Suggestions to improve Forum Activity

[Lady Arwen]

Dear Eoin, I did not mean to ruffle your feathers by adding "Lord" to your name. Please forgive me. Since you suggested it, why don't you start the Thread?

[Eoin]

M'Lady,

It ought to really be a subforum where people can immediatly go if the fancy takes them rather than finding it in General Chat or such. I don't have the power.

[tinywright]

Hi All

sorry not been around much lately, you see my Lovely wife died back in August and I haven't been very sociable, but getting back on track now.

Now then I cant see anything the forum needs, but I have to agree that the Roots and Stuff is a good idea, and feel it would need its own area to work properly.

I know its a bit late but, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all

[Lady Arwen]

Laird Rob, I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my heartfelt, but belated condolences. Life's a B...., but we got to keep going. Keep up the spirit. I never lost a spouse, but 1 year and 1 day after my my wedding, my mother died in Germany and that is exactly 18 years today. And I didn't find out about it for 6 weeks, because my sister send me a letter by regular mail from the Netherlands instead of calling me, and I never even been back to see her grave. But enough of my life's little vissisitutes. I am glad to see your face again.

Eoin, I will see what I can do about that Sub-Forum. If I can figure it out.

[Lady Arwen]

Let it be known to one and all, that there now is a Sub-Forum called "Roots and Branches", which I just created.

[tinywright]

Lady Arwen
thank you so much for you very kind words.

its been a rough road to travel, made worse by the fact that when my dear Lady was in Hospital, I myself was severely ill at home and bedridden, and so could not make it to her when she passed. but I take some consulation that she is not suffering anymore.

Thanks once again and tale care

[foist on my own petard]

As I recall, I first saw the expression "foist on my own petard" in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. I can no longer recall which individual Tale or which translation it appears in. At any rate, there seems to be a longstanding debate over whether the word is correctly spelled "foist" or "hoist," in this context. I understand the expression also appears in one of Shakespeare's plays. I was told that the expression means, "I accidentally stabbed myself with my own sword." Some people say "petard" denotes a gun, not a sword. Perhaps a Lord or Lady has some more information on this.

[Lord Venneman]

A quick perusal of various websites defines "foist" as:
1. to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually fol. by on or upon): to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.
2. to bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently (usually fol. by in or into): to foist political views into a news story.
The same site defines Petard as:
1. an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
2. a kind of firecracker.
Ergo, Foist by one's petard would mean introducing your own explosive to a situation? Of course, I have always heard the term as meaning you got caught up by a trap you set for others.

[foist on my own petard]

That's how I always understood it: Caught in my own trap.

[Laird Peter]

Hi this a great site, really alot good informaton on it but how about a notice board some where easy to find whats going on our land,changes & some where to arrange meeting when visting it could be called lochaber wall or notice wall just thought as when i was looking through it might make it easier to see whats going on

[Lord Christopher D]

Hi Laird Peter,
I like the idea of a noticeboard on the forum that could be regularly updated by the site administrators etc. "Lochaber Wall" would be a great title for it.
Regards,
Lord Christopher