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Welcome to Arillas => Arillas general information => Topic started by: harold on October 04, 2004, 08:31:34 PM
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I have just got back from a wonderful week in Arillas.Sally and i spent happy evenings in Brouklis with Ivan and Avril and then later on with Viv and Pete.The web site is making new friends of all the people on it.A big thank you to Dimitri.
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Hi Harold and Sally, It was really lovely meeting you last week, We really enjoyed the two everning's we spent in your company. Hope to do it again soon. We are going back in May. Love Viv & Pete
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hello Vivian and Peter.
Sally and i both enjoyed the 2 evenings we spent in your company.The first evening i will never forget for obvious reasons
(obvious to us and Ivan/Avril and Dimitris).We are back in May,May 2nd for 2 weeks so will look out for you both.
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Errr
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think of what you were holding lol
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O yea Im with you now, it was very emotional, wasn,t it! Can,t believe we were all so honoured.
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it was a super night and the picture has pride of place at home,i have an olympic 2euro piece and an olympic pin that i have put with the photo
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Just on the same lines as Harold has said, this site is fantastic. I haven't as yet met anyone that is a member although i did see Marie in July with her mum and we have e-mailed one another a few times. Just a big congratulations and thank you to Dimitris for all his effort and hard work on keeping this site going. I visit the site at least 5 times a day suppose it's our way of keeping in touch with Arilas.
Thanks
Lyndsay
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:lol: i come on here at least five times a day aswell lyndsay, and i think u are deffinatley right that it is our way of keeping in touch with Arillas when we cant be there!
marie xx
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i have read with interest for a while the veiws of people on this site. At first i found it very interesting and informitive. Recently i have noticed that people are using this site as an informal chat. Why not use the chat rooms, this site is surpose to be informing people new and old who come to this site on Arrilas. i have been reading more about people having friendly chats and diverting from the true meaning of the site. If you would like a chat please use the chat rooms as every time i have looked this room has been empty.
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Hi Guest, Have tryed going into chat room a few time's and nobody ever there. If you read the whole site propely you will see that Dimitris had to put a stop to the old chat room as the wrong kind of people were joining in with not very nice langage or comment's. I don't know much about computer's, is there some way of letting people know you are there or do you just sit there all day and hope that somebody else might join you. Could you please advice. Viv
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I don't see any problem with using this facility as a kind of chat room.It is helpful and informative and after a while you feel like you actually know the people who use it regularly.Also for us who don't understand chat rooms this is much easier.
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I have got to agree with the guest comments on this web page on how the content has changed recently of the Arillas Forum. It has become more of a "chat place" for the few people who have met of feel they know each other through this site, to those of us who log on to read maybe the latest report, advice or new must do's or go too, it has become dare i say "very boring"! When people have a private conversation in front of other company it is almost like people talking in a foreign language so you don't know what they are talking about! RUDE in every sense. May i say that if you have a private comment to make perhaps e-mail (if you don't know how to use the chat room) is a better option.
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Sorry but I've got to get my tuppence worth in and also make a suggestion regarding some of the content of the posts as the 'guests' mentioned.
I don't wish to upset other members, but I have to agree with the anonymous guests. To make the chat room more user friendly maybe Dimitri could put a box on the Forum Index showing who is in it. Hopefully this would encourage more people to go into the chat room.
Eileen.
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Eileen i too have to agree with you and the two guests, it just had to be said!!! not to upset anyone but the point has been made. Hopefuly Dimitri will know of a way round this growing problem and peace will prevail. :D
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i am following this topic with interest. I love talking about Arilas and my holiday and about the people i have met. i would willingly use the chat rooms if there was someone to talk to. so if any one wants to talk give me a shout alex
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Hi Alex
Could chat about Arillas all day but as yet there has never been anyone else on line in the chat room.Also if there was i would need my daughter with me to show me what to do.Will give it ago this afternoon if anyone is about.
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hi lisa will go into chat rooms about 4 hope to catch you in there and any one else that would like to come in alex
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Hi just been into the chat room and registered.Off to work now so will try to remember to check about four.Speak to you later.
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I see nothing wrong with friendly chatter,i think that this is what this site is about,being friendly AND informative.I have tried the chat room quiet a few times and have only ever seen people in there on 2 occasions.Never be put off by banter if you need to ask something then go ahead and ask there are enough of ou on here to hopefully help.I think it is only natural that when you do read items from other people then you do want to chat,but be aware that other people may not like your views.Am i babbling?
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Well put,Harold, I was thinking the same thing but can't babble as well as you. After all we are all getting the chat from the people that have been to, or are intrested in going to Arillas, and it's a lovely friendly place. I better stop going on now other wise somebody is bound to make a comment. Love Viv :oops:
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:lol: Well babbled Harold and Viv!!! I don't think my typing is fast enough for a chat room, plus you can't just stick a post on and then go back when you have time. Now I'm babbling
Ivan
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Another way of looking at the "babble" as you so put it is, that the one liners of personal conversation (that only the few present at the time will relate to) is a way of "dopein" to boost the medels that can be gained, they should be earnt through informative posts not "babble".............
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:lol: I hope no-one one this site is so sad. This is the way any other forum I have been on works and I think it is ,as I have said before, it's just fine. Everyone is of course entitled to their own opinion,
Ivan
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Hi Guest and everybody else, I reckon it's about time we had your name. You never know you might even enjoy joining in. I think it's very rude of you to insinuate that we are only here for the medal's, let's face it, if you look back over the web, you will see that we all chatted to each other (as you call it) before Dimitris decided to do the medal thing, And seeing that you have so much to say, you could soon have one of your own, if you were not nameless. Viv
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:lol: Go Viv!!! you tell 'em girl!!!
