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Subject: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Rustic Rebel Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:02 PM Today is the anniversary of my first post on Mudcat!(even if it's nothing day-Imagine that!) I have been with you good people ONE Year! I have to say this has been a really fun year, getting to know people from around the globe, learning a lot of music and BS along the way! Love ya! So, this is my first post- It was to the thread called, 'Mamma told me not to chew' He forgot to chew, now he's turnin' blue Seeing fog, and stares from the dog. It was all to clear, if he had a beer, the pretzel wouldn't have clogged and George wouldn't have fogged! So, anyone want to help me celebrate in remembering your first post? Peace, Rustic |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: jeffp Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:22 PM Well, RR, you inspired me to look up my postings and I discovered that I've been here a little over 3 years now. Time does fly. I also found that I made my thousandth post in September. Meaningless milestones, but who cares? Glad you're aboard. jeffp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Bobert Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:24 PM 14 Nov. 01 was mine RR: "Ahh,... 'scuze me. I thought I was tunneling into another place. Where am I? Nice song, Jack the Sailor. You got my vote. What do you people do here, nayway? Just write songs? Taht's cool. I wrtie songs, too, but not on request. You all do this everyday? Or what? I tunneled in from a renegade blues site and thought I was just going out to get a little air and ended up here. If you see Tweed, don't tell him I was here or he's goinna duct tape me and take me back. I know he will. You see, it's Fall in Tweedsburg and my job is to collect thye fallen leaves and nail them back on the trees. So please, depot agent, tell him I went the other way... Ahh, nice song, Jack. Can I steal it? Just funnin' with ya, Popeye, I got more songs than gitfiddle at the moment." Hmmmmmm? Well, that was my 1st post a little over 14 months ago and I'm happy to say that rather than Tweezer comin' fir me, he's now a regular 'round here and I'z only half as worried about getting abductaped and taken back... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Ebbie Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:33 PM I just passed my third anniversary of my first post, January 3, 2000. I had been lurking for some time but when someone asked the 'Pacific Coast, Alaska and Hawaii' to check in, I couldn't resist. As McGrath would say, 'it's been quite a ride.' (Love the song, btw.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Amos Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:42 PM Bobert: I cannot believe it has only been 14 months you've been gracing this site!! You certainly added to the flavours around here!! It's been over 10,800 posts for me since I got lured into a thread in late 1999, entitled "Balls Cried the Queen...If I Had Two". To which I humbly added this contribution: And the King cried, "Give me land!". So the Queen kicked him in the nuts and replied, "How's that for a couple of acres?". And, from one point of view, it's gone downhill from there! Seriously I cannot imagine how deprived my life would be without the friends I have met here and the rich and wonderful discussions and other things I have found. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: artbrooks Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:46 PM It is almost 2 years (January 20, 2001) and over 1000 posts (1003) for me. My first post, in response to a request for a source for off-color songs to perform at the Texas Ren Faire, was: Look for a copy of a songbook called "Roll Me Over". This should take care of getting you kicked out of any number of Ren Faires. Will you be at Arizona Faire? (if this shows up twice-I'm new at it) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Rustic Rebel Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:47 PM But Jeffp, what did you post? Bobert and Amos, you both have me laughing out loud! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: RangerSteve Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:48 PM About two and a half years ago, I think, was when I joined. I created a thread looking for the lyrics to a song called "Willie the Spider". I still haven't gotten an answer. But, otherwise, it's been a very informative and fun time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: jeffp Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:54 PM Here it is. It was in response to a question from Banjer. What I generally refer to as a turnaround is a two- or four-bar instrumental phrase at the end of a verse (or chorus if there is one) which serves as an intro to the next verse. This allows the audience some time to absorb what has gone before and prepare for what's coming. It also allows me to catch my breath for more singing. I will frequently use the turnaround phrase as an outro of sorts, sometimes leading up to a "big finish(tm)" jeffp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Ed. Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:56 PM This was my first post. I've inadvertetly refreshed that thread. Sorry, I'm not on an ego trip here |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: open mike Date: 16 Jan 03 - 03:00 PM wow looks like i frst came here 16-Mar-00 and not again til 27-Aug-01 461 posts later err mske that 462... i am a wiser and less lonely person now!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Ebbie Date: 16 Jan 03 - 03:02 PM RangerSteve, according to google, Captain Kangaroo was one of those who did the song. The site gives only the beginning: "Then there was Willie the Spider, who had so many legs that by the time he tied all his shoes, it was time to take them off again and go back to bed. ... " If one kept digging, you might be able to find the whole song. (Including this post, I am now at the total of 3, 143!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: MMario Date: 16 Jan 03 - 03:21 PM RangerSteve - I find lots of references to Willie the Spider - and several drawings of him, but no lyrics. for me it was Sept 14 '98 - 13,505 posts ago |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Bat Goddess Date: 16 Jan 03 - 03:30 PM I just finished tracking the thread down. Katlaughing started it about Gravestone Symbolism. Jeri sucked me in, I mean, called it to my attention. I first posted on Aug. 3, 1999 as "Linn the Thanatolithologist" but by the end of the thread a couple days later I was Bat Goddess. And I just discovered (today was actually the first time I looked back at the thread, which I think I should print out for my scrapbook) that my fame had preceded me -- Catspaw (who this year was my Secret Santa) had already heard about my famous collection of rubber squid, which is, in fact, the largest collection of rubber squid in the state of New Hampshire. (It may also be the ONLY collection of rubber squid in the state.) And now, three and a half years later, I not only have a bunch of Mudcat friends, but the largest collection of squid JEWELRY in the state of New Hampshire. Guess everybody's gotta be famous for something. Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 16 Jan 03 - 03:50 PM My first post as a member was this one to a guitar geek thread on 03/07/01. I was going by "Boredatwork" at the time. Stupid name, so I changed it. Since this post was made, I have learned that the diameter of a string is spelled "gauge", not "guage". I have also learned that most guitarists around here know what "G.A.S." is without having to be told that it means "Guitar Acquisition Syndrome". I also now have two 12-string guitars, but I don't keep either of them in the tuning discussed here. Shambles, there is a way to make a guitar sound a lot like a bouzouki. Tune it (from low to high) CGCGCG. This tuning uses the same intervals as the common ADAD bouzouki tuning - just two semitones lower and with an extra string both above and below where the bouzouki stops. I actually prefer it to playing the bouzouki for a number of reasons. It is easier to reach the higher notes in many tunes because they fall in first position on the high G string instead of having to go up the neck on the bouzouki's high D. You can play many tunes in higher and lower octaves by just changing the string you start on instead of changing fingering positions. The bass notes add a dynamic that the bouzouki does not have. On the down side, guitar high E strings do not like being repeatedly taken up to G and then back down to E. A new 11 guage string will break after two trips. An extra guitar that can be dedicated to this tuning and strung with custom guage strings is a good idea. Also, not too many Celtic tunes are played in C so the first two frets are pretty much always on the wrong side of the capo. For most guitars, capoing at the seventh fret (key of G in this tuning) is about as far up as you can go without the heel getting in the way. So, tunes in A pose a problem. I solved the problem by buying a Wechter Pathmaker which is an acoustic double-cutaway on which the neck meets the body at the 19th fret. Capoing at the 9th fret is no problem (but it does get to sounding more like a mandolin than a bouzouki). I do occasionally tune my Guild 12-string to this tuning and it sounds remarkably like a bouzouki, but it usually involves a string sacrifice as I only have one 12. If I ever see a good deal on a used 12-string Wechter I'll doubtlessly succumb to another bout of G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome). Bruce |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Micca Date: 16 Jan 03 - 04:06 PM 1837!! since 11 October 99 my first was to a bumper stickers thread and read " A recent T-shirt (specially printed, one off) said in large letters "Error 404" and in smaller letters " the person you require is not available on this server, Piss off and annoy someone else" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Jack the Sailor Date: 16 Jan 03 - 04:30 PM I lurked for quite a while. I made up a new GUEST name for every post