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sails said:
Has anyone heard from Julia? She stopped posting some time ago and I've had no reply to my last email asking if she is OK. I'm worried about her. Joe, is she still logging on? It doesn't give a date in the member's list for her name.
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I PMd her too a few weeks ago and got no reply. It is a worry. I think her last post was early March.
 
sails said:
Has anyone heard from Julia? She stopped posting some time ago and I've had no reply to my last email asking if she is OK. I'm worried about her. Joe, is she still logging on? It doesn't give a date in the member's list for her name.
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In a personal email on March 4th, Julia mentioned that she had been in hospital with Pancreatitis, but checked herself out and gone home.
I'm no medical expert, apart from having suffered from P. myself and come out of it okay.

Would anyone living closer to her know how to make contact and check on her wellbeing?
 
pixel said:
In a personal email on March 4th, Julia mentioned that she had been in hospital with Pancreatitis, but checked herself out and gone home.
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If you look at "Find Latest Posts" under her profile, her most recent were all on March 4th.
 
bellenuit said:
If you look at "Find Latest Posts" under her profile, her most recent were all on March 4th.
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I have been sending emails to Julia since the 6th of March but no response. Last a couple of weeks back, her last to me was 24th Feb. Way out of character for her.

Had wonered if she has gone to see a friend she mentioned some time back who lives overseas. But the illness mentioned above may not bode well. She is not one to seek attention or trouble others.

Uncle Festivus lives nearer to her region, if prompted may have an idea.
 
explod said:
I have been sending emails to Julia since the 6th of March but no response. Last a couple of weeks back, her last to me was 24th Feb. Way out of character for her.

Had wonered if she has gone to see a friend she mentioned some time back who lives overseas. But the illness mentioned above may not bode well. She is not one to seek attention or trouble others.

Uncle Festivus lives nearer to her region, if prompted may have an idea.
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Folks
a very sad news to share that I got a news from Julia's family today that after a brief illness she has passed away on 23 March.
We will all miss her dearly in the forum and condolence to her family.
Regards
 
In this context, although by sheer coincidence, I came across the attached article in today's newspaper. It definitely gives food for thought that everybody with a "digital presence" ought to consider. Don't wait for the Lawmakers to catch up - they're hopelessly behind technology and will fall ever further behind.

TAKE ACTION YOURSELF!

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Has anyone heard from burglar?? Haven't seen him post for ages, hope he's doing ok.

Also, Lesm, I knew he had been ill....hope he's ok too:(
 
Where is anyone? Least posts recently than I can remember ever. Has someone run the forum down? Have traders been carved up in the bear market?
 
Wysiwyg said:
Where is anyone? Least posts recently than I can remember ever. Has someone run the forum down? Have traders been carved up in the bear market?
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I must admit to being at a bit of a loss myself. I have been tempted to say something about the lack of posting, which seemed to start about a month or so ago, but wasn't quite sure what to say.

In any case, I would really like to get things back on track. I've seen other forums become ghost towns due to a lack of posting and I'd really hate to see that happen here. I'm willing to listen to any and all suggestions about what changes people would like to see at ASF to get them to post more often. I did have plans in the second half of last year to re-work the website by changing forum platforms and adding some more content, but had to shelve those plans temporarily due to some ongoing legal issues. However, this is now back on my radar so if anyone has any suggestions or ideas please don't be afraid to let me know what they are.
 
Joe Blow said:
I must admit to being at a bit of a loss myself. I have been tempted to say something about the lack of posting, which seemed to start about a month or so ago, but wasn't quite sure what to say.

In any case, I would really like to get things back on track. I've seen other forums become ghost towns due to a lack of posting and I'd really hate to see that happen here. I'm willing to listen to any and all suggestions about what changes people would like to see at ASF to get them to post more often. I did have plans in the second half of last year to re-work the website by changing forum platforms and adding some more content, but had to shelve those plans temporarily due to some ongoing legal issues. However, this is now back on my radar so if anyone has any suggestions or ideas please don't be afraid to let me know what they are.
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If it gets bad, turn it into a "how to trade" educational fourm. The value of ASF is in education and system development, hardware, software, set ups. HC has the market cornered on stock specific posting.
 
Springhill popped back after a long absence. Now he has disappear. Burglar, please come back. Tech/a definitely wants a break.

Even my fav guys like craft, mclovin, ves, galumay, value collector, ROE, etc are quiet. I see their names when I log in but they must be very busy as well. I'm guilty of not posting much.

Even DeepState is quieter than normal even though he is still active.

We must all be too busy. February and March must be the time to start new things which takes our time away from posting. Still, there are lots of fantastic old posts here.

Writing an informed post takes so much effort: especially from an uninformed person like me. Maybe no one has the time.

One person I miss but sadly she can't come back from Heaven is Julia. Wonderful people like her are very rare.
 
