note: my last blog was posted on the 18th october 2006 but was unable to be posted as an error occurred.

From analysing some of the messages posted on http://get-me.to/flatcapvw (as described in my last blog), I have copied a thread to introduce Bales Interactive Process Analysis.


King of ShatJoined: 26 May 2006Posts: 412Location: Cheesy peas Leeds
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: The thank god it's Friday thread....

Well, what are your plans for this weekend? I need some ideas hmmm....

I would class this as either 7.3 or a 9 as it is a blatent question, but seems like its on a personal level. The question has not been directed to anyone in particular, but has been left open as if to encourage anyone for an input.


Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject:

I'm celebrating! It's my birthday today (28) and i got promoted this morning too. Going to go out for a couple of beers tonight :-) then plumb in my bath and sink tomorrow :cry: T'other half is going to buy her wedding dress tomorrow :-D

This made me smile as soon as a read it. His first two words say it all really. "I'm celebrating". throughout this post, it includes emotional expressions such as ":-)" and ":cry:". Because of this, I would give this post a code 2 and also a 6.1 as it gives personal informtion about what he and his "t'other half"are planning.


Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:

Skello wrote:
"I'm celebrating! It's my birthday today and i got promoted this morning too. T'other half is going to buy her wedding dress tomorrow"

Happy birthday and congratulations. That post will take some topping. Nothing special for me. A mate is up from London so might get my first visit to Wagamama's as he is mental for Japanese food. Oh yes, nearly forgot, Jake is having a test drive in the morning so there is a chance that he'll be home this weekend. Fingers crossed. Norm
PS Had to take your age out of the quote, it was coming up as 2 and a smiley

This post is both informative and social-emotional in my opinion. He firstly congratulates skello and then states "That post will take some topping" implying that he is impressed with the plans of skello. This on its own would be a code 3 in my opinion. The rest of the post is giving personal information as well as topic-related information. Because of this, I would give it a code 6.1 and 6.3.



Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject:

Both those are impossible to beat... birthdays.. test drives.... Im......... wait for it........................... Mr DIY again.... getting sorted now put some leds up the stairs and they look great as coincidence im fitting the bath and sink.... going to friends for a chilly tonight._________________ Pete


This post by Pete shows passive acceptance and he concurs that the plans for the weekend cant be beaten. For this, I would code it as 3. Once again, probably because its all a related topic, he gives personal information in the post. so because of this, its another 6.1.
Although grammer hasn't been used to the best standard, Pete's information is easily understood, from a readers point of view.

Until next week.

One of my interests are VW Beetles. I bought my 1974 1303s in January 2006 and its been the center of my attention ever since lol. Its probably quite evident as most of my earlings from a past job at GE Money went towards it.
Because of this interest, I had a search on the internet trying to find a forum dedicated to them. Amongst my findings, I came accross a Leeds Volkswagen Collective website. The address for this site is: http://get-me.to/flatcapvw
This has been extremely useful to me over the past few months as its enabled me to communicate with fellow VW owners and inthusiasts about certain problems I've had since I bought the 'money pit'.
This website is more of a discussion board rather than a blog page.

Firstly, I'm a part of the myspace community which thousands and thousands of people are now a part of. It allows users to keep in contact with one another. I've spoken to a few fellow students about myspace and what it allows users to achieve. Some are fans and some really dislike the community. Some of them don't really appreciate it because they feel like its a waste of time building a page that you're only going to have the time to view once in a blue moon.
In some ways, this is true, unless you have already made time to search for friends and family who are a part of it.
Creating your page can be quite time consuming, but in my opinion, if you do take the time to get your page to how you want it, it can be quite enjoyable and beneficial, as it allows you to keep up to date with activities such as social events, birthdays and genaral 'chit chat'. It even allows personal blogs to be uploaded so that fellow users can view how you express yourself and add comments and personal views about certain topics.