depending upon the subject. Then I registered with a variation of my name. My first post as Jack the Sailor was on "The Mudcat Hoser Tavern" thread, which is also where I first met my wife, CarolC. When I registered as JTS the system changed all of my posts as robdale to JTS. Rob Dale |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Tiger Date: 16 Jan 03 - 04:44 PM December '96 re: Bold Thady Quill It was post #909 on thread #111 - a while ago. A number of us are still here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: CarolC Date: 16 Jan 03 - 04:50 PM My first post was as a guest with my old Juno e-mail address on a thread about circus music... Date: 21 Jul 00 - 05:12 PM I'm looking for sheet music for the circus, particularly the european circus. Does anyone know where I can look? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Jan 03 - 04:54 PM This is post 17,792 and the first one was about 4 years ago relating to Open D tuning. I also looked for one that had merit or worthwhile information in it, but I couldn't find any. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Tinker Date: 16 Jan 03 - 05:43 PM I know I was around a month or two using the DT and lurking in the threads before I posted. The first thread I posted to was August 24, 2000. Blush, Blush it was a Catspaw thread Entitled "If you were an Exotic Dancer,part 2" One of those make up a name combining unrelated factors exercises. "Hmm... Lady Higher has possibilities ... Currently it would be Bubba Orange--" Tinker |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: katlaughing Date: 16 Jan 03 - 05:55 PM If Spaw's up to 17,000, I must be close behind. About four years ago this past December, around the same time he came here, as well as a few others, including Rick Fielding and, I think, Lonesome EJ. My first posting was looking for lyrics for my dad and I cannot remember which song it was. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: leprechaun Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:41 PM The oldest one I've found for leprechaun is 23 September 97. I may have had a few in my real name prior to that, but who can remember that far back? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Alice Date: 17 Jan 03 - 12:50 PM I am now up to my post number 4,708. My first recorded Mudcat post was this: It was in response to a person looking for lyrics and music to The Honest Irish Lad. She was looking for it for her dad before he passed away from brain cancer. Martin Ryan posted the lyrics. 08 Jul 97 Kelly Jo, I thought I recognized this, but can't find it in my library or in a short search for it. Hope you find it for your dad. Can anyone else out there help? Alice, Montana |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: khandu Date: 17 Jan 03 - 01:15 PM My first post was in Aug. 2000. I was looking for lyrics to some song which Pene Azul quickly responded. I was quite impressed! But that was as "GUEST khandu" As "khandu" I have made 886 post, 660 of them within the past year. But, I posted a bunch of times "cookieless" and I have not bothered to see that list. It was Pene Azul's quick and very nice response that kept me coming back. So...blame him!! k |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: John Hardly Date: 17 Jan 03 - 01:17 PM 24 Sept '00 Hi moonjen, Since you're not getting much response yet from those who really know, let me give you some stuff you can do, right now, on that beautiful new Larrivee, to illustrate to yourself some of the questions you asked. Tune your low E down to D. If you don't have a slide find some household tool that's smooth metal yet small enough to hold in your hand and straight enough to barre across at least 3 strings (I have a wrench in my hand that works fine). Got those alaska picks on? Put your capo on the 2nd fret(only 'cause that puts one of the chords you can use right where the neck meets the body--easy to find that way). Now with your right thumb playing only on the open base string hit three beats with your thumb then with three fingers sound the D,G,&B strings and as you do slide the bar up to the 7th fret--it will complete a D chord. Alternate your thumb and fingers to taste--you should find a pleasing recipe that tastes something like a blues lick. Next try sliding back two frets, always plucking the strings with your fingers before you slide to the next position. Try the long slide up to the G (that's the one I mentioned you'd find where the body meets the neck) you'll notice as you slide around on those three chords you can keep a steady rhythm going with your thumb still on that Low D. Just playing with it that way can get hypnotic. Another illustration of sliding without a slide. Y'know "It Ain't Me Babe"?