You know, watching the Peter Jackson's trilogy on DVD in an air-conditioned room with a cool drink could be a great summertime activity. You then would be able to post in the SbS.
Note that the activity at the Downs is surely seasonal, though I have no real numbers or graphs to back that up. One way to increase activity is to
post.
Now, I know that that sounds obvious, but sometimes what you need to do is add to the discussion, and that
something that you've written catches another's eye, and then s/he responds, then someone else jumps in...
Like what's going on in this thread.