Not sure where this question should go but looking through old threads here I kept seeing references to the 'other place'. Where is it?
It's a bit of an 'in joke'. :)
Here, most probably:
https://ngrm-online.com/index.php?/forums/ (https://ngrm-online.com/index.php?/forums/)
Ah, is that it? Is it any good? I tried to join over a week ago and still get a page saying they have sent an email to validate my application. They haven't sent an email.
If it isn't worth the bother I won't press it.
The group here have been very helpful.
A number of people echo their posts to both places so you may be getting most of what you find most relevant. However, there is a lot of other good material too, particularly on general model making technique and prototype, trade and other matters. It covers a much broader range of interests so clearly some will be of less relevance to 009. I think there is some reorganization taking place so that may be the source of the delay.
The other place can also refer to RMWeb, though for narrow gauge NGRM is much better. As Graeme says the members over there cover a much wider set of interests, there's also a lot of members from abroad. Most of the regulars on here are also members over there. Try again and if you get no joy message me and I'll give the admin a nudge!
If you could nudge them for me, please.
I've gone through the process twice now and no email to confirm received and no replies to the contact requests.
Cheers.
PM sent to you.
There is also the facebook group that I like as well. It is a lot easier to post photos on the facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/009RailwayModellers
Rumour has it that the 009 Society also has a presence on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube...
David.
Quote from: clayliner on January 08, 2021, 09:37
Rumour has it that the 009 Society also has a presence on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube...
David.
Facebook page is The OO9 Society but I cannot find anyway to pin it to my shortcuts.
Twitter I don't do and there is some lovely stuff on YouTube but often too long for my attention span :)
Quote from: Hobby on January 08, 2021, 09:12
PM sent to you.
That was the email I found this morning, I think?
Thanks for the help.
Yes, I've been known to call ngrm-online "the other place" (it's a tad like how The Lords refer to the Commons <grin>)
There is a lot more activity in the other place, but then they do cater for _all_ ng scales no just "ours"
I, too, "like" (follow?) the mentioned faceborg group. the big difference with faceborg is trying to find old posts - although I have been told there is a way to search. Yes, putting images in fb is easier than either here or the other place - most people here use a photo hosting site (I have used flickr and (latterly) imgur)
I have entered "the other place".
Thank you all for the help.
Will we ever see him again??
:D
QuoteRumour has it that the 009 Society also has a presence on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube...
Indeed!
Here we are on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/009Society (https://www.facebook.com/009Society).
Also twitter: @009Society
and Instagram: 009society
But unlike this forum or 'the other place' these platforms just serve to expose our society to the public. (And they are not the place for members to go for insider society information. In other words, members will never miss anything critical by not bothering with them.)
At the moment we post:
- A monthly blurb showing off selected article from the NEWS.
- A monthly 'banner' photo of a member's layout, with links to the members' layouts section of the Society website (https://009society.com/news/member-layouts-gallery/?v=3943d8795e03 (https://009society.com/news/member-layouts-gallery/?v=3943d8795e03)).
- Links to members' videos on "The 009 Society Video Channel" YouTube channel (UC9KI_Im8sktURjUg1mxNBwg (http://uc9ki_im8skturjug1mxnbwg)).
And in better times we post announcements about upcoming exhibitions that feature Society members.
All of this is done for the Society which means it is done for Society members. Please let me know if you would like your layout or a video to be featured. And please send your ideas for better ways to promote the Society on social media.
Tom
(email: socialmedia@009society.com)
The following is the opinion of the author, and not of this station...:)
Yes, FB is easier to post pics, so people can show the "Hey, look what I did" (and if they are into getting lots of "likes", they post the same thing of more than one group/page.
For the "How do I...?" and and "This is how I did... type discussions, it's a poor second to a forum or even a email group.
And yes, I've used the Search feature at times. The results are not often a pretty picture LOL
As for "the other place", yes, there is a lot of useful general info, but finding just 009 subjects is hit or miss, since the re-do. Back then, there was a section decided into subsections, for the various scales/gauges.
Each to his or her own.
Jim F
Horses for courses... Although the Society "covers" my interests according to their blurb the stuff I model is a "minority interest" within the Society. As such there is a lot more of interest over there than on here. As you say they did have a 4/3.5mm section but it was removed by the owners and the stuff transferred into the relevant sections, I think because the owners wished the forum to be what it's title suggests, to encompass all narrow gauge interests and not specialise in just one part and the change was made to encourage that. Whether that was a good thing I'm not convinced but it's water under the bridge now. As I'm a regular visitor (on both forums) I just use "see unread topics" on both forums and it's easy enough to tell on NGRM if the subject is 009 or not. If I was desperate I'd use the search function but I haven't had the need.
I find NGRM much better simply because it brings together modellers of many scales and their interests often overlap with mine allowing an exchange of information, the information on prototypes on NGRM is much better, for instance, because of that. TBH I find it's better to be a member of both, that way I shouldn't miss anything...
FB has it's uses, mainly for me to keep in touch with goings on in the countries who's trains I model (with a lot of use of the translate app!), the Society and NGRM FB pages I tend to ignore.
Funnily enough on NGRM "the other place" is used mainly to refer to RMWeb!!
Quote from: Hobby on February 21, 2021, 17:00
Funnily enough on NGRM "the other place" is used mainly to refer to RMWeb!!
:)
I haven't been there (RMWeb) for years.... It's a bit like the Wild West. :)
Quote from: hughn on February 22, 2021, 09:05
Quote from: Hobby on February 21, 2021, 17:00
Funnily enough on NGRM "the other place" is used mainly to refer to RMWeb!!
:)
I haven't been there (RMWeb) for years.... It's a bit like the Wild West. :)
Would agree - I found too many nit-pickers there as well so I resigned . ::)
Should be alright posting on "the other place" unless you mention one of the banned subjects which could result in you being banned. I'm not exactly sure what is a banned subject there but probably includes mentioning the rip-off cost of H.