--VERY cool in Drop D. the same thumb and substitute your baby finger (reinforced with your ring finger) for the slide. Try to figure out the song with these chords (in order) 0X777X this you slide into-it's the only slide 000222 222000 440222 555433 777655 010033 000232 This gives you the chords in the order though obviously you repeat them. I think you can figure out from the sound of them where they go in the song. (also sounds good w/o the slide with just a regular D) especially nice is that F#m with the open G string. If this exercise doesn't move you, pick up your Gibson that's open tuned and using that slide play "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" by ear. INSTANT SLIDE BLUES. Hope this gives you something to try until the real players show up! Happy Playing, John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Morticia Date: 17 Jan 03 - 01:37 PM mmmm,2,667 starting on 19-12-99 with a couple of Irish drinking salutations......nothing new there then |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: vindelis Date: 17 Jan 03 - 09:19 PM 25 March 2000, with a reply to "who's eating my 'Cookie'". At that time I thought they were American biscuits. "Two countries divided by a common language" said a certain British Prime Minister. There are other threads that proove him to be correct. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 17 Jan 03 - 10:38 PM Click the names - review the postings. It is all the same - give up your boastings.
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Benjamin Date: 17 Jan 03 - 11:54 PM This was my first post. It still holds true to this day! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Mark Cohen Date: 18 Jan 03 - 12:28 AM This is #2315 for me. #1 was in February 1999: "In 1981 or so I taped some folk music from WXPN in Philadelphia, including a wonderful English song about young factory workers that started, "Come on lads and bring your toolbag, keep your eyes peeled, use your head" and ended "Keep your range in decent order for the lads on shift tonight." A few years later I wrote a song to that tune, called "Turn the World Around", but I've lost the tape and only recall fragments of the original song. I was once told the tune originally went with a hymn. Anybody know the song and its history?" True to Mudcat form, alison popped back 15 minutes later with a link to Ian Campbell's "Apprentice Song" in the Digitrad. There then ensued a wonderful discussion of spanners and other assorted old tools. I've just refreshed the thread because one of my questions was never answered. Aloha, Mark (Now let's see, figure an average of, say, 15 minutes per post, that makes...uh, OK, let's not go there.) By the way, for those who don't know how to find their first post: 1. Go to any thread you posted to and click on your name at the top of your post. You'll see a numbered list of your most recent posts. 2. If you've posted more than 200, the button at the bottom of the first screen will say "Next 200 of X posts", X being your total. 3. Scroll down a bit more and click on the button that says "Posts Starting with Oldest." With any luck, your first post will be at the top of the list. 4. If you don't have a DSL or cable connection, make yourself a cup of tea or find some useful work to do during this process. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jan 03 - 12:52 AM Geez, Mark, thanks! I hadn't tried that particular function of the "new and improved." So...anyway, my first time at Mudcat I was looking for lyrics for dad but didn't have to post as I found them. It was for the Preacher and the Bear. My first actual posting was this: It's "Roaming in the Gloamin" My dad used to sing this. Actually, at 81 1/2 he still "entertains the old folks" at nursing homes with it and others. My mom has it on an old 78 record. I know the tune, but don't have it written down. could probably pick it out or ask Dad if he knows of a written version of the tune. let me know by email what would be helpful okay? Dad will be 86 this May and I am happy to report he is still entertaining the old folks. He also still really enjoys hearing about Mudcat and all of you! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Joe Offer Date: 18 Jan 03 - 03:01 AM Well, Click here if you want to see my first - 5 January 1997. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: JennyO Date: 19 Jan 03 - 04:38 AM I'm still pretty new on Mudcat, but having checked my postings as a member and as GUEST,JennyO since 2 Dec. '02, I have already clocked up 164 posts in 49 days - that's better than 3 a day! By my calculations, if I keep that up, I should hit 1000 by about the end of October! My first one, as a guest, was on "Songs not to sing in nursing homes" - 'What about "me 'usband's got no courage in 'im". And there was a line in a song which went "I never knew what day it was..."' My first one as a member, on 17 Dec, was on "What would you have done differently?" - 'Well said, Coco. It's never too late. Nothing to stop me brushing up on the fiddle now! This is my first post as a member.YAY!!!!!!' Now all I have to do is figure out how to keep on spending this much time on Mudcat, and still have time for "REAL LIFE". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Celtic Soul Date: 19 Jan 03 - 07:20 PM Man... I have no clue what my first post was, nor when it was. I tend not to think in quite so precise a linear fashion. I do remember the one when my sister finally figured out who I was, though! hee! