh so quiet thread which is a place to discuss anything else..... WHAT A SITE.... we have never had it so good

[GarterGuy17]

We gotta love thamnophis

[EasternGirl]

I love it here...this is my little garter family!

[PINJOHN]

It's the nature of all forums..

Also, little known is that many of those "guests" are google, yahoo, MSN & ask jeeves software reading and logging what we say.

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It was so disappointing to read this, as my somewhat romantic [if that's the right word] view was of hordes of thamnophis lovers teetering on the brink of joining us held back only by a natural shyness or a shortage of free time.....yahoo... Google...MSN...welcome to the REAL world john.

[infernalis]

Just had this same conversation elsewhere.

[Kantar]

I will often browse this as a guest and when I see something I want to reply to I log in

[EasternGirl]

I have done that. I will look to see who is on and what threads are running and then I will sign in. Nothing wrong with that. I also understand people who want to try the forum on for size before joining...makes sense.