I would like to make one quick observation about posting. Being a forum administrator for almost twelve years has taught me a thing or two about forum dynamics, and one of the things I have learned is that posting leads to more posting. I have seen it time and time again, and what has happened in this thread tonight demonstrates it very clearly. Just one post can sometimes generate pages and pages of discussion and debate.

Please help those who are new and who come to ASF with questions seeking help. It may encourage them to stick around and become a regular contributor. Also consider adding your thoughts in threads where you have something to contribute to the discussion, even if it's only a few sentences. It may very well kickstart a posting spree and end up generating some great discussion.
 
Joe Blow said:
I would like to make one quick observation about posting. Being a forum administrator for almost twelve years has taught me a thing or two about forum dynamics, and one of the things I have learned is that posting leads to more posting. I have seen it time and time again, and what has happened in this thread tonight demonstrates it very clearly. Just one post can sometimes generate pages and pages of discussion and debate.

Please help those who are new and who come to ASF with questions seeking help. It may encourage them to stick around and become a regular contributor. Also consider adding your thoughts in threads where you have something to contribute to the discussion, even if it's only a few sentences. It may very well kickstart a posting spree and end up generating some great discussion.
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What about you? You never post, other than very occasional admin stuff.

No one here would even know if you trade!
 
Gringotts Bank said:
What about you? You never post, other than very occasional admin stuff.

No one here would even know if you trade!
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Most admins don't want to "throw their weight around", and leave it to the members to do the posting.

That's fair enough in my view but Joe is a reasonable person and if he wants to post that's fine too imo.
 
Joe Blow said:
I must admit to being at a bit of a loss myself. I have been tempted to say something about the lack of posting, which seemed to start about a month or so ago, but wasn't quite sure what to say... ...However, this is now back on my radar so if anyone has any suggestions or ideas please don't be afraid to let me know what they are.
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Make it a bull market for shares again. People too busy negatively gearing houses atm.

I remember the Telstra listing, the tech rush, the coal rush, the copper rush, the gold rush, the rare earths rush...heady times
 
Gringotts Bank said:
What about you? You never post, other than very occasional admin stuff.

No one here would even know if you trade!
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Because I'm the administrator I don't wish to make myself a political figure. The more I involve myself in the various discussions and reveal my views on a range of topics, the more people are likely to form a view of me politically and this may affect the way they see ASF. I must confess to reading ASF for pleasure, but I seek to remain as objective and apolitical as possible and the only way to ensure this is to abstain from posting here, apart from the occasional admin stuff. :D

I am an active member of some other forums though, and have been involved in online communities since 2001.

Logique said:
Make it a bull market for shares again. People too busy negatively gearing houses atm.

I remember the Telstra listing, the tech rush, the coal rush, the copper rush, the gold rush, the rare earths rush...heady times
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I think it's going to be hard to capture the late 90's and 2003 to 2008 again but I'd love to see it return. I'm sure it will in some form, once the shine wears off residential property and people look to other markets to turn a profit. Look at the US market though, it was in a raging bull market from 2009 to 2015 but the mood was different. That exuberance you mentioned was missing. The GFC took the wind out of a lot of people's sails and it's going to be hard to convince many of them to return to financial markets, especially when residential property continues to do so well.
 
Joe Blow said:
Because I'm the administrator I don't wish to make myself a political figure. The more I involve myself in the various discussions and reveal my views on a range of topics, the more people are likely to form a view of me politically and this may affect the way they see ASF. I must confess to reading ASF for pleasure, but I seek to remain as objective and apolitical as possible and the only way to ensure this is to abstain from posting here, apart from the occasional admin stuff. :D

I am an active member of some other forums though, and have been involved in online communities since 2001.
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Agree. Being neutral doesn't sit well with members who need to belong to a prefabricated political party manifesto.... perhaps this party is the one for Admins:

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-apolitical-party,7848

:D
 
Interesting time at the moment.

A lot of volatility in world markets, currencies and the like. Politically and militarily also, but to a degree that has me feeling melancholy or nonplussed. I meet a lot of ordinary people day to day at the recycled timber shed at Thomastown here in Victoria and this feeling of disquiet is widespread with many views on understanding the problems but hands in the air on solutions.

And this is very evident at the top with Government leaders going with the wind and undecided.

Had a fellow in the other day selecting timber to make tables, he used to work in mines in WA, cannot find work so trying this. We have people like this coming in too often unfortunately. I have also drawn back from discussing such matters as some regard one as a doomsayer.

But somewhere along the line of late we seem to have hit a wall, (is it the end of expansionism/productivity, for example) and could be a reflection of what has happened on ASF to some degree. A feeling of disquiet.

As Administrator Joe I have always felt your position as one I trust and look up to.

With thought and input solutions will come.
 
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