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BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?

14 Mar 13 - 01:49 PM (#3490339)
Subject: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: John MacKenzie

Ol' catfish, done dwindled.


14 Mar 13 - 04:04 PM (#3490399)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Ebbie

Hmmmmm?


14 Mar 13 - 05:33 PM (#3490435)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: JHW

That and the difference between a duck


14 Mar 13 - 06:14 PM (#3490448)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: GUEST,999

John, you're on Mudcat, NOT catfish.


14 Mar 13 - 06:26 PM (#3490453)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: maeve

Wels are a kind of very large catfish; last I knew they were on the increase. Has that changed, John?


14 Mar 13 - 07:30 PM (#3490459)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Richard Bridge

Wels - Danubian catfish IIRC. Pollution in the Danube or what?


14 Mar 13 - 11:53 PM (#3490541)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Gurney

Aren't they in the River Ouse in England, or is that some other giant catfish.


15 Mar 13 - 12:56 AM (#3490556)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Jim Dixon

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod?


15 Mar 13 - 03:50 AM (#3490583)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: gnu

You want chips with that?


15 Mar 13 - 04:19 AM (#3490594)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Richard Bridge

Again IIRC the Wels was introduced into several rivers in England and has proved to be a bit of a menace. The Zander I think was less successful.


15 Mar 13 - 04:21 AM (#3490595)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Richard Bridge

Wikipedia on Wels


15 Mar 13 - 04:27 AM (#3490599)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Richard Bridge

Large Wels caught in England

and Environment Agency factsheet

Don't you just love the fact that an official government body cannot spell "voracious"?


15 Mar 13 - 04:29 AM (#3490600)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Richard Bridge

I'm not seeing anything much about extinction of the Wels, but here is something funny http://www.catfishing-uk.com/?page_id=154


15 Mar 13 - 04:32 AM (#3490601)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Richard Bridge

Meanwhile, about the Zander


16 Mar 13 - 09:08 AM (#3491060)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: John MacKenzie

Was just looking at the Terry Pratchett thread, and noting, how few of those posting on there, don't post here any more.


16 Mar 13 - 07:22 PM (#3491232)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Richard Bridge

Am I missing a point here?


16 Mar 13 - 08:33 PM (#3491244)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: gnu

Pointy hat?


17 Mar 13 - 05:37 AM (#3491328)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: John MacKenzie

Sorry Richard I got me tenses in a twiddle there.
Point is, Mudcat seems to heve much fewer posts, and to have lost too many of the "good guys"
It seems to be the same "set" posting these days, especially down below.


17 Mar 13 - 07:49 AM (#3491363)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: gnomad

Ah, gotcha now, JM. I would concur with regard to the UK contingent at least. Something to do with a high proportion those of us who remain having a greater facility with language than with imagination or kindness.

I originally came for lyrics, about 12 years ago, and remained for the evident companionship. I doubt that many would do likewise right now.


17 Mar 13 - 03:07 PM (#3491501)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: GUEST,Lizzie Cornish

Well, I get fed up with that dingbat Greg F stalking me, John, so I rarely post anything any longer...especially as another Mudcat mod has frequently referred to me as a 'troll'....

Only so much anyone can take after a while, and when even a mod is allowed to get away with shit, well, no point in coming back very often really...

Shame, as once, Mudcat was a vibrant, pulsating community...where we could ALL be outrageous if we so chose...

Now it's filled with Moaning Minnies who love to keep everything Beige Bland and, for the most part, VERY boring...

Going the same way the BBC board went..and that too was once a vibrant place, where once, I was personally told by the wife of a leading folk singer, that she got up every morning to see what Diane and I were up to, with laughter bubbling out about what was going on and how we'd fight duals with each other...

Now though, the Internet Spoilsports have Spoilt so many places and everyone has to write like daleks...according to The Rules and Regulations and the Dictatorships of those who worship at the church of BeigeBlandAndBoring..

I miss the old days.....


17 Mar 13 - 03:10 PM (#3491503)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: GUEST,Lizzie Cornish

And, I knew *exactly* what you were getting at with the title of this thread...(after I'd looked up what a 'Wels' actually was, of course).....

Just AMAZED it took others so long to work it out...

Rioutous Fun & Outrageous Outrage need to be brought back...'cos now, this place is SO Bloody Peaceful that it's becoming a Grave Yard!

Bring Back St. Trinians!!!!!!!!!
;0)


17 Mar 13 - 04:26 PM (#3491523)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: John MacKenzie

Welcome back Lizzie, I've missed you.
I do agree that the fact that mods are known, or named, give Mudcat a creepy big brother sort of feeling. A sort of "Them and us" atmosphere.
It also means that when they display their likes or dislikes, it adds bias to their viewpoint, whether it is pro, or con.
This lends their remarks gravitas, which in most cases, they do not deserve


18 Mar 13 - 06:34 AM (#3491670)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: GUEST,Lizziei Cornish

I agree with all that you've said there, John. xx

And it needs to be changed, to be honest....


18 Mar 13 - 08:54 AM (#3491710)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Doug Chadwick

……………… so I rarely post anything any longer...

Unless "GUEST,Lizzie Cornish" and "Lizzie Cornish 1" are different people, you seem to have had around 130 posts since the beginning of the year. Your definition of "rarely" must be different from mine.

DC


18 Mar 13 - 02:19 PM (#3491831)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: John MacKenzie

She used to post a lot more often than she does now ;)


18 Mar 13 - 07:01 PM (#3491907)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: Bee-dubya-ell

Better a Danubian catfish than a Denebian catfish. A Denebian Catfish is big. REALLY BIG! Considering that Deneb's diameter is 200 times that of our Sun, we could probably safely assume that a Denebian catfish would be big enough to swallow our entire planet.


19 Mar 13 - 07:18 AM (#3492075)
Subject: RE: BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?
From: John MacKenzie

So long, and thanks for all the planets.