Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 10:25 AM

ditto here, Steve

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 11:17 AM

Forgot to mention: I really wish Sourdough would come back, as well as SDShad.

Then, there's this guy, who is one of the most interesting people I've met here. Wonder what ocean he's under right now?

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 11:29 AM

I always appreciate when CatterPals let me know they are going to be away.

:~) One alternative--

In the Red Cross, one of my jobs was to process emergency communications for families of members of the Armed Services. One category of these command-authorized messages was "Health & Welfare." The criteria was, has the service member NOT been in communication within their regular pattern of frequency? Here's a message like the commanding officer would get for one of those:

"Service mother Lulabelle Whatisfolk requests H&W for serviceperson PFC Junior Whatisfolk SSN 000-00-0000. Service mother is concerned, and states serviceperson normally calls home monthly. Service mother reports last contact was March of this year. Service mother can be reached by return Red Cross message and by phone [phone]."

The CO receiving this will do two things--

1. Send for that person to personally deliver THIS message:
"PFC Whatisfolk! In WHY did you fail to call your MOTHER!"

2. Depending on Junior's answer, message back the status of the service member, such as:

"CO of serviceperson Junior Whatisfolk reports that serviceperson is alive and on active duty. CO has authorized phone home."

OR

If Junior tells the CO how COME s/he ain't been phoning home (sometimes Junior left home to get AWAY from bad people), then all they get might be, "CO reports that service member is alive and is on active duty."

Cuz in the military, it's generally expected that only an idiot fails to tend the homefire, and "Sir, I need to call home, please" is almost always honored, no questions asked, unless the unit is under fire or unless the serviceperson's morale is better served by severing ties.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Celtaddict
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 04:21 PM

If only you knew the CO of the 'Catters you wish to contact!
Gargoyle, I miss you. I can ignore vitriol as necessary, but your knowledge is a substantial addition and I am glad you are still involved at another level.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: kendall
Date: 21 Jun 04 - 05:05 AM

I'm with Jeri, time passes so quickly, I just don't notice.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Bert
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 01:43 PM

Hey Guys! I'm Baaaaack!!!

Thanks Mortidarlin' and Katmeluv for missing me. (and sod the rest of you) *GRIN*

It's a long dull story so I won't bore you with it.

It was heartbreaking to come back and find that Rick had gone. That bugger had promised to give me a guitar lesson. I hope, when my turn comes, that I go to the same place where he's gone to, 'cos when I get there I'm gonna hold him to that. Maybe it'll turn out to be a harp lesson though or even an accordion lesson but he just ain't gonna get away with leaving us like that.

Love to you all.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Celtaddict
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 01:52 PM

So, Bert, you figure they play harps in one place and accordions in the other?

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Amos
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 01:52 PM

Well, Bert!! How nice to hear from you after all this time!! I think of you often around here. I trust you're doing okay!


I've just made an MP3 of your favorite Pickle song. PM me with your email and I'll get you a copy!!


A

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 01:53 PM

Well then sod you too Bert m'dear!

:~)

~S~

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: catspaw49
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 02:04 PM

A pleasure to be sodded by you Bert even if I have missed you as well.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Bert
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 07:35 PM

Celtaddict, according to 'The Far Side' Cartoons they do. I guess Gary Larson never heard a melodeon.

Hey Amos, I sure will. I sing that song all the time and ALWAYS give you credit. The real bummer is that it gets requested a lot more than MY songs.

Hi WYSYLUV. Ill send you a PM and try to catch up a bit.

SPAW Y'ol bugger how in the hell are you? Missed you too y'ole fart.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 07:51 PM

And where is Masato? I occasionally get PMs asking for words to gospel songs. So far, I am batting zero. Normally, I'd just send them off to Masato, who could quickly give six variants of the song.

Come home, Masato! Puhleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze?

Jerry

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: GUEST,Guest-FoolestroupeIsNotHere
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 09:51 PM

Yea, The Fooles are not available at teh moment

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Jun 04 - 05:29 PM

Speaking of which, William Shatner hasn't posted here since yesterday! I'm worried.

Nice to hear from you again, Bert!

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Matt_R
Date: 28 Jun 04 - 08:14 PM

Ahhh I'm still around...playing guitar, expanding my CD collection (500+) and fixing cars for a living.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Amos
Date: 28 Jun 04 - 08:58 PM

Frankly, Little Hawk, I would prefer MUCH longer silences from your Shatnick, and much fewer, shorter ones from my old pal Mbo. The latter puts me in mind of pleasanter times before I ever was plagued by the former.

