Am I the biggest idiot on this website??

Subject: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 06:31 PM

Okay first I tried to start a thread called A folkie Fourth..where I was asking you 'all if there was any folkmusic oriented celebration, concert, informal gathering etc. for Independence Day you know of in the NYC area. I posted that thread a couple of hours ago and I STILL DON'T SEE IT!!!!

(and I STILL don't know what's happening besides the usual fireworks and beer blasts)

THEN I tried to find an older thread where I was discussing Chris Rawlings, and can't locate it with the search engine.

FINALLY I tried to view where my old postings were and just came up with what seems like a miscellaneous list of threads with no sense of organization whatsoever.


Is it the website or is it..gulp... actually ME?? Am I really such a Luddite that I can't operate this website. If you have the answer to any of these questions, or know of a good place to buy blueberries on sale, let me know.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 06:33 PM

A Folkie Fourth

A start?

John

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 06:37 PM

Sorry, Lefty,
"Am I the biggest idiot on this website?"

You'll get a lot of competition for that title. (naming no names!)

CHEERS
Nigel

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: treewind
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 06:37 PM

You shouldn't have labelled it "BS". It's down there under the line.
Perhaps Joe or a mudelf will move it up.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: artbrooks
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 06:42 PM

Could this be the other one? Like Nigel says, lots of competition for that title...and most of the entrants would never admit that they are in contention.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 06:43 PM

I don't see anything that you've posted to recently that has "Chris Rawlings" in the thread title, but there are a number of "vaguely named" things that might be possibilities.

In THIS THREAD, in your first post, click on YOUR NAME "lefthanded guitar" and you'll get a listing of all the threads you've posted to.

You're a lot more likely to recognize the one about Rawlings than I am.

A last resort, if you have the Google toolbar or want to look up how to code a Google query to search "this site only" for "Chris Rawlings" will return a number of threads fairly quickly.

John

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 06:59 PM

Thanks folks. John, the one you posted IS the Chris Rawlings reference, which I will have to check tomorrow as I am short on time today.

Art, thank your for the Folkie Fourth thread as well. Perhaps someone WILL 'bump' that thread over here.

And thank you Nigel for your gracious assurance, evidence notwithstanding, that there are bigger idiots on this website. Tis a comfort. Perhaps false, but heartwarming nonetheless.

Well the only thing missing now is....the blueberries ;-)

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 07:17 PM

Not the biggest, not the only, not even the first, LHG

All of us would, if answering honestly, have to lay claim to at least one instance of idiocy. Some, like myself, many more.

As we come in all shapes, sizes, and ages, it is almost impossible to establish any records.

We DO try tho'

Don T.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: wysiwyg
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 07:22 PM

Ah, lhg, now yer a true Mudcat veteran. Help the next newbie along there, now, like the good fellow you surely are.

Find your personal page yet?

~Susan

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Jim Lad
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 07:39 PM

I can do the Blue Clicky thing.      See!
































DOH!

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Declan
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 07:44 PM

I don't know, how big are you?

Just joking. Welcome Lhg!

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Ref
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 08:34 PM

Being an idiot (and I write from experience) is what websites like this are FOR!

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 08:36 PM

No, lefthanded guitar, you are not an idiot. For your first hundred posts or so, you're just a noob. Being a genuine idiot requires having made well over a thousand posts and still not knowing your ass from a hole in the ground.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 08:39 PM

LHG: Chris was discussed on the little known 60's Folksingers thread. Was over at my studio last Monday. And there's a great persimmon/blueberry juice at the local Provigo(Canada). Don't know if they deliver...Hope that gets you out of the woods...bob

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 11:28 PM

G'day lh g,

I don't see that anybody has mentioned the "Trace" feature.

As you are a member, you can click onto the "Add To Tracer" in the reply to Thread box ... and then the thread remains traced / linked in your Personal Page, even when it's not up on the current page. You just click the Personal Page text at the top of the page and you can quickly the the (in)activity on any thread that you have traced (or de-trace any thread that has died a natural death!).

