Colin, as long as Jack allows it, then please post the link so we all can enjoy the fruits of your labor and learn from them. Maybe start a new thread in the proper section and fill us in on what has been going on with your building and the longer the post, the better as far as I am concerned, then it just means more to read and try to absorb which is sure better than not knowing.
As for not posting photos here, let us all hope the forum never crashes again and if it should get back to the posting of the old days, then maybe it will even expand, well lets hope so, as this was always a great forum with lots of great people on it and I know that I sure do miss reading yours and many of the other members posts about their lives in the Philippines. I sure hope to be seeing more posts daily so I and others will then know how you all are getting on with your lives.
The reason Jack allows a link to my site is because it has no members and I do not run a forum so is not in competition with this forum. A certain person in the past did accuse me of trying to steal members but that was, and still is, not true. I state clearly at the beginning that it is just information for family and friends. It gives me a lot more freedom to display the information the way I want it. In the past I have put some information on the forum with a link to more details on my site. I have not touched my site for some time, so I need to get back to it, tidy it, update it etc. Here is the link as the site stands at the moment
http://thephilippinejournal.wikifoundry.com/ There were problems in the forum in the past, which I won’t go into, but it did cause a lot of the early members to drop out, however, it has improved a lot and is now one of the best forums on the subject. When I was removed, I was generally p****d with whole thing so arranged for someone to delete me and I removed all the links to the photos. Some (most?) of my early posts remain but are attributed to ‘Guest’ and with no photos. To be honest, I am still wary of the power wielded by moderators etc, and the misuse by one member has made me reluctant to get too deeply involved, however, things have changed so I will reconsider.
Sorry for the long sermon, but I felt the need to explain how things stood with me and the forum.
I will follow Lee’s suggestion and produce some post to explain how we live and what we do here. Perhaps there should be a new section entitled something like ‘How we live here’

and encourage others that live here permanently to make contributions. I think this would be of interest to members still thinking of moving here and saying ‘what will I do when I get there’. Just swinging in a hammock drinking Red Horse served by a beautiful Filipina can get a little boring after a while