A

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Burke
Date: 28 Jun 04 - 09:36 PM

Jerry, Masato posted a message Today

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 28 Jun 04 - 10:35 PM

Thanks, Bert: Hey, everyone who want the lyrics to gospel songs.... Heeeeeeee's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Masato is de man!

Jerry

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Jun 04 - 12:58 PM

Nice to hear from you, Matt!

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 29 Jun 04 - 04:40 PM

Hesperis: I missed you! I haven't posted as frequently as I usually do but i plead busy, busy and also being a bad Irish Sergeant. But I did get my fizz on local tv over the weekend. Neil

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: GUEST,sorefingers
Date: 29 Jun 04 - 09:16 PM

Hmmm, when I first visited Mudcat there were lots of people like Mr Bseed who are no longer here.

The site began as mostly folkies doing folky things. Later much later the site seemed to me as if it was a writers forum.

Musicians still visit here but may not contribute because they are too busy.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Bert
Date: 29 Jun 04 - 09:54 PM

Is that REALLY you Matt_R? I thought we'd lost you for ever.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Bobert
Date: 29 Jun 04 - 10:34 PM

SharonA? Haven't heard a peep from her in quit a while. Anyone got a line on her?

Bobert

p.s. I miss Nicole C, too. Purdy danged smart for one of them womenz people...

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jun 04 - 12:23 AM

Bobert:

Nicole has been busy overhauling a condo and moving into it, in Orange County about 65 miles north of where I am. I am hoping to lure her down to one of our Balboa Park gathers and pick her brains about mikes and such.

Haven't heard from Sharon A, though.

A

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Cruiser
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 01:08 PM

Does anyone know where Whipporwill is? The last post from this member was in '02.

Cruiser

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Cruiser
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 01:09 PM

That would be Whippoorwill.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Peace
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 04:28 PM

I was about to ask after Akenaton when he appeared.

DougR: Anyone heard from him? I haven't had my BP redline for a while and I am pretty sure that's because I haven't read some of his postings. Anyone?

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: masato sakurai
Date: 11 Oct 04 - 01:27 PM

Jerry, I'm hale and hearty. I didn't know I was missing for some time.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: jaze
Date: 11 Oct 04 - 09:23 PM

Hi MattR!   I really miss Spaw's posts. They always added levity here.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 04:38 AM

Lay off sir jOhn!
i prefer his noise to your bloody signals.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: GUEST,Scorned and Rejected Uncle Jaque in Maine...
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 01:43 PM

Well Ahoy again!

I'ts been a while apparently before recently drifting back in to post a couple of music related thingies of late.

Now I can't log in to get re-cookied, as the 'Cat won't accept the username and PW I'd used for years, and when I give it my E-dress to send a new PW that might actually allow me back on board, said PW never seems to materialize. I'll have to make sure my SPAM filter isn't erroniously blocking it I guess.

Have sort of been out of the music circut lately for a number of reasons, but I miss it and look forward to getting back.

Was getting right into it a few years back, and then came 9/11/01, at which time it seemed appropriate to revisit an old hobby that at the time had been collecting dust in the cellar.

So I have renewed my Membership in a local Fish & Game Club, and try to visit the rifle range fairly regularly so as to keep up certain tactical survival skills, shall we say. Probably not a really popular avocation or topic in here, so we'll let it go at that.
But I've been lurking and contributing to other forums relating to that and other areas of interest more than hanging around here as I was once wont to do.

But the banjo is not completely unstrung; I continue to collect and noodle around with 19th Century music. most of what I can get my hands on tends to be Hymns and Gospel Music, but that's OK by me.

We see that a few veteran "Catters lament that no one seems to have missed 'em; in my case, I would rather expect that my absence would have been more cause for celebration than regret! - so I'll try to tread a little more lightly than I may have in the past, when I was know to fling a political skunk into the locker room when things seemed a bit boringly pacific around here.

Sort of like Church, in which I used to be active - as long as allowed back in as a "Guest" now and then, I'll poke me beak in for a peek & see what's up with the old Mudcat on occasion.

Although I seem to be no longer deemed worthy of "cookies", it appears that I have yet to be banished entirely.