Regards,

Bob

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Bert
Date: 02 Jul 07 - 11:54 PM

Yes.

It's you. You're stupid!

Seriously though it happens to all of us from time to time. And by the way "I" am the biggest idiot here.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 02:03 AM

I'm not going to argue about who could be the biggest Idiot here, but when you start talking about Fools...

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: JennyO
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 02:12 AM

Yes Robin, you are definitely the biggest Foole.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 02:33 AM

Thank You! .... I think...

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: akenaton
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 03:04 AM

Mr Foolestroupe is an imposter!

I have incontravertible proof from at least one other thread that this person is no "fool"

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: MMario
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 10:25 AM

Who's the biggest fool depends; for various values of "big"; Bert is taller then I, so he may be the biggest fool - but I mass much more then Bert - so I may be the biggest fool.

Sooner or later all of us can say "been there, done that" and many of us have the t-shirt to prove it!

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: alanabit
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 11:26 AM

You may be up for "Idiot of the Week" - although I think you are up against stiff opposition. "Pillock of the Week" was undoubtedly won by me last week! It is always comforting to know that no matter how dumb you have been, there is usually another BF close by!

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Megan L
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 11:28 AM

Now dear there is a queue over there.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 11:28 AM

Just keeping track of the candidates would be a greater task than any here would want!

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 11:35 AM

"If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve."

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 04:31 PM

Bill D -

A nomination is not required.

It is not necessary to campaign.

And you have served us admirably on numerous occasions.

We thank you.

John

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 04:36 PM

Whoo, John! That is lefthanded, indeed.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 04:43 PM

I'm sure Bill D will recognize that the same can be said to/about any of us.

But the point that we appreciate even (sometime especially) those who might need a little help at times should not be missed. And we generally find no need for applications, nominations, elections, ... or even the sort of astute awareness Bill D so frequently offers.

I myself do try, but the competition is ... .

(I'm at a total loss for a proper adjective there.)

John

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 04:47 PM

overwhelming?

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 05:39 PM

The question is, how many complete idiots does it take to make a really satisfying and entertaining website? Is there a point where one attains critical mass and crosses over from merely moderate idiocy into sheer blithering and total idiocy? Could the departure of just one complete idiot cause this website to revert to what could be termed "ordinary" or "run of the mill" stupidity, but not complete idiocy? This is worrisome. Some complete idiots have left already, but I shan't name them. They are fondly remembered, to be sure. Still, I think we are maintaining a general level of idiocy which is adequate for our purposes. It causes me considerable anxiety though, when I contemplate what might happen if I should ever leave this website! Dear me...!

I mean, look, Spaw is barely ever heard from around here anymore. The situation is seriously getting quite fragile...

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 05:40 PM

Thank God that Amos still sees fit to post on a daily basis, that's all I can say.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 06:24 PM

Who me? Asstoot? Some have thought so...*grin*





If I have any redeeming features, it might be that I don't take myself 'too' seriously, 'cause I'm aware of my limitations.

But, like others, I'll fake it sometimes...

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Gulliver
Date: 03 Jul 07 - 09:59 PM

Funny, the real idiots haven't posted here yet...

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: robomatic
Date: 04 Jul 07 - 09:41 AM

Alas, no.

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jul 07 - 11:16 AM

alas...a lack?

Subject: RE: Am I the biggest idiot on this website??
From: GUEST,pragmatic
Date: 04 Jul 07 - 01:35 PM

I've noticed a lot of threads that deal with family, wholesome values, positive patriotism, etc. get axed right out of the gate here. It's a "progressive" thing, I assume. Can't have people arguing in favor of family values, morality and all that. The Fourth of July won't have any meaning in the North American Union, which the "progressives" here support. They support anti-family values, religionless society, ignorance, gun-grabbing and total surrender to the financial elite that buys them off with trinkets and absurd lies. So yeah, your threads may well be getting axed. Lots of mine do.

"...Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security...."