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28 Aug 01 - 07:19 AM (#536642) Subject: Reviving old threads From: Murray MacLeod There seems to be an unprecedented amount of reviving old threads these days, and nothing wrong with that. However, let me warn all and sundry that I intend to place an old Celtic curse on the first person who revives the "Killing the Thread" thread. Posting anonymously won't save you ... Murray |
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28 Aug 01 - 07:25 AM (#536643) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull What's a Celtic Curse? |
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28 Aug 01 - 07:29 AM (#536645) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Murray MacLeod You'll find out if you revive the thread, John ... Murray |
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28 Aug 01 - 07:31 AM (#536647) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Sounds scary Murray, I think I will just keep wondering! :-) |
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28 Aug 01 - 07:33 AM (#536648) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Wolfgang Murray, does the curse also include reviving the What is with 'Killing the thread'? thread and the Killing the thread II thread which is still very short? Wolfgang |
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28 Aug 01 - 07:36 AM (#536649) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Murray MacLeod A modified version will be implemented in both cases, Wolfgang. Murray |
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28 Aug 01 - 07:48 AM (#536654) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Wolfgang Ok, I know now, when I should feel silly I'll revive the Don't post to this thread thread and the Don't post to this thread either thread and the People who didn't post to DON'T POST thread or I post who (so far) had the last word on the 'Killing the thread' thread (mousethief) or, as a special treat for Spaw, revive the What's a curly pow? thread (what is it, by the way?). Wolfgang |
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28 Aug 01 - 07:53 AM (#536656) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 Oh please no Wolf...........Geez, just the very mention of that thread and..............yep, there it goes, I'm doing it already......AAARRRGGGHHHH............. Murray ol' buddy.......Howabout zingin' one of those Celtic Curses over toward Germany huh? I promise I won't say a word about Fumble-Fingered Tony..........Really, I won't......Now ZAP Wolfie!!! Spaw |
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28 Aug 01 - 08:06 AM (#536662) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: McGrath of Harlow You do realise you've almost certainly ensured that someone will revive that thread?
Actually I quite liked that thread killer one - no need to open it, and I liked to think of the people who were posting to it in its later stages, sitting there waiting for it to load, keeping out of other people's hair while their computer crashed in front of them. I think that is a thread that carries its own inbuilt curse. |
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28 Aug 01 - 09:58 AM (#536709) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Wolfgang I work as a mirror for curses: they return to the sender. Hello! I found Mudcat while searching Google for someone who could explain what "leeze me on thy curly pow" meant. This was posted a few hours after Spaw tried in vain to curse me even for mentioning that thread that is so valuable for Mudcat. Wolfgang |
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28 Aug 01 - 10:50 AM (#536748) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
A Celtic Curse - As defined in Cape Breton - Where you cannot move your feet with the music and/or drink your local favourite mind-numbing beverage. |
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28 Aug 01 - 12:56 PM (#536794) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Burke I was half thinking of reviving that thread just to get LH back for all the silly Shatner ones. I was afraid of all the potential curses. Back to the original question. I've been hanging around here for a year now & there's always been a fair amount of thread reviving. I haven't noticed more lately than usual. Have you noticed that they are of a particular nature? Not long ago there was a thread called "Origins of: Found on Mudcat" with links to past interesting discussions. People following those might be refreshing those they find most interesting. |
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28 Aug 01 - 05:54 PM (#536988) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Murray MacLeod Oh, this curse is much worse than that, George. Your Celtic curse sounds like my average Saturday night back in Edinburgh, before I stopped drinking. I don't think Wolfgang has earned a KERPOW ! yet, Spaw. However, unless you promise to buy one of Tony's CDs and then start a thread about the "World's greatest guitarist" I may consider despatching a minor malevolency in the direction of Ohio. Nothing too menacing, just something to ensure multiple and unpleasant nocturnal visits to the bathroom. I don't have any problem at all with thread revival, most of them make interesting reading, but yes, I am sure that over the past two or three weeks there have been many more old threads revived than usual. Murray
