BS: Is the Wels coming to an end?

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

So long, and thanks for all the planets.

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

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.

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

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

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

……………… 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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.....

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

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.

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

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.

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

Pointy hat?

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

Am I missing a point here?

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

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

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

Meanwhile, about the Zander

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

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

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

Large Wels caught in England

and Environment Agency factsheet

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

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

Wikipedia on Wels

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

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.

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

You want chips with that?

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

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John, you're on Mudcat, NOT catfish.

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

That and the difference between a duck

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

Hmmmmm?

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

Ol' catfish, done dwindled.