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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 04-12-2016 10:16 AM

A while back I couldn't get back on Cruise Talk. Emails to Joe didn't seem to work. Finally Pam got me back on.
I wonder if Barry,Ernst and other regulars have the same problem?
??? Where are you guys??
Frosty 4

Posts: 2531 | From: Illinois | Registered: Jul 2005 | IP: Logged

rem-dk
First Class Passenger
Member # 5121

posted 04-13-2016 03:55 AM

I still have this problem. It only Works from my iPhone when I am out of House. Best regards Rene

Posts: 268 | From: Fredensborg Denmark | Registered: Oct 2004 | IP: Logged

joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-13-2016 08:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rem-dk:
I still have this problem. It only Works from my iPhone when I am out of House. Best regards Rene

Rene, is there any way you can tell me what the IP address is for your home computer? I have removed all the blocks and want to make sure you can get through.

Joe

Posts: 29976 | From: Great Falls, Virginia | Registered: A Long Time Ago! | IP: Logged

rem-dk
First Class Passenger
Member # 5121

posted 04-13-2016 08:36 AM

I Can write the IP here if You Think it is an idea.

Posts: 268 | From: Fredensborg Denmark | Registered: Oct 2004 | IP: Logged

joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-13-2016 07:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rem-dk:
I Can write the IP here if You Think it is an idea.

Yes, please I will delete as soon as I see it.

Posts: 29976 | From: Great Falls, Virginia | Registered: A Long Time Ago! | IP: Logged

rem-dk
First Class Passenger
Member # 5121

posted 04-14-2016 02:55 AM

Here it comes Joe. Best regards Rene

[ 04-17-2016: Message edited by: rem-dk ]

Posts: 268 | From: Fredensborg Denmark | Registered: Oct 2004 | IP: Logged

joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-15-2016 12:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rem-dk:
Here it comes Joe. 188.177.110.207. Best regards Rene

Rene,

You should be able to get in now. Let me know.

Joe

Posts: 29976 | From: Great Falls, Virginia | Registered: A Long Time Ago! | IP: Logged

rem-dk
First Class Passenger
Member # 5121

posted 04-15-2016 02:20 PM

Thank You very much Joe, it looks like I am in now.
I wonder just like Frosty 4 how many others who has been blocked like us. It seems a bit quiet in here.
I am very happy not to be blocked.

Best regards
René

Posts: 268 | From: Fredensborg Denmark | Registered: Oct 2004 | IP: Logged

Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 04-25-2016 02:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rem-dk:
I wonder just like Frosty 4 how many others who has been blocked like us. It seems a bit quiet in here.

I'm still sometimes blocked and sometimes not blocked. It seems to depend on what IP address I'm allocated on a specific day, but it's a random selection out of millions so I can't easily ask Joe for a particular IP address to be unblocked.

Sadly, I suspect that there's just not enough people here any more to make the critical mass that's necessary for continuing discussion. If I can only sometimes get on to the site from one location (home) but not at all from the other (work), and then whenever I get on I find that nobody else has really been here or said anything, the incentive to make the effort to come again pretty much vanishes.

Posts: 1869 | From: UK | Registered: Sep 2003 | IP: Logged

jeremya
First Class Passenger
Member # 5699

posted 04-25-2016 04:10 AM

This forum became one big pissing contest between those who think they know everything and those who are sadly mistaken.

It is no wonder nobody comes here any more, blocking IP or not, who wants to deal with assholes and attitudes from folks with huge egos and nothing to loose in being an asshole.

That is the truth.

All this vitriol denigrated this site, and sent it into the crapper.

Why bother starting discussion when someone is going to come along and hijack thread after thread with his ego opinions ans superiority.

Sad but true.

Posts: 377 | From: montreal | Registered: May 2005 | IP: Logged

Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 04-25-2016 09:44 AM

One can easily ignore that kind of behavior.
Too bad but it happens everywhere.
We live in a "ME" world ,a lot of people live this way. A lot has to do with the overwrought freedoms now in place.
This site had rules about what one could post , I'm sure Joe doesn't what to be a policeman or sensor.
Maybe these rules should be put out periodicly as a reminder that we want a "Clean Ship" here.
Post about your cruise experience and helpful tips for having a great trip. I try to tell what was good and maybe not so good,so others may benefit.
The live traffic shows a lot of people check this site. They just are not posters.
Frosty 4

Posts: 2531 | From: Illinois | Registered: Jul 2005 | IP: Logged

joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-25-2016 09:39 PM

That's what's so frustrating. We still get a lot of visitors who read the old posts but do not bother to sign up. In a given day we regularly get over a 1000 visitors.

I tried to take a "hands off" approach and only intervene when someone went beyond acceptable behavior but I guess I erred to the side of letting too many posts go by.

Based on the subject matter people are reading it looks like there should be an opportunity for engaging conversations.

If anyone is reading this and has a problem registering please email me directly at jkoshuta at travelserver.net

Thanks to all that still read and comment.

Joe

Posts: 29976 | From: Great Falls, Virginia | Registered: A Long Time Ago! | IP: Logged

PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-28-2016 07:35 PM

Is Malcolm's thread "S*x on a cruise Ship" [or similar] still the most read post?

Pam

Posts: 12176 | From: Cambridge, UK | Registered: Jun 2001 | IP: Logged

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 05-10-2016 10:39 AM

"Is Malcolm's thread "S*x on a cruise Ship" [or similar] still the most read post?"

Hi Pam, I'd forgotten all about that one!

Still as they say, "sex sells".

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 05-10-2016 03:43 PM

Just this little mention has produced a jump in views of the ever popular Best Place to Have Sex on a Ship

Posts: 29976 | From: Great Falls, Virginia | Registered: A Long Time Ago! | IP: Logged

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