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H-M site down ?

jcdammeyer said:
I'm confused now.
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It's just a tool built into Xenforo to make ugly long Url's simple. I think the color of the hyperlink depends on your browser settings.

At the top of your Xenforo window, there is a chain. If you click it you get this window.

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6.5 Fan said:
I hate to say it but in 140mower's first pic, the hole resembles a bullet hole. Did you rile up the neighbors? Perhaps make Swmbo a little cranky.
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I noticed that myownself and wondered if 140 had been one of the first to import war surplus from a recently defunct Syrian army "that was only used as a downrange Cadillac "on one of the many "two-way shooting ranges" in that area.
 
Sorry for not responding to yesterday's thread. Had a lot on my plate, and didn't get here.

H-M is above 60,000 members now. About 4,000 are active, and we get around 250 posts per day. We approve about 30 new members each week.
 
Sorry- I was in the Admin panel: the number there includes disabled members of all types. My bad.
 
An interesting observation.

The USA has roughly 10x the population of Canada. Its worth noting that 10% of 52000 is 5,200. But CHMW has almost 8,000 members. So CHMW actually has 60% more members per capita.

We don't actively seek new members so it shouldn't be a source of pride. Nonetheless, it is remarkable that we have the members we do especially since many of our members belong to both forums.
 
Susquatch said:
An interesting observation.

The USA has roughly 10x the population of Canada. Its worth noting that 10% of 52000 is 5,200. But CHMW has almost 8,000 members. So CHMW actually has 60% more members per capita.

We don't actively seek new members so it shouldn't be a source of pride. Nonetheless, it is remarkable that we have the members we do especially since many of our members belong to both forums.
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ahem, you're counting a lot of foreign members as americans on the H-M site....
 
TorontoBuilder said:
crap thanks for the reminder, I keep just pasting in long stupid links
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I do it too. Matter of fact, I did it just recently. In my case, it's just laziness. So with your comment as a cattle prod, I'm gunna go back and fix it.

Edit - done.
 
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TorontoBuilder said:
every time I hear this I am more resolved than ever to buy on the Island, or one of the gulf islands. Buy a boat and sail around to the sooke area and watch all the chumps stuck on the road to sooke
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Fun fact. When my Fiancée (now wife) and I went to the power and sail squadron to learn basic navigation and then near shore navigation 1 and 2 the charts used in the course were all from the Victoria area. I guess maybe I should prepare and take tides and currents course now
 
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