I have a friend that was trying to join. Are you accepting new members?

Not at the present time, Paul.  This is the message visitors see when accessing the forum:


Due to an extremely high volume of traffic this month, for the time being only registered cousins are allowed to access this forum.
Please login below or click -here- to register an account with Dark Shadows Forums.

We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.[/i]

I wish I could tell you how soon all the issues will be resolved so that we can again accept new memberships, but I do know it'll be January at the latest.  I can message you when registrations are reopened.

Thanks, guys.  And Raineypark, you're too funny.  Ah, Brooklyn-- birthplace of hot dogs AND the Dodgers, woo!  BTW, how come NY hot dogs taste so good?  Unless it's something I don't want to know...

Good catch, LoveAtFirstBITE!!!

Carolyn saw her own tombstone when she fell victim to the dream curse, and it showed she would die that year.

As to why it was in 1897, I can only guess that the set designer never in his wildest dreams thought we'd have video capture software in 2002 not to mention that we'd be watching it on cable or discussing it on computers.

Do we have the address for snail mail for the sci-fi chanel?  I would not mind dropping them a line.

Me too, Birdie, but I wasn't able to find their snail mail address.  That's not to say it's not on scifi.com, but all I came across were email addys and phone numbers.  I feel like such a failure, LOL.  I hoped someone it handy, or maybe another pair of searching eyes will have better success on their website?

I did, however, find this in their FAQ and thought it was interesting:


Why did you change the time slot of my favorite show?

We alter our schedule quarterly, with big changes tending to happen in 1st Quarter (January) and 4th Quarter (October).

The reason it was moved is the same reason it was scheduled where it was in the first place, namely ratings. A program is scheduled in the hopes of getting good ratings and of helping the shows around it get good ratings. A show is given a new timeslot in the hopes of raising either its ratings overall, raising the new timeslot's ratings, or raising new timeslot's ratings -- and hopefully the ratings of the shows around those time slots. Sometimes a change can result in lower ratings but still be the right thing to do.

For example, say a show called "Intergalactic Space Ninjas" aired Mondays at 8pm and was moved to Sundays at 10am. There's little chance it could get higher ratings in its new slot, but if the new Monday night show gets a higher rating, and "Intergalactic Space Ninjas" gets a higher rating than the show it replaced, the net result is better ratings for the network as a whole.

Keep in mind that no show has a "natural" or "rightful" time slot.[/i]

C_S,

I realize the comment was made to you on the forum, you've expressed how you feel about it, and now if there's any more to be said about it by either of you I ask that you do it off the boards.  PLEASE, or the comment will be removed, and the person making it may find herself muted on the forums.

The subject of VAM's comment has been settled, so anything else that needs to be said about it can be taken off the forum.  Thanks!

This is just a friendly reminder for everyone that when you're making a joke, can you please make it obvious that it's a joke?  Readers don't have the benefit of seeing how you look when you're saying it, and unless you're Jerry Seinfeld it's not a good idea to assume that everyone will know it's a joke simply because you're the author.  We've had some problems on the boards that began as simple misunderstandings.

Also, consider feelings and reputations before you click "Post".  Nobody likes to have their messages removed, and the mods would prefer to never have to remove any.

And now that I've said this, please don't make me eat my words by going overboard, LOL.

John and Gianni (oops, didn't mean to be redundant), I hope you both decide to attend next year!