Steve in France

Hi Helen , what I liked about UKOasis was the level of knowledge and the concentration on plants , experiments and global plant input. The bit that put a lot of old members off was the chatty stuff and the bun fights because of the chatty stuff . There is a need for a high level board so one will emerge.
This board is the kind of high level that is needed and also Bambooweb .
When you have dedicated plant nuts talking plants you attract even higher level plant nuts talking plants and then it gets really interesting and the the learning curve can only go up , when you start chatting it becomes a chatroom and the only direction is down. I like chatting to people about all kinds of stuff but not online. Online I do plants because the more I learn the better I get at looking after living things . I also have made some firm friends online through the plant talk , they have become people I value highly and visit as often as I can given our global lifestyle. Three of these people are World class experts in there areas of interest, Paul Spracklin , Mark Buckley and James Knock . I love learning more than teaching and boy these guys have given me hours of learning experience over the years.
In the last cople of years I've learned a great deal from the specalist boards which have a more indepth look at plants I'm into , like the Musa boys and girls here or the true Bamboo Nerds like myself at Bambooweb.
I guess in the end if the knowledge is needed and the will is there ,on the web it will be found . I just don't do chat online , phone sure ,anytime.
Thanks
Later
Steve

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