The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

I got a notice that I am suppose to get my 4+ year membership badge, but no sign of it yet. I keep getting notices that I've been awarded trophies. Are trophies the same as the trophy points that show under my screen name?

Trophies are points. You can see them by clicking on members and then notable members.

The yearly badges have to be applied manually and it usually happens once a month. You will also get more trophy points at the year mark.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Interesting on the rocks/weeding. Many stones have been damaged by weedwackers, so you guys may be onto something.
As far as notating where the body is, a few years ago I never would have thought people didn't understand where, exactly, the body was buried. I've been accused of walking on people's graves, and while yes, I do (and you do, too) it isn't where people are thinking.
When you look at the printed part of a gravestone, that marks the head of the burial. The body is behind that stone (on the side usually without writing). At the end, especially in older burials, is a footstone. It's usually a little stone, mostly with initials on it. Sometimes they're real fancy and have additional information about the person, but mostly it's just initials. Many people think these are baby graves, but they're not. The footstone also faces out, so the body is in between the two stones where there's no writing. Footstones come out easily, and they're also a pain to mow around, and they often get pulled out and tossed somewhere in the back of the cemetery. The cemetery I'm currently working in has a pile of footstones in the back of one of back corner grave. Another mess to sort out.

 

[getaclue]

Trophies are points. You can see them by clicking on members and then notable members.

The yearly badges have to be applied manually and it usually happens once a month. You will also get more trophy points at the year mark.

Thank you, Ron.

 

[getaclue]

scg, talking about not knowing where bodies are buried, years ago, most of my family bought adjoining cemetery plots. My grandparents on my dad's side, his sister, uncles, aunts, are buried on one side of the family section of plots, and my grandmother on my mother's side was buried on the other side, with room for my grandfather, when he passed.

When my grandfather died, they opened his grave. Surprise! Someone was already in his grave. It was so old, it was an old hardwood carved coffin, with leather hinges. Back then, they did not keep good records, so it never got marked on the chart. We had to postpone, and reschedule his funeral, then figure out where to bury him. My brother gave up his plot, so my grandfather could be by my grandmother. Yeah, we walked on someone's body, but never knew it was there.

 

[chickadoodles]

Here you go...
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I missed this. Deb that is a wonderful job you did on this photo!

 

[perchie.girl]

I missed this. Deb that is a wonderful job you did on this photo!

Thank you.... I enjoyed it.

 

[ronott1]

Thank you, Ron.

The yearly badges have not been applied yet. My 5 year badge is not up but I do have the trophy points for it. I will see what I can find out. I know they are still busy working with the photos

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

So what are the trophy points for???
I haven't been able to find an explanation anywhere, but that's not unusual for me...Lol probably looking in all the wrong places

 

[getaclue]

I don't know, but I thought I read somewhere that they count "Likes" towards trophy points, and for now, you can click on an unlimited number of likes. That is why I keep encouraging everyone to click the Like button. On the old site, you could only click on a limited number of "Likes" a day, so please take advantage, in case they change it later, when they get the site fixed better.

 

[ronott1]

So what are the trophy points for???
I haven't been able to find an explanation anywhere, but that's not unusual for me...Lol probably looking in all the wrong places

I don't know, but I thought I read somewhere that they count "Likes" towards trophy points, and for now, you can click on an unlimited number of likes. That is why I keep encouraging everyone to click the Like button. On the old site, you could only click on a limited number of "Likes" a day, so please take advantage, in case they change it later, when they get the site fixed better.

Trophy points come from a bunch of things like posting an introduction on the new members forum, giving likes, getting likes, number of posts, number of years...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/help/trophies