Something I have been very curious about for a long time is this...........

I sometimes get as many as 70 visitors recorded on my profile in a day. Yet I get very few blog comments. Ok, one could say that perhaps my blog posts are boring and therefore no one is interested in commenting, but I don't believe this to be quite true in the case of every single person that visits my profile.

I get comments from those in the blog ring but very seldom from other Yuku members however well they know me, and yet I get many comments left in my comments/guest-book block. This means that people are sticking around long enough to read.

I have my latest blog post on the front of my profile so it isn't as if someone needs to click another button to enter my blog yet they do have to click to enter my comments/guest-book.

I played on blogger and also had a blog on blogger for a long time, and all would nip around any and all blogs and posting comments as...

I have just come across the absolute worst message board/profile/blog system ever.

The system is Multiply.

I thought I would take a toodle over to see what it is all about as I haven't long come across the name of Multiply. I first of all took a virtual tour, but we all know how these type of systems bum themselves up and once one has registered and had a play the reality of the system compared to the way it advertises it's self are usually totally different.

I had first clicked on a few profiles, blogs and what have you but you know even on Yuku it's pot luck for a visitor and maybe would be member to land on a fun, creatively styled profile or a basic Yuku blue with the barest of content. Landing on a basic profile doesn't really give a visitor any idea what can be achieved with the profiles and blogs here. Those that I clicked on, over on Multiply, I wasn't at all impressed with so decided to create a profile just to see first...

Sometimes I get a little, let's say frustrated, with some people's thoughtlessness, or shall we say selfcenteredness.

I have many visitors to my Profiles & Blogs Tips & Tricks board, which is great. There are also a heck of a lot of people now using some of my findings of gadgets widgets and ideas, which is brilliant. And many now are making full use of their profiles which is the whole idea of my board.

When I see a new face on the board I always go over to see how they are building up their profile and am delighted when I see how much people are taking advantage of the bits of information I do have on my board.

I have been finding though that some of those people may also have a gadget, widget or and idea on their profile that I haven't come across and therefore isn't part of my board's collection.

What annoys me is the fact that I have asked on the board that if one finds anything of interest out there in the way of...

Today the big topic on the radio is whether here in Britain we should make it a criminal offence to smoke in front of Children.

Already smoking in front of a child can be used as an extra in evidence in a child abuse case as can piercing a child's ears, even though both are perfectly legal.

The experts want to push through a new law to make it a criminal offence to smoke in front of a child. The first couple of times caught being a heavy fine, the third being a short prison sentence.

But they also want to encourage friends, family and neighbours to inform on anyone they see smoking with the children in the same room.

Now for some that are totally against and believe the reports on passive smoking I can hear say, "so it should be", but if this is allowed to happen some social workers that feel strongly about it will soon be using it as a means to take a child away from their home and I can see the law being written to allow...