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28 Aug 01 - 09:46 PM (#537139) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Amos Geez, Murray -- doncha know you can lose your powers if you trivialize them like that? Or use them for blackmail, petty advantage, or pecuniary gain? I dunno, man.... you may find yourself seeing Wolf's face in the mirror next time you look!! A |
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29 Aug 01 - 08:08 AM (#537357) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Steve Parkes A well-known and very effective way to bounce curse back is for the cursee to put some needles or pins (sharp and rust-proof are best) in a saucepan, urinate on them, and boil it up. The cursor then has his (her) own curse on him(her)self, along with a good pricking from the pins or needles. For extra security, you can put it all in a bottle and bury it under your hearth. Don't be tempted to send the bottle to the cursor, or (s)he can make voodoo dolls with with it. Steve |
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29 Aug 01 - 08:12 AM (#537362) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 Well Steve, I took your advice sorta', but I was in a hurry to get the curse bouncing back, so I just threw my wife's sewing machine into a big pot on the stove and pissed all over it. Hope it works 'cause Karen will be madder than hell when she comes home. Spaw |
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29 Aug 01 - 08:22 AM (#537369) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull You guys are crazy! |
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29 Aug 01 - 11:40 AM (#537505) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Steve Parkes Oh, I forgot to say--it doesn't usually work against one's spouse. (Sorry, 'Spaw) Steve P.S. Did you unplug it first? No, I'm sure you'd have noticed if you hadn't. |
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29 Aug 01 - 06:00 PM (#537740) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Murray MacLeod Actually I haven't sent Spaw's curse yet, Amos post made me think twice. I don't think witchcraft used trivially causes any noticeable diminution of wiccan powers, after all most witches' stock in trade is wart removal, and it don't get much more trivial than that. The prospect of seeing Wolfgang's face in the mirror made me pause and take stock. My brief sojourns to Germany have convinced me that all Germans are either incredibly good-looking or incredibly ugly (unlike the Scots, who are all just moderately ugly). So it would really depend on which category Wolfgang falls into. Probably the incredibly good-looking one. In which case it might be a welcome change from seeing this bleary-eyed Scots physog first thing avery morning ....... But what really gives me the heebie-jeebies is the thought that I might wake up one morning and see Spaw's face in the glass .......so maybe I won't send the curse after all even if he doesn't buy Tony's CD. Murray
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29 Aug 01 - 07:48 PM (#537799) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Jim Dixon In general, reviving old threads is a MUCH better idea than starting a new one whenever an idea pops into your head. As of right now, there are TEN (10) THREADS about the movie "Songcatcher," at least nine of them started by people who never bothered to check whether a thread already existed. |
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30 Aug 01 - 12:15 AM (#537922) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 Yeah Jim, I did miscount, but I'd have sworn there were eleven. I too wish that everyone would at least do a brief search before starting a new thread. The Songcatcher thing is getting really ridiculous and I can't help but laugh at it and have a good time with it too. I mean really...ten threads. The last couple have put me over the top.............And it's not just new members. We all sometimes start a thread because the slant on a subject may be different then what has been discussed before.....no problem. But this is way beyond any justifiable reason. If we'd all take a minute and check for past threads with the "DIGITRAD AND FORUM SEARCH" and also the thread filter, we might find that another previous thread either addresses the question or in fact answers it. Spaw |
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30 Aug 01 - 02:51 PM (#538296) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Mark Cohen This, too, shall pass...I think it's just the Mudcat Fad of the Month. But let's see if I have this right...if I put "catspaw49" into the Search box, then there won't be any need for 'Spaw to post anything? Is that it? Have I killed this thread yet? Aloha, Mark |
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30 Aug 01 - 03:18 PM (#538324) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 "Why not just click on my name up there Mark?"...the evil Spaw said, knowing that since he has made about 13,000 posts here, Mark's browser will probably crash harder than a junkie three days into rehab. Spaw |
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30 Aug 01 - 03:34 PM (#538339) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: GUEST,for now A scant few days ago several people were enquiring about possible grants to help out Mudcat as a 'serious' folk site. I hope that at least some can see how difficult that would be considering this spate of revived 'Songcatcher' threads and much of their content. I'm not a disgruntled malcontent, just a bit surprised at how quickly the silly stuff has returned and why certain people are keeping it going considering the circumstances. Flame away.
