Returning Members

[The Amish Tyrant]

The recent thread about a "missing" forum member and the sudden return of @Richmond B. Funkenhouser got me wondering: how many members left the forum for a lengthy period of time? Why did you leave? What made you come back?

 

[pantsBoots]

They'll answer you upon their return!

 

[hugodrax]

Difficult to express.

The topics become repetitive. Fads come and go. But basically, as much as I do truly love my pipes and my tobacco, they're not a driving force in my life. I like my Dunhills as much as my Stonehavens. I'm not driven to collect the newest carver nor hoard pounds of my favorite St. Bruno and Marlin Flake. Although if I could find some RB plug in the USA, I'd buy lbs, but that's another matter.

I enjoy talking about it some and I like the people involved, so I came back. The cycle will repeat, I'm sure.

You're all good eggs. Nobody drove me off.

 

[captainsousie]

I went overseas for 7 years and between the job and the time difference, I stopped posting pretty much altogether. I tried a couple times but was not successful partially due to being busy and partially due to a dispute with a member. Now that I'm back in the states, I post when I can and do a lot of lurking.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I ain't joining this soon to be bloodbath pigpen hybrid..



Well basically I got banned.. Then I was pissed.. Then I got busy.. I don't stay pissed long.. Then I wasn't so busy again, and here I am.

 

[shanez]

If you build it, they will come.

 

[didimauw]

We lost many members to the great forum revamp. You can tell cause it says the last time they logged on was the date they joined.

 

[Chasing Embers]

We lost many members to the great forum revamp. You can tell cause it says the last time they logged on was the date they joined.

I try to stay for some of the members but other sites are easier for me to use.

 

[ashdigger]

I come and go, I can only answer so many posts about pipe cleaners and “desert island tobacco”

I lurk more than anything.

 

[captpat]

I belong to quite a few forums, however I'm only active in a few forum at any given time. They are in sort of a rotation that's affected by repetition of topics, perhaps my interests have gone in a different direction (if only temporarily) and finally there are some folks I just need to expand the virtual space for awhile. Some forums have hosting engines that are easier to use, that also influences how much time I spend on them as well.

Regardless of how active I am on this forum rest assured I'm still smoking my pipes.

 

[AJL67]

I only hang around to make sure @hoosierpipeguy can feed his family and tell new people that search is their friend when they post the same questions that have been posted 500 times.

 

[WhiteDevilPress]

I ain't joining this soon to be bloodbath pigpen hybrid..



Well basically I got banned.. Then I was pissed.. Then I got busy.. I don't stay pissed long.. Then I wasn't so busy again, and here I am.

Without the possibility of getting banned, there would be little point in joining forums & chat rooms. If it's not happening to you semi-regularly, then you're not employing your 1st amendment robustly enough, nor are you providing humorless moderator types a reason to keep smoking their smugness pipes. But we're glad you're back.

 

[kcghost]

People come and people go. It's life.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I'm back!

 

[hugodrax]

Welcome back. Apparently everyone is rinsing their pipes out with water now.

Wait until they find out The Pipe can go in the dishwasher!

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Welcome back. Apparently everyone is rinsing their pipes out with water now.

Wait until they find out The Pipe can go in the dishwasher!

I hope they have a tank of distilled water hooked up to their dishwashers! I would never let undistilled water or any sort of paper product touch my briars!!!

 

[petes03]

I take breaks now and then. They may be as short as a week or as long as a year or two. I do the same with the book of faces….. and also some of the gun related forums I’m on. I haven’t posted on my reloading forum in nearly a year, nearly two for FB. Sometimes you just need a break from things.

 

[woodsroad]

If I see just one more topic post like like this one, I swear I'm gone for good!

 

[kg.legat0]

I come and go...I have consistently enjoyed this forum, but I get busy. Two jobs, wife, three kids - I am just glad I have time to smoke my pipe!

 

[fireground_piper]

Welcome back. Apparently everyone is rinsing their pipes out with water now.

Wait until they find out The Pipe can go in the dishwasher!

Woah with the water flush talk! We aren’t ready for another civil war yet.