On a more serious note I did go to the chat room yesterday and had a chat with Alex and Carol This was my first experiance of a chat room (yes I know i'm a dinosaur) and I found it very different from using the forum.
Ivan
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Hello to all. I have read, with great interest, all the replies to "Guests" comments about the use of the web site. With no wish to upset anyone this will be my one and only input into the discussion.
In July of this year friends of mine, staying at Sidari, made a day trip to Arillas. On my recommendation they went to Brouklis, met Dimitris, had a good meal and a great time. They loved the beach, the place and Dimitris told them all about the site. So they had a look when they came home to England. Their first impressions were good and they accessed it every day, however now they rarely look at it. In their opinion a lot of the postings are personal chats.
We are regular visitors to Arillas but still like to check on the website for new things going on in the village But now any new user wanting to see what Arillas has got to offer will probably give up due to the personal conversations going on. No new users may mean no new faces in Arillas and then no new input.
This morning I was pleased to see all the information on the local walks - great stuff - then, I find various quotes. While all quotes are relevant to the users that send them what has General Schwartzkopf got to do with Arillas?
I am sure that Dimitris will find a solution to this but, in the meantime, perhaps a posting under the heading of "Private Chat" could be maintained for all of those users that want to chat amongst themselves leaving the postings about Arillas available to those searching for information.
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I have been reading the web site with interest,and some of the comments i find quiet interesting.I think if people have got something to say then say it,it does not matter to me whether they come on as guests or are named.As for one liners then if thats all it takes to say something then do it,I have.I agree with Ivan i don't think people are that sad to come on here just to increase their postings to get a different coloured medal.the only concern i would have would be silly postings that clog up the site,but then who am i to say that someones post is silly it might be important to them.LETS NOT FALL OUT over these things.I think when people have been to Arillas they come on here and do want to post about their experiances.Eggy's got a good point about a section on personal chat.
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As far as I can see what often happens on this and other forums is that a a subject starts and by the (say) end of page one has drifted to a completely different one. I take your point Eggy about searching for Arillas info. and finding that the subjects have drifted. I think that what has happened is that as more people have met up in Arillas and become friendly then they have more to chat about besides just Arillas. your suggestion of another heading, possibly for members chat is a good one.
What does Dimitris think?
Regards
Ivan
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I drop in to this forum now & again also to keep a eye on little sis that's she's up to no mischeif :D :D .
Chat rooms imo are not really a good add on to a forum because it could take a lot of info away from the forum. A lot of people are not comfortable with chat rooms as they may like to ponder a bit before replying to a post (which they can do on the forum) or perhaps their typing skills are not as fast as others which then makes a chat room boring while you wait for the reply being typed.
I used to run a forum and I think what's missing here or could be created here is another area for "General Chat" or similar wording of your choice not neccessarily about Arrillas.
If you look at the index page there are only 3 forums:
Arillas
Welcome to our New forum, Please feel free to give or receive feedback about Arillas.
Accommodation reviews
In this new forum you can add your accomodation review or query. The comments and messages posted on the forum are not the responsibility or the opinion of the administration of this website. Messages and reports can only be added to the site by a valid member who has joined the website giving a valid email address.
The beach
Everything about the beach of Arillas
Moderator wish
Each one clear on which sort of info a user can look for. I feel at least one other forum could be created for chit chat about this that and the next thing and not only about holidays in Arrillas, that way someone can either just get the info they want and leave or hopefully post at least a thanks. Then no-one can be accused of posting off topic.
However as I don't post a lot here although I pop in quite often to see whats new I think it's up to you regular guys to ask Dimitris if another forum is possible, though it only takes a few minutes of his time to set it up.
Lastly I think this is about the only forum I have seen that allows guest visitors to post messages, it could be open to all sorts of abusive posts being made anonomously.
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am reading with interest as i do on all new subjects posted. i agree with some points made and disagree on others. but that is my own personal view. i feel that new members might get the idea when reading some comments that is it children or adults. everyone is intitled to there own view, as harold said we dont want it to get out of hand and become a slanging match. we have a good site and views have been raised i feel now that should be the end of this subject, and lets get back to what this site is all about arilas.
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I think everybody on this site would agree with you Alex, Nobody want's a slanging match. I have just tryed to conquer my feeling's about chat rooms by having another look, but nobody there. Pete dosen't like them either.Please don't get me wrong Dimitries I am not saying they are a bad thing just that I have heard so many horrable thing's about them that it has made me very aware that anybody could be at the other end. Will try again another time. Viv
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An end to this one i feel is a good idea (personal opinion) the point was made on page one.........eggy2, killie and harold have suggested two options to resolve the problem, only time will tell if they are a success. The Forum is for everyone to enjoy in whatever way they like so long as Arillas is the centre point of it, we should all be happy :D
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This morning I was pleased to see all the information on the local walks - great stuff - then, I find various quotes. While all quotes are relevant to the users that send them what has General Schwartzkopf got to do with Arillas?
Hence the reason that perhaps another forum for off topic stuff can be posted.
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I'm one of the 'guests' who have commented on this topic, i am miffed at just what you would do viv if you had my name? its exactly that kind of attitude that made me decide not to use my name in the first place!!!! If other people's opinions bother you so much all i can say is you need to 'chill' RUDE is something i most definately am NOT, and in a world of free speach my last word on this subject is "if the cap fits, you wear it".
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I would do or say no different then I have name or no name, and I am not willing to get draged into a slanging match so will discuss this any further with you . Viv
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Sorry should have been a NOT after will. VIV