@WedaPashi nah, I'm fine, just was a bit of a shock lol... Oh btw the workout challenges I started are actually working... I could barely do 5 sit ups before, I can now do 25 before being knackered :)
@Aravona: I have started early morning workouts. 5 km run/jog, 3 Sets of crunches, 10-10-15. Thats 2 days a week. 3 km run, 5 km cycling and 200 skipjumps, thats again 2 days a week. On weekends I trek/hike/climb(Very less often now) and I get up late on Mondays :)
@WedaPashi that's bloody impressive! The recent storm has made running hard, but I was doing nearly 2k runs three times a week... Now due to poor conditions I'm doing 1km as often as I can...
I've lost a stone since I got my fitbit, which is when I started running and improving my diet too.
Crunches are a killer though. Lol I'm not a fan... But I'm still doing them!
We've had a single user for a while now (a few weeks?) flooding the site with questions. These are largely about a single topic.
I agree that archery is on topic here, and if these are truly questions about things he doesn't know and wants to find out, then I can live with this. However, that'...
@Liam As a side note: I don't think naming OddDeer is a problem, it is anyway clear who he is talking about and in such a case, I think it is even more polite to use his name instead of a obvious pseudonym like "someone".
@Liam Write one anyway. I totally agree on the tone, it is very negative. If it was phrased politely, I think it is a very valid and needed discussion. I can see that people feel alike. It is indeed a overwhelming flood (3-5x more questions than before) of mostly artificial questions on a narrow topic. I think this is not a problem and the benefits absolutely outweigh the downside, but that is debatable. Lets see whats gonna happen...
Damn, I just wanted to make the argument that most traffic comes from google so all this similar questions on our front page is a non-issue. But I couldn't get the archery questions to turn up on google...
@Liam I agree. But it does to me bottle down to... If it's not of interest, why are you bothering to read it?!
I do understand that it looks like spam... But it's probably going to phase out, and we're a damn site closer to the 10 questions than we were. In the long run, the questions will get lost to the depths of the website, and it'll no longer be an issue.
Plus. This website is about rep, let the votes on his questions do the talking
Being a bright red berry the old saying about avoiding red berries sticks to mind but I do remember reading that Hawthorn berries, or Haws, are edible...
Is this true? Is there a seed to watch out for in the Haw, or are they like a raspberry / blackberry?
And @OddDev: Though I said I have no interest in Archery, this doesn't change what I think about you as a user. You are a valuable addition to the community. Keep up the great work.
@OddDev yeah... Don't worry about it too much... You have spammed the website with questions, but as I said they'll get more spread out the more users we have.
I think it's better to get 2-3 questions from one user to go back to 4-5days between questions...
Not a bad answer to my question about Haws but... Didn't answer it fully.
Also I have seriously noticed of late less upvotes on questions and just upvoted answers... Usually if I answer a question I vote it up too
@OddDev that's really mature. I think perhaps just spread it out a little... But otherwise don't worry... Oh and it's worth taking the time to look at old questions too! That's always fun. Give rep where it's deserved :)
The Great Outdoors is bloody massive, it's the majority of the world. Outdoors.SE can be just as bloody big.
Bah-humbug.
This is Hogswatch! It's supposed to be jolly, with mistletoe and holly, and--and other things ending in olly! It's a time when people want to feel good about things and eat until they explode!"
@WedaPashi it's a quote from the Hogfather, when Susan yells at Death for ruining Hogswatch(Christmas).... Basically this is a happy merry eat until you pop time of year and we shouldn't waste time on silly disagrements over question topics :)
@Escoce can you answer my question in full? I'd love to accept your answer but it's partial...
@OddDev my husband, @Dynadin just told me an excellent point regarding this issue... The fault is NOT yours. Dyna is an archer and even HE is a bit bored of all the archery questions
Does he blame you? Nope! He said it's everyone elses fault for not asking questions lol!
@OddDev haha... We all want to graduate! I'm trying to come up with some more foraging questions, but I don't want to be too broad (and obviously I'm UK specific mostly)
@OddDev the way I would approach it is to continue asking questions. The questions are good, but give folks a chance to answer them. Wait a few days to allow some people to answer them and then if you don't think any good answers have arisen then put your answer there. Otherwise you haven't given anyone a chance to interact and it becomes spam.
And this is meant as constructive advice only
@Aravona well you realize the pits and seeds of most fruit contain arsenic and cyanide.
I am planning on asking some sailing questions, because quite honestly I love sailing and interacting with sailors and asking and answering stuff. I'd like to see sailing or perhaps boating in general become its own community, but that's down the road I think :-)
@Aravona it may have been rejected, but it's really not so Much a subset of outdoorsmanship. The two communities in general have very little to do with one another. Outdoorsmanship usually focuses on land based activities, where as boating and sailing rarely have anything to do with camping, hiking, hunting, etc etc.
@Escoce hmm not so true. A lot of people camp / canoe or camp and kayak.... Or dingies, I've a friend who sails to islands then camps. There is definite overlap... Enough that sailing hasn't made it to beta yet.
There is one currently, but it's been there for 3 months and hasn't gotten much support :)
Canoeing and kayaking yes that's true, but interestingly enough as someone who does both small man powered craft as well as larger engine power or sail powered boating, even those seem to be somewhat divided. I would include kayaking and canoeing as outdoorsmanship and sailing and power boating as seamanship...I don't belive I would be the only one either
And I am just sharing opinion here, not trying to force that on anyone
How do I find beta communities?
Actually, that's would be a great name for the community. Seamanship
I didn't want to pop my opinion on until key contributors from the community had had a chance to, in case I skewed things, but I have to say I am in agreement that OddDeer adding a good stack of questions every day is a good thing.
One of the things I can see as a mod is how his actions affect v...
@OddDev no - one person has become a bit annoyed. And while I hate to say it, some individuals are a bit grumpy about things...
don't take it personally - the stats show you are having a good effect on the site - the best way to fix Olin's annoyance is for us all to post that many questions a day :-)
@Escoce - good to see another sailor. I keep hoping I'll come up with questions as I'm teaching my kids how to sail, snowboard, surf etc but I'm not being good at asking
@RoryAlsop Dad used to always sail into the harbour, and people were amazed because a lot of people come in on the motor. I never got to see his yacht, but sailing fascinates me.
I blame my sister... it was her or the boat. I'd much rather have had a Big Boat to a Big Sister!
We've had a single user for a while now (a few weeks?) flooding the site with questions. These are largely about a single topic.
I agree that archery is on topic here, and if these are truly questions about things he doesn't know and wants to find out, then I can live with this. However, that'...
Being a bright red berry the old saying about avoiding red berries sticks to mind but I do remember reading that Hawthorn berries, or Haws, are edible...
Is this true? Is there a seed to watch out for in the Haw, or are they like a raspberry / blackberry?
