Duffers on the Mudcat Forum.

Subject: RE: Duffers on the Mudcat Forum.
From: GUEST,Dr. Nick
Date: 28 May 02 - 01:05 PM

Some o' you duffers are in need of a humor transplant and a skin thickening.

Subject: RE: Duffers on the Mudcat Forum.
From: GUEST
Date: 28 May 02 - 01:15 PM

Amen to that! Abby Sale is one of the great humorists of Usenet folk. But I guess some folks really can't take a joke.

Subject: RE: Duffers on the Mudcat Forum.
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 28 May 02 - 01:17 PM

There's a Scottish kiddies' song with the line:

"Ye'll easy know a duffer".

Someone okease come up with it. If you can't I could probably hunt it down somewhere.

Subject: RE: Duffers on the Mudcat Forum.
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 31 May 02 - 04:21 PM

I started researching "Clare's Dragoons" for a DTSTudy thread. I found the words in the DT; in the DT mirror (with music); in Celtic Lyrics:Celtic-otter; & in the Prof's Trad Music pages. and in each case, the last line of the first verse included the name "C1are's Dragoons" (i.e. with a digital "1" in place of an "l")
Who is cutting and pasting from whom? as none of the pages give a cross reference!

Subject: RE: Duffers on the Mudcat Forum.
From: mooman
Date: 31 May 02 - 04:41 PM

In the couple of years I've been here, I've learned a lot, been able to help one or two people with information myself and have got to meet many dozens of charming and talented people in real life. This has all been through this supposed siteful of duffers and I suppose that makes me a duffer as well by the definition of people who know more about such things than I do.

I don't generally bother with the silly threads but there are a great many erudite and helpful ones. I don't agree that all the "serious" posters have left and some seriously good new ones have joined in recent months.

Best wishes to all,

mooman