Do You Rememeber !!!!!

[SueA]

Just been catching up on this thread & can say at the moment I belong in the 'whingers' category as feeling really poorly & yes along with Piskie & all the others 'too old' to wear a hoody (ie?) & Happybunny who is of an age when it's compulsory to wear one, I too am wearing mine at the moment along with a pair of knackered tracky bottoms as they're keeping me warm & I finally changed out of my pyjamas. I think the vine is great & even if people do occasionally have disagreements on the whole we manage to get over it & rub along fine together, long may it continue!

[BrideXIII]

nope, not me

she is not you know, noone like her could be real
actually she is me, or at least my northern clone

[phil the shed]

just having a sad moment searching thru' old threads, found this one from november 08 talking about number of members reaching 9000 so i looked and found it's now over 25000.
how many of those were zapped as spammers and how many are really here??????
if we are all really here.......
thinks i should go and lie down.

[Brengirl]

just having a sad moment searching thru' old threads, found this one from november 08 talking about number of members reaching 9000 so i looked and found it's now over 25000.
how many of those were zapped as spammers and how many are really here??????
if we are all really here.......
thinks i should go and lie down.

I'm here now but I wasn't when you first counted. I log in everyday. It is compulsive viewing. If it's not really real then I believe in make-believe.

[Incy]

I'm here now but I wasn't when you first counted. I log in everyday. It is compulsive viewing. If it's not really real then I believe in make-believe.

Same here Brengirl. I only joined this year, can't imagine how I coped pre-vine

[bramble]

can't believe I've been here over three year and it feels like yesterday.
Have made loads of friends but only ever met one due to the fact I live so far away from everyone.

[Flummery]

Sorry you were feeling sad Phil. With potentially 25,000 of us, you're more likely to feel totally overwhelmed! It's a bit rubbish to be sad at this time of the year with so much forced jollity about.

[zazen999]

just having a sad moment searching thru' old threads, found this one from november 08 talking about number of members reaching 9000 so i looked and found it's now over 25000.
how many of those were zapped as spammers and how many are really here??????
if we are all really here.......
thinks i should go and lie down.

I think the spammers come off the listing as they are got rid of; but when we do a search to try and identify them - there are hundreds that join and never come in again or even finish off the process...mainly because they use fake emails and can't actually complete the registration.

We'd have twice as many if we didn't delete all the potential spammers....

[SlugLobber]

Been doin' time since April 2008, I think. It's gone quick, but by eck, I've learnt such a lot, since then!!

I have a cardigan hoodie. It's the perfect compromise between da cred and da granny, innit. Restec-p to all you homies keepin it real.

[Alice]

The Vine is just such a great place to be for gardening chat and over the fence natters with civilised people. If it wasn't I wouldn't be here.

[Alison]

It would still be interesting to know how many of those 25000 (or whatever) members are actually members who log on and read stuff (even if they don't post much) as oppose to a large number who joined and never came back.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Gosh! You are making me feel old! I can't remember when I joined, think it was about May 2006??? Yes, I know you'll all be able to see on my details, but I can't see it right now.
All I would like to say is, the Grapevine is a fantastic place to meet lots of fantastic people - always has been, and methinks, always will be. Throughout 2009 I have met numerous grapes in person, who have become close friends, and will remain so.
There are lots of you Grapes out there who are very special people - you know who you are, and I would just like to add my own personal thanks to you all in helping a certain grape who is feeling under the weather at the moment.
Lecture finished!
Thanks for reading guys and gals.
Love Bernie x

[Alison]

It would still be interesting to know how many of those 25000 (or whatever) members are actually members who log on and read stuff (even if they don't post much) as oppose to a large number who joined and never came back.

Sad as I am I've just looked at the members list and there over 353 pages (30 per page) ie about 10600 people who have never posted, many of them joining several years ago and never logging on since. There's also a huge number of people who have posted once or twice but nothing for months. Looks like many of these are totally inactive too. Probably not of much interest to other people but was to me so thought I'd share.

[Nicos]

OMG..I've just realised I've been here for nearly 4 years!!!

..anyone noticed????

[Brengirl]

It's strange how forums develope. If you are ignored then your imput deminishes. I thank you Nicos for noticing me. I am not just a number.