aTOMiC wrote:As is my current circumstance I feel detached from the Watch. I had grown accustomed to freely posting before clocking in in the morning and again at lunch time but the restrictions of my phone make every post tiresome so being prolific is no longer possible.
I miss the good old days.

So you hear what he's saying, guys?
We are supposed to SET UP the kinds of jokes and threads where aTOMic can pop in with a perfectly-poised one-liners!
Speaking of setting people up in conversations...
Skyweir- the whole thing with when people drop in to say hi...
I think it would be cool if when we had visits from formerly-MIA Watchers, we would go find some topic CANNOT RESIST talking about...
...and bump the thread on that topic (if still current) with a thoughtful comment.
Or.. *deep breath* ...sometimes create a new thread in hopes that we can "build it and they will come." (back)
But... it might be a lot of trouble.
I mean, it wouldn't just be keeping track of what our friends' obsessions are, and what their favorite discussions on the Watch are/were...
...but also figuring out how to engage that topic.
(at this point in the post, I feel like a spammer trying to sell something - even if it's just an idea - so I'll stop now...)
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"