UJ

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Jeri
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 02:02 PM

Unc, you're still a member. Is it possible you've got the password wrong, or just a bit off? Like captial letters when there shouldn't be, or no capitals when there should?

The automatic e-mail you're supposed to get from the log-in page which sends you your EXISTING user name and password hasn't worked for a couple of years and I'm not sure why it's still there.

Post in the Help Forum and Joe Offer can sen you an e-mail to get you sorted.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Cruiser
Date: 23 Jul 06 - 04:44 PM

While pondering the vagaries of life on a hot summer's day in Arizona (was 116 degrees F here yesterday) I saw this thread and revived it since it has been 1.75 years since its initiation.

I wondered what has happened to 2 of the prettiest and brightest young women that once posted here and if they have kept up with their music: NicoleC and Barky.

Oh, I would also like to know what has happened to other people, including some of the older and not-so-pretty lost Mudcatters too.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: skarpi
Date: 23 Jul 06 - 04:56 PM

hmmmm I wander did I miss someone ? cant remember

All the best Skarpi ICeland.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Amos
Date: 23 Jul 06 - 05:29 PM

NicoleC and Barky are both alive and well and living in California. Nicole is a database engineer in Orange County, and Barky is starting her career as a trumpetist playing gigs in the San Jose area.

A

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Cruiser
Date: 23 Jul 06 - 05:51 PM

Thanks Amos.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Jul 06 - 07:17 PM

I just listened to a tape I made off of HearMe, back in the day, ya know, of Spider Tom in Australia. Wow, singing "Down by the sea." If I remember rightly, it was his own song. Sure wish I knew how he was.

Would also love to hear from BillytheBus, again, off the coast of NZ.

There are many more, I know, but like Skarpi, I can't remember any off the top of my head. A glance at the members' names listed to PM would jog my memory, I know.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 09:22 AM

Spider Tom was before my day, but Jon asked me if I knew him a few years back & I asked Alison & here is her reply (2003)

"nope... disappeared without a trace about 4 years ago.. no one has seen or heard since... pity... he was a good songwriter"

sandra

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 11:25 AM

Spider Tom was awesome. I think he must have been like a government agent or something, the way he and his family vanished into thin air.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Bill in Alabama
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 12:35 PM

I pass through once in awhile. I'm interested mostly in the folklore and music of America, I don't find much of that around here anymore, but I still check in and hang out occasionally. Anne and I are still performing a bit.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 12:56 PM

Hi Bill-- I'm still looking for that verse for you!

~Susan

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 01:06 PM

"Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?"

They're not missing.... they've left.... driven off by the piles and piles of garbage this place has elected to cultivate of late

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Homeless
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 01:09 PM

I was unpacking some boxes over the weekend and ran across a cassette that MBO had sent me a few years back. Talk about tripping a flashback. So how's life treating you now, Matt?

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: skarpi
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 03:25 PM

They're not missing.... they've left.... driven off by the piles and piles of garbage this place has elected to cultivate of late???

Why are here then Clinton ?????? if we are so bad ?????


All the best Skarpi Icveland.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 03:31 PM

"...friends will arrive, friends disappear........"
Mudcat was a good friend for a few years, but sometimes the time just comes to move on. And like any old friend, it gets visited now and then to check up on whats been going on. Always pleased to see its still healthy.......and that Gargoyle is still merrily spewing forth....

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 03:32 PM

There are some few here who make visiting worth wild, but their numbers get fewer and fewer..... as the place lets more and more crap pile up higher and higher.....

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: skarpi
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 04:11 PM

Well I am here less than I used to be , is it becouse of (crap )
or just becouse its less musical threads than it used be ??

I don´t know ?? as I said some time earlier Clinton i have nothing
against you , you havent done anything to me thatI know of
I surely hope it stays that way , I will not take any part
in a thread that will hurt any person .

with all respect to every one I know and dont know

All the best Skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: Matt_R
Date: 24 Jul 06 - 06:52 PM

Life's good ... I've definitely upgraded my recorded techniques from crappy-sounding cassette tape-dubbing, that's fo sho.

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Aug 06 - 10:29 PM

Celtic Soul?

Subject: RE: Missing Mudcatters: Where Are They?
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Aug 06 - 10:29 AM

Cuilionn has not posted for over 2 years although she has had 2+ year gaps before.