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Thank you, Julie!

That's all encouraging news and I wish you luck with updating the site. Would it be possible to view forum member's attached photos in a larger format or enable viewing them in a separate tab and enlarge them somehow?

Why is the forum so difficult to navigate ?   

Cant seem to message other members and searching is difficult ?

Any chance the old forum is still available ??? in a read only capacity ?

Am I just impatient or is this place dying? I guess it would make me feel better if some of the usual suspects showed up. Leif? Ernest? Mark? Cdsilva? Anyone out there? 

Yes.  "Old Timers" thread gone;  my user name and password not recognized.  New password required to return.  

Art is long, life is short ?

They say patience is a virtue. If so, any virtues I have left have been tested on a daily basis lately. I suppose I could get used to having a nail driven up my nose, too, but do I want to? Walking away whilst shaking my head has almost become de rigueur.

Trying my best here, folks. Really. But some things simply cannot be done alone.

The old place was kinda great for awhile there, though, ya?

Hi Herringbone,

thank you for mentioning me, but can't be put among those that certainly made this forum what it was (or still is?).

Cheers

Haha, maybe not, but your questions have been a reliable constant over the last couple of months (years?). Just as Leif's answers. 

This forum is just so hard to navigate now and not much fun. I used to check in daily, whereas now I often don’t bother. Is it never going to reach its former glory again? Have a lot of old timers left? 

I don't know. I don't find it particularly hard to navigate (at least not from a desk top computer) and I appreciate that the team is trying to improve things. But I still have to get used to the new user interface. I guess, that is always the thing with relaunches, but this place used to feel like home, and it doesn't anymore. The break was a bit hard. And of course, there are still issues (technical?) that should have been solved weeks ago, probably before shutting down the old forum. Many of the threads from the last couple of month are still missing, probably many of the old ones, too.  The old timers thread is also gone which obviously bummed many of the old timers out. I still check in daily, but this place seems emptied out now. This is my main concern: The forum can't reach its former glory again without the regular users.   

I've had email conversations with the site owners since the rollout of the new site and was told that threads that are currently missing will be restored, but that was weeks ago.  I'm sad that the Old Timers thread is gone because it was a treasure trove of Mark humor, SDR's projects & photos, not to mention stuff from people who aren't around at all anymore (Heath in the UK comes to mind).  

I'm more upset that the three big threads on weaving danish paper cord are still not restored.  There were tips in there that can't be found anywhere else.  I just did a search for them again---first time in several weeks---and this time I got a whole lot of individual posts within threads for just "danish paper cord" but when i clicked on one at random, I got an error message saying the thread doesn't exist.  GAH.

I'm just starting a restoration project that is very frustrating and I came here thinking i MIGHT be able to find helpful info that I know used to be here.  No such luck.  

The feeling I get is that the current owners do not consider the forum to be an important part of the site. 

I have the same opinion as most here......... and I've been round a longggggg time too albeit my input barely rates a mention!

No forum guidelines or rules anywhere? Yippee! Finally!

How much is my one-of-a-kind, handmade by Juhl himself (in his spare time) step stool worth? I think the wood is Lignum Vitae but I'm not sure so I could use some help there, too. Sorry, no photos, but I found it in a dumpster and it's in perfect condition!

I hope it's worth like A LOT! I kinda hate to sell it, but I really need the money right now.

Thanks a bunch. You folks are the best!

P.S. I've spent at least an hour looking at images on the internet, so I know it's an authentic Finn Juhl step stool. Plus, it's signed by hand in ink!

Oh, that sounds great. From what you say I can tell for sure that you have a very rare and authentic Finn Juhl piece. Would you sell it to me? For 800 $? This is a really good offer, you better believe me.

Oh, I see you only have one star. I don't think I can trust you, so forget what I wrote before.