Am I a little sensitive today or......

[catmandu]

Jen we always love reading your threads.
And as I am retired , I can post more often as I have nothing to do, and all day to do it.
I love reading about your Clowder and Fosters!

[Barbara]

Since some months now I have two jobs (ok- within the same company)- one is in London and one here.
With all that security, travelling takes 7 hrs from the London office to Munich airport!!!!! And I travel about every 2 weeks. I can hardly visit all the cats I know already...

It will be for about a year and I hope I'll have more time for PT again.

[Karen]

I think with the various crisis threads that have been happening lately, and folks getting back to school, things have been a bit quieter. But we have good news in that SLick's surgery went well, Kiara is home, and Donna, who would normally probably be posting in your threads, is getting help for herself. All these are good things, but do distract us from other threads.

But we love your threads, even if we don't always post in them!

[jazzcat]

I've noticed it too Jen. I thought long and hard before I took the time to post the pictures of my cats in two threads last night because I didn't want to get my feelings hurt if there weren't many replies.

I guess everyone is just busy, seems to be the common response. I'll try not to take it personally.

[Corinna]

Iknow i have a hard time keeping up with the threads I want to keep up on becouse of all the pointless threads on lately. I am kind of glad it's slowwed (kids in school) I can spend time reading the threads that have meaning to me. But most of the time all I want to say has been said before,I get there.

[Sonia59]

Nothing wrong with your threads I noticed the same.

I am connected to PT from my work most of the time. I read the threads but I reply only when I really want to say something (useful). And if ten persons have already said the same I don't reply.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I agree to that, Jen! It is getting slower on PT sometimes; but that is mostly during weekends...
I also agree with Randi that some people are "overposting" and create new threads without looking if there has been one about that item before . Sometimes it is fun to see an old thread re-opened

[krazyaboutkatz]

I've also been reading much more than posting. I don't have access to a computer at work so everything is done at home. Some times I don't get on PT until late at night and I also try some in the morning before work. I try to keep up but I can't read and post to every thread. I'm sorry if your therads haven't been getting the number of posts that you're used to.

[Randi]

We are now over 10.000 members here, don't know if that's good or bad - well, of course it's nice that PT is such a popular community. Not sure how many are active, but years ago when I joined, we were about 3.000 members and it seemed that almost everyone knew each other. It was more like a family.

I doubt any of us can keep up these days, and I don't even want to try. I have to be selective, so I go for the posts that have some substance or is about cats.

[Donnaj4962]

I usually look at each and every thread, but I don't always post. I was posting a lot for a while, but I can't any more. I usually look at work, and I have some nosy co-workers who think I am looking at "kitty-porn"! I swear, that is what he told my boss (who thought she heard him say "kiddy porn"!!!!! and she couldn't imagine my doing something like that!) Understand that my boss has no problem in my looking at PT during breaks and lunch.... I just don't post as often, unless I stay late and then I have the chance more freely!

But I do look, and I do care... I just have to be a little more cautious!

By the way, this is a HUGE joke now between me and my boss! We laugh about it all the time!

[MajesticCollies]

I myself have been real busy and keeping my computer time down. The past two weeks I have been preparing for a seminar at the "Meet the Breeds" area of the National Dachshund Races this Sunday. So all of you know, I read as many as I can and if it applies I keep you in my thoughts. Just don't have the time to reply as much lately. September is a very busy month!!!

[Lizzie]

I have noticed that it is quieter than when I joined early this year, especially on weekends. Like other posters to this thread, I am having a hard time posting at work now. In fact, during the two lines I've written so far I've been interrupted for two meetings and several visits by staff. Less than one week from today, 10-12,000 students will storm through our doors daily and I have to get this building ready for the onslaught. Once fall quarter is in session, I will be able to post at work more easily. I read while I'm on the phone, or when I'm thinking about what to write in a memo, etc. and I truly appreciate all the interesting threads people put up for me to read, but I just can't repond very often. I hope everyone who is concerned about non-response looks at the number of hits their thread has had, that's what I do, and realize they have posted something others found interesting.

I rarely post at home any more either because my computer is in the ringworm isolation room. Typing with heavy rubber gloves on my hands is incredibly laborious and I have to correct many, many typos.

As others have said, we seem to have hit a time when everyone is incredibly busy and/or sick.

I'm glad others have said they like it when old threads are resurrected because this is what I tend to do, with an update and date changed on the subject line. I wondered if this was the best thing to do and it seems that it is.

Anyway, thank you, Jen, for posting and keeping us up-to-date and entertained. We are reading you. Now, back to work.

[Jessika]

Well, school did start recently I have noticed activity down a little, too, but it is still MUCH higher than most other boards I post on! So if you think activity is down... that just means we must post more pictures and stories hehe

[RedHedd]

Like everyone else has stated, school is back in session so the younguns are probably offline during the day. For me, work ebbs and flows; when it's busy I don't post as much, although I do find myself lurking more. posting less. It's just part of the natural flow of life - up and down and sometimes sideways. I hardly ever pay attention to thread counts, hits or replies. If a post has poor spelling or grammar or is a sticky situation I prefer to stay out of, I probably won't respond; cute kitty pictures I will almost always respond if I haven't fainted dead away from the cuteness.

[Logan]

Jen, I wouldn't take it personally. You know everyone loves you!!!!

I am one of the worst at responding, regularly. There just aren't enough hours in the day. I try to read as many as possible, but if I stopped to answer each one, I'd never get anything done. I feel certain that the people, like you, who are so good about responding on so many posts, are the ones who are most hurt when they don't get a lot of responses on their own, and I completely understand that.

I simply don't pay attention to the numbers most of the time. I want lots of people to enjoy the few pictures I post, here and there, and sometimes I'll even send an email to some of my best Pet Talk buddies to make sure they see a post since things move so quickly in Cat General, Dog General and General. Pam is really good about sending an email to me when she posts something new, with a link to the post, so I won't miss it. We call it "Thread alert"! And it really does help!

Keep your chin up. We LOVE to hear from you!