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Night In Wight Satin
Join Date: May 2000
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There are about 100 or so regular visitors to the Downs, and for their sake and the sake of the long history of the forum, I just can't let the barrow slip away without a fight.
I am going to try to figure this issue out. I will be purchasing and installing an upgrade to the forum software, which should solve the problems. We've upgraded before with success, so we should be able to do so again. Here are the factors involved in the upgrade: - It costs $209. I'm paying for it, but if anyone cares to chip in, please PM me and we'll figure something out. Donations will be greatly appreciated, but they are completely voluntary. - I've got two other projects taking a lot of my time this weekend, so it may take me several days to actually get things working correctly again. - My web maintenance skills have deteriorated so much, I may not be able to figure our how to install the upgrade (unlikely) - The upgrade might not fix the problem, or might make it worse (very unlikely) Please reply to let me know if it's worth the time, money, and effort. It is to me. The Barrow-Downs has been around in one form or another since 1998, and I enjoy it every day, even if my participation nowadays is kicking a handful of spammer accounts a day. Let me know what you think by replying here, and PM me if you are interested in helping financially. Thanks! BW
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
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This place has really become so much a part of my daily routine, its absence would make me feel like Frodo after the Ring's destruction.
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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Great quote, Inzil!
The Downs has been too much a part of my life these last ten years for me to want to see it disappear this way. It has led me on to Oxonmoots, to the Tolkien Society and Return of the Ring, and perhaps more significantly to various moots with other Downers across three continents and several oceans. It has inspired one book--Music in Middle-earth--and there's quite possibly another forthcoming. There's still enough wraiths floating around to make it habitable. Count me in and see the PM.
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I would be incredibly sad to see this site go. It has been and still is the source of a huge online group of friends and I don't think our connection would be the same without it.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2004
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Child of the West
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn
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I'm not on here half as much as I would or half as much as it deserves, but goodness gracious this place is important to me. I will be celebrating 10 years on here in December. That is longer than I've cared for anything the internet has put out there. A PM is forthcoming
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
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Sage & Onions
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Britain
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In a hole in t'internet there lived a Barrow-wight. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms, an oozy smell, flamers and trolls, nor yet a dry, bare sandy Leggie-fangurl-infested hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was the Barrow-Downs hole, and that means comfort.
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
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The Downs is kind of a home to me. No matter where I've lived or stayed, and how cozy or unpleasant it's been, the Downs has been an extra room (or wing, actually) that I could enter.
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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I love this place so much but I am totally broke at the moment until the house sells... but if it can weather this storm I will make sure I will have something put aside for the next one....
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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Dread Horseman
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Behind you!
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We have weathered some rocky transitions before. I'll help as much as possible with the upgrade/reconfig, but like you, my fu has atrophied considerably.
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Wisest of the Noldor
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I can probably help out.
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Desultory Dwimmerlaik
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat.....
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~ BW ~
If you put in the time and effort, it's worth the money to me. ![]() PM sent your way...
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Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside. |
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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla
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This community has given me so much I really should give something back. I'll contribute what I can. PM arriving your way any time soon.
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I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... |
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The Sweetest Spoiler
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly
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Even for those of us who mainly hang out in Mirth, it would still be quite a blow to see our lovely site gone. This place has been so good to me, and I've "met" so many wonderful people through it, that I'd be a horrible person not to help in any way I can. A PM is headed your way, my dear sir.
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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Mighty Quill
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Walking off to look for America
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The Barrow-Downs has been a safe and fun place for the past five years for me. I don't have a lot of money, but I will help out any way I can to save the Downs. I have met so many wonderful people here who are now my friends, indeed, some of them are very good friends. If the Downs were to be lost, part of me would also be lost. Off to PM.
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Even though this is my first post in a while, and I don't come on here very often anymore, knowing that it's here whenever I want to show up or to look back on old threads, is comforting to me. This site means a lot to me, and I definitely don't want it to go away! (also PMing right now)
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Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin
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Night In Wight Satin
Join Date: May 2000
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Downers Deliver!
We have had a great response to my please for assistance. Thank you, everyone.
Master Thenamir has a potential fix that will require him to go deep into the subcellar of the barrow to kick some pipes and bricks. If he finds what's loose and sets it right, we may be able to un-depracate ourselves. If not, I'll be contacting everyone who is PMing me and let you know how you can help.
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I'm rarely here these days and have no idea what this deprecation nonsense is, but I'm willing to help out if I can. Give me a shout if you need a spare pair of hands (I have them in three sizes and all major species).
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Night In Wight Satin
Join Date: May 2000
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I've bought the upgrade software but can't figure out how to install it safely. But I thought I'd at least let you know i am really working on it.
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Outstanding. I'll send techie-type harmonic vibes your way.
Please let us know how to help with the cost!
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
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Ditto. Just tell me where to mail the money.
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Wight
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio. Believe it or not.
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So where did everybody go? This place was quite lively a yer ago.
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Don't believe everything you read on the interwebs. That's how World War 1 got started! |
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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You tell us... I haven't been anywhere...quieter yes due too various rl issues and not wanting to be the one who knocks the Pan Man orf his perch..but here...
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
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In addition to what Mith said, I think there's a general "wait and see" stance from a lot of folks in anticipation of the forum upgrade.
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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I check in every day but RL eats up much of my free time to post. I do have some ideas for threads that, once spring gardening season concludes, might bloom here.
Please let me know, BW, how I can contribute to the software. *gently nudges, nay, even elbows, The Squatter of Amon Rûdh*
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Aurë entuluva!
![]() Back up and running, I see. And not deprecated! Well done, BW!
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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Kudos!
And thank you!
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Everlasting Whiteness
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Well done tech wizards! And thank you.
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Dead Serious
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Hoom, hom! We Huorns (and Hurons--I went to misspell them at first) add our gratitude to the active Ents for rescuing our forest.
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Night In Wight Satin
Join Date: May 2000
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After a month of staring into the abyss, I finally handed the tools to Thenamir, who promptly fixed the barrow in about 15 minutes. We are all in his debt, and all praise should be directed his way.
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Sage & Onions
Join Date: Aug 2002
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I saw the whiteness and deprecation and thought
'Oh no! Is this it? Is it all suddenly gone?' ![]() Then checked back later and Thenamir's fixed everything ![]() For he's a jolly good fellow, and so say all of us
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Three cheers to Thenamir!
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
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Long live Thenamir! Praise him with great praise!
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Long li- er, death to the 'Downs and all who had their hands in saving it!
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
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I can see pretty much everything.
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Spectre of Capitalism
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Battling evil bureaucrats at Zeta Aquilae
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It was my pleasure and privilege to work for such a worthy cause...how could anyone let such jolly good fellowship die such an untimely death? No, wait, we're all dead here already...ummm...to resurrect such a wonderful...no, 'resurrect' means to bring back to life...ah heck, it's working again, and now we can all rest in peace. Glad I could help!
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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Best deathday present ever after a couple of anxious days otherwise offline watching grids on my Kindle.... nine years dead is not long enough
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