The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Announcements => Topic started by: Cobra on October 15, 2011, 08:04:31 pm
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I am not an admin, I am not personally involved, I am not related to the owners of the site, I simply came here a year ago, loved it, loved the people who i now see as real friends and I have gained experience in boat loads.
I was doing a paragraph on my website recently to encourage people to visit here; On completion I thought it may be good to add it here for new people visiting this great site.
"What makes the Accidental Smallholder so special?"
"As well as the friendly people that make up the forum, they are a wide mix of abilities and smallholding size's from experienced farmers who now run commercial smallholding's as a living, to people who have a few chickens in the garden at home: That makes a boiling pot of wonderful advice and experience from tales of success to tales of whoa, everything you need to get you heading in the right direction.
There are No stupid questions! Ask anything, you will get answers without feeling uncomfortable: Stupidity is loosing an animal or injuring your self because you didn't ask!"
Welcome to TAS and enjoy your stay, Take time to read some threads and introduce yourself, relax knowing your amongst people who really care, with a passion about what they do and love to share their experience and knowledge so others can feel the enjoyment that smallholding brings.
Thank you TAS and the people who spend time here. :love: :trophy: :love:
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aw!
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double awwwww :thumbsup:
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You're so right. I've only been on here a few weeks but already I feel part of the TAS family. :thumbsup:
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Captured it perfectly Cobra.
(sings) And so say all of us! :thumbsup:
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for we're such jolly good fellows,
for we're such jolly good fellows,
for we're such jolly good fellows..
and so say all of us!!
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ET x
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This is Rosemary not Dan - we're at the Shetland Cattle Breeders' Association AGM, pretending to be proper cattle breeders, and I haven't got my laptop with me.
Swallowed the lump in my throat to say thanks to cobra, but also to all the folk who post on here. It does feel like a family - we have our little spats, but usually it doesn't last and we're all friends again. Love it - and missing my daily fix even though it's only one day ;D
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Happiness is - A way of Life, and friends to share it with :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Emma T xx
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Cobra, I have just joined TAS this evening, your post is the first I have read it is a credit to the good work of the site and its admin team. It is also very reassuring for new comers to the site, offering a friendly welcome. I did place a reply to you a little earlier but that has not appeared on this forum, so I probably done something wrong and now someone is reading another forum and seeing my reply to you completely out of context. I am a newbie so i should get away with it this time. :thumbsup:
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Wonderful responces thank you. As always tis from the heart and tis but the truth.
Dan & Rosemary:- enjoy the show, you are proper cattle breeders, heads held high and be proud of your achievements your an inspiration to everyone here.
Kevsk:- I'm pretty sure you got away with it ;) :D Thank you for your reply, very reassuring to know you spotted the post and joined in with a reply; that was the reason and purpose of the thread and you just made it all worth while, welcome to TAS Kevski and enjoy what i hope will be a long and enjoyable experience.
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Its just so great knowing that TAS is there when we need help or just a chat ;D ; :wave:
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What's even better is sometimes meeting up in groups and being face to face with forum members - you can chat away to each other like you've known them all your life. I've made LOADs of friends since joining up when I moved down here almost 4 years ago now. Thanks from me too Rosemary and Dan. :bouquet: :bouquet: :love:
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I 'discovered' TAS while we were dreaming of getting our smallholding and thinking of what we could do and how - a few years on and I am SO glad that I have TAS to turn to when I have issues, or just want to while away a bit of time catching up with everyone else's adventures.
Thanks to Rosemary and Dan - and to all the TASers :bouquet: :bouquet: :trophy: :trophy: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :wave:
Tish
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i love it here too xx
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Ditto to all the above. It's wonderful knowing that if you need advice, someone on here will have the answer. For me also, it's a place to come and share my s*&^y day because you know whatever glorious portion of the dungheap life has decided to hurl at you, someone has had similar, someone will laugh at your misfortune (in the nicest possible way) and several people will send virtual hugs. I too love it here :thumbsup:
Kerry xxx
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I have to come on here every day or I get withdrawal symptoms. TAS gets looked at before Facebook.
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I have to come on here every day or I get withdrawal symptoms. TAS gets looked at before Facebook.
:D too right!! :D
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Me too, forgot to berate Rosemary for taking over my life when we met for lunch today! ;D ;D ;D
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I have never really been one for online forums or groups,I am not anti social! ;) However,when I started with my smallholding I did join one forum and it was the worst nightmare of a site even though there is good information upon there,they have power crazy moderators and some even put me down because of my suggestions were not in keeping with their beliefs-I was so wound up,I ended up showering one with a very bad hail of Tourettes! and I am quiet and shy normally (yeah right!)
I came on to this forum-and was a little nervous to start with,but I have to say,this has to be the most warming site,everyone here on TAS treats you with the utmost respect and I would not have made it with my smallholding today if it were not for the incredible amount of valuable information from this site alone.
Due to the info on TAS,I have 110% husbandry record,everything has gone so smoothly,from keeping my chickens and pigs and the allotments.-(Though I would like to talk more about Geese and ducks :D)
Thank you Dan & Rosemary for building the site and making it somewhere special to go,and Thank you all for your continued support,advice and friendship :wave: :love: :thumbsup: xxx