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30 Aug 01 - 04:28 PM (#538389) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: wysiwyg No flame, a response, though Mudcat as a community has wrestled with this for ages. But your post was thoughtful and I will respond I kind, even if flames may yet occur. If by silly stuff you mean Catspaw's posts, I think an object of them was to point out how we need to be more careful about creating a multiplicity of threads. In the long run, his posts and the tension-releasing responses will help make Mudcat more suitable for research inquiries. Maybe you aren't aware that behind the scenss, discussions are always being held about how to make things better... today, Spaw's and others' posts are the best we have for showing the problem-- while we, as a community, continue to think through the solutions. But Mudcat is always going to have an atmosphere of people being themselves... or Max would have named it "The Mudcat Very Serious Library (Ssssh!). I am imagining a scene. It's Appalachia, a front porch. One song collector turns to another and says, "If only I could get Uncle Billie to quit spitting tobacco juice when I try to take his picture! It isn't seemly!" Nope-- they'd be enjoying Uncle Billie for the character he is. Or the collectors have adjourned to their home base and are regaling their pals with stories from the field. Never uttering a colorful word themselves. Nope-- they'd be laughing their asses off. My point is, this is not a collection of master's theses here-- those are extremely valuable, but they are at university sites and what we do here is, sometimes, discuss and study them , or share what we have learned from them or our own experience and scholarship. The theses appear there in complete grammatical correctness, stiff as boards. This here... it's got some of that, but also some of the tavern talk, some of the people BEING collected... It's a place where people get to BE the folk process, as well as HEAR about it. ~Susan |
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30 Aug 01 - 04:29 PM (#538390) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: wysiwyg sorry, ypto-- respond I kind = respond in kind ~S~ |
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30 Aug 01 - 04:39 PM (#538399) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 And ya' know Susan, a couple of people acyually found those threads for the first ime and one was annamil. since she owns a videostore, I had her check on the movie and her answer came pretty quick. Then....I once again pulled up all of the "Songcatcher" threads and posted her reply since there is no way of knowing which thread someone may be tracing,.....soooo they came up again this afternoon.....nothing silly about it this time. Good post BTW. Spaw |
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30 Aug 01 - 04:43 PM (#538400) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: wysiwyg Thanks Spaw. Since we're out here on the street corner discussing it, a question-- how come you didn't just make a link from them all to the thread you liked best, to move them all in one direction? Just curious. I think yer swell, anyhow. ~S~ |
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30 Aug 01 - 05:00 PM (#538414) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 I dunno'.......It was about as easy to repost and I've found that a lot of people never click on the links. I think we need a Songcatcher Permathread! (:<)) Spaw |
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30 Aug 01 - 05:02 PM (#538417) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: wysiwyg What I wish is that a thread could be locked once the link to a new thread has been posted. Now, a FOLK OR BLUES MOVIES permathread.... go good with the Online Concerts thread I have been working on. ~Susan |
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30 Aug 01 - 06:25 PM (#538472) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca John in Hull, I'm trying hard, but I fail to see your particular point. |
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30 Aug 01 - 06:33 PM (#538482) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 Hell George, that guy's crazy.....I don't think he has one. Spaw |
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30 Aug 01 - 06:47 PM (#538489) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull I was laughing at/with Spaw, pissing on his wifes sewing machine, it was meant in fun.sorry if you took offence at my comment, I should have put one of those smiley things but I forgot.john |
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30 Aug 01 - 07:07 PM (#538505) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: catspaw49 Uh, John? George was also making a joke....a little tongue in cheek humor in a way.....Kinda' like saying, "Yes, we know we're all crazy so what's your point?" Just a joke......more subtle than my usual broadaxe style. Spaw |
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30 Aug 01 - 07:19 PM (#538516) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Oh right, I feel daft now.I suppose I am still getting used to you guys. :-) |
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30 Aug 01 - 07:28 PM (#538526) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: wysiwyg Can't be done. They defy all encompassment. ~S~ |
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31 Aug 01 - 01:37 AM (#538739) Subject: RE: BS: Reviving old threads From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca 'S all right, John. Anyway, I should 'fess up. I have been looking over old OLD OLD messages. I've gone through the first 100 messages. |