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Welcome to the Old-Fashioned Story Hour 📻
We want to hear your stories, in your own words. We know that we have great story telling members on TGN that are hiding in their beautiful gardens or in lush forests! Considering, we are making a dedicated space available on our forum to build an audio collection of our member's unique stories from around the world. Our…
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Inexpensive, simple outdoor rocket stove
This is easy. I figure that it wouldn't take much more thought to convert this idea into an oven too...& maybe a smoker? It would be handy for those hot summer days or nice to possibly warm up by in winter after skating or whatever. Here is a similar version with a few tips.
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Search Tips: Tags
Did you know that if you click on a tab under a post, everything with that tag will come up as if you searched that word? It should show everything with that exact tag.
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TUTORIAL: Inserting Media into a post
If you wish to insert/inbed a video* into your post, you use the icon that has two arrows surrounded by a box. You can find this at the bottom of the posting box. You will need to copy the url of the media you wish to include, and paste it into the box provided. Click Insert. *If you want to insert a video you have made,…
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TUTORIAL: Quoting a portion of a post
If you wish to quote a portion of someone's post, you can do so, and make it clear, by copying the portion you wish to quote, click on the paragraph symbol in the choices that show up at the bottom of your posting box, and click on quote, and paste your quote after the thick line that will then appear in your post. It will…
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Tutorial: Adding Tags to a New Discussion
*A new discussion should have appropriate tags added by the original poster (OP) before pressing the save button.* I am posting this tutorial to give members instruction on how to include tags in a new discussion post. Tags are meant to help find a particular discussion more readily when a search is performed. 1. Just…
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DIY Vegetable Oils or Substitutes
I have been thinking on this for quite some time. If you can no longer get the cooking oils that you are used to using, what would you use? I bet most of us can't grow olive trees, and I don't know if pressing oil seeds to make oil is actually practical, even if you can grow them. I think I would try my best to use animal…
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TUTORIAL: Notifications
You can choose two types...by email or by in forum pop-ups, or choose both if you wish. 1. Go to your profile picture. Click it. You will see Edit Preferences. Click that. 2. Here you will see Notification Preferences. Listed are all the things you can get notifications for. There are two columns of boxes to check. One is…
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Another rainwater collection idea
Boy, this has a lot of graphics and info in it.
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TUTORIAL: PM (Private Messaging) & Notification Settings
Send a PM: 1. Click on your avatar picture in the upper right hand corner of your screen. You will see a drop down menu. 2. Click on the envelope symbol. 3. Tap on the little paper & pencil symbol. This will bring up a space to post a new message. 4. Type in your recipient's name. You will find suggestions of members name…
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Tutorial: Adding Tags to a New Discussion
I am posting this tutorial to give members instruction on how to include tags in a new discussion post. Tags are meant to help find a particular discussion more readily when a search is performed. 1. Just below the box where you type the post of a new discussion, there is a box that says "Tags" above it. Type a specific…