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Rustic Rebel Date: 20 Jan 03 - 12:58 AM Hi Celtic, I looked for you. June, 29 '01- You were introducing yourself as a new member and looking for a song called, "Heave yo ho!" I think this has been an interesting thread. Many different threads in one, including some music lessons! Maybe we will have to award someone with the most posts the- "poster, boaster of the year award" Eh, Gargoyle? Peace, Rustic |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: simon-pierre Date: 20 Jan 03 - 01:22 AM It must be three years ago, around january, to ask lyrics of a song that was aleardy in the DT... (newbie....) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Gloredhel Date: 20 Jan 03 - 02:59 AM My first post as a member was 8 August '01, but I posted once before that as a guest on a thread about An Phaistin Fionn. I was serious for a while (yeah, like four posts!) but I drifted somewhere along the way. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: catspaw49 Date: 20 Jan 03 - 06:51 AM Rustic Rebel, much to garg's displeasure, kat and I still are at the top in number of postings with kat at 17,204 and me at 18,001. Garg would also argue that 995 of ours are completely worthless (if not 100%). This is about the same percentage for him too(:<)) Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: GUEST,Yarnspinner Date: 20 Jan 03 - 10:55 AM My first post was as Yarnspinner. Can I access that? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: JennyO Date: 20 Jan 03 - 11:00 AM You can now, cos I just did. I found 09 May 00 "what music is in your car stereo" Just click on your name from the post you just put on. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: CarolC Date: 20 Jan 03 - 11:14 AM This is Yarnspinner's first post as Yarnspinner. Patrick Skye lyrics 16 Oct 99 Hi all. I'm a newbie, so don't yet know protocol. Looking for lyrics to a 60s-era tune by Patrick Skye, called "Love Will Endure". I realize it's a reach, but all tips appreciated. Thanks. What a fine site. -yarn If someone has posts as both a guest with their member name, as well as posts under their member's cookie, in order to see them all, you have to do this: Go to the "Quick Links at the top right of this page or the forum home page. In the drop down menu, select "Old Adv. Forum Search" (you have to scroll down a bit to find it). Hit "Go". In the new page that appears, type the name or a fragment of the name you're searching for in the box next to the words "user name". Hit "Search". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: JennyO Date: 20 Jan 03 - 11:26 AM Hmmm. Didn't occur to me that Yarnspinner would have posts as a member earlier than posts as a guest. Must have lost his/her cookie for a while. Actually I lost mine for a couple of minutes today when I went to the quick links and accidentally clicked on log off instead of the one below, mudchat. Fortunately it was easy to get it back. Jenny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: CarolC Date: 20 Jan 03 - 11:34 AM I think Yarnspinner's first post may have been made in the time before the GUEST feature was installed in the Mudcat. At that time, everyone had to type their name in a box above the text box every time they posted, and there was no GUEST in front of it. There are a lot of posts of that type. I'm not sure exactly when the member cookie feature was installed, but I think it was sometime between December 1999 and June 2000. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: JennyO Date: 20 Jan 03 - 11:55 AM Well, sometimes they take a bit of tracking down, don't they! I found when tracking mine down, that as well as ones under JennyO and GUEST,JennyO, there were two under GUEST,Jenny O. The gap between the Jenny and the O, meant that it wasn't recognised as the same person. What I didn't understand, was that there was a third one in there, on the same page as the other two that was GUEST,jenny o, which was years old, and in fact wasn't me. I've only had a computer since November! Maybe the system doesn't distinguish between capitals and lower case? Jenny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: JennyO Date: 20 Jan 03 - 12:04 PM Actually I just checked them again and the one that wasn't me was GUEST,jennyo on the list with all the ones that were GUEST,JennyO - both without the gap. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Brakn Date: 20 Jan 03 - 06:20 PM 188 as "brack&" (14-May-98) and 527 as "brakn". 715 posts in total. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: GUEST Date: 20 Jan 03 - 06:29 PM Something of a shame that Catspaw's 'efforts' were seen as more important |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Bill D Date: 20 Jan 03 - 11:52 PM 1st post was Nov. 13, 1996, in thread 129 (replying to request for lyrics to "San Antonio Rose").....first post AS Bill D was Jan 9, 1997, in thread 462... this is # 7294 or so.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Your first post on Mudcat From: Wolfgang Date: 21 Jan 03 - 07:01 AM 5 June 97, I posted the lyrics to The Atholl Gathering. Wolfgang |
