Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???

Subject: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: rich-joy
Date: 24 May 02 - 11:13 PM

There seem to be a few statistical / analytical type threads around at present, so I thought I'd add my two bob's worth and ask this :

What proportion of Mudcatters are from OUTSIDE of the United States or the United Kingdom, do you all reckon???

I'm from Australia - are there even many of us here???

I KNOW there's a place in the above links, where you can get a rough idea of where 'Catters are from, but I don't know that it's conclusive, coz many of us just look at, or post to, the Threads alone ...

Any takers?! Cheers! R-J

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: MudGuard
Date: 25 May 02 - 12:36 AM

What proportion of Mudcatters are from OUTSIDE of the United States or the United Kingdom, do you all reckon???

100% as everyone is either from outside the USA or from outside the UK ;-)

MudGuard (from Germany)

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 25 May 02 - 01:24 AM

Hi Rich-Joy... there a re quite a few of us in Oz....... I'm guessing around 20...... about at least 6 regular posters in Sydney


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: rich-joy
Date: 25 May 02 - 01:29 AM

Thanks for that clarification, MudGuard!!!
(duh! R-J!!) Cheers!

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: JennieG
Date: 25 May 02 - 01:30 AM

Rich-Joy, whereabouts in Oz are you - it's a big place!!
Cheers
JennieG in Sydney

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: rich-joy
Date: 25 May 02 - 01:44 AM

JennieG - I'm in Maleny, SE Qld - NW of Brisbane (near the home of the Woodford Folk festival) - though originally from Perth WA, via 10 fantastic years in Darwin, NT Cheers!

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: JennieG
Date: 25 May 02 - 01:46 AM

I haven't been to Maleny but I've seen pictures, it looks very pretty - I don't like living in Sydney and one day will move out - I was born and brought up in Tamworth NSW but I left before it all went yee-har.....*grin*.....I have never been to the C&W festival!
JennieG

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 25 May 02 - 01:49 AM

awwwwwwww Jenny... I can just see you boot scootin'!!! *grin*.... can't be as dangerous as the "Manchester Gallop"!!!!


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: JennieG
Date: 25 May 02 - 02:14 AM

Alison, when I was young and gullible the highlight of living in Tamworth was called "doin' a Peelie" - the main street is Peel Street - it consisted of the local males cruising up and down Peel Street in their hotted-up old bangers pretending not to look at the girls who were walking along the Peel Street footpath looking in the shop windows, pretending not to look at the blokes who were cruising etc......
And it is still done! I suppose country towns don't change much. Of course Tamworth changes in January though. I have managed to avoid it - the thought of all those thousands of people doing the bootscootin' Peelie is too frightening to cope with -
Cheers
JennieG freezing in Sydney

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 25 May 02 - 02:38 AM

hahahaha...... one of our local towns used to do that too....... must be a worldwide thing.....

in Portstewart it was called "the crawl"... sunday morning the boys would go and park their cars along the prom... and go home.... then they came back on sunday nights to sit in their cars.... if you hadn't managed to park you just drove down the street to the harbour... did a U-turn, and drove back very slowly in a traffic jam... up to the roundabout at the other end of the street... and this went on all night!!.... but you could phone in to the local radio station and play requests..... "play me something for the cute one in the yellow lada outside Morelli's ice cream parlour".......

when I lived there I was too old and too married to indulge in all this..... but it was a hoot to watch (especially while eating a big ice cream sundae)..... probably still is....


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Escamillo
Date: 25 May 02 - 03:34 AM

Count me, alone in the far South America, contributing a little and learning a lot from Mudcat.

Un abrazo - Andrés (in the troubled Buenos Aires)

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Hrothgar
Date: 25 May 02 - 04:32 AM

Another Aussie - there aren't many of us, but we are QUALITY.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 25 May 02 - 12:22 PM

Nobody so far has mentioned the existence of the Mudcat Locator, normally reached via the Quick Links button up the top of the forum page, under "Members Photos and Info".

It's only a sample, since most people never get round to putting their info in - it's not done as part of registration, I suspect lots of people may assume it is, but that would be an infringement of privacy. Not that it's very location specific - Counties for Mudcatters in England, States for those in the USA, and so forth.

No-one knows if it's a representative sample or not, but there's no reason it shouldn't be. It shows the USA as the biggest concentration (if you can call it "a concentration" when it's spread out around a country the size of a continent), and England next.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: allanwill
Date: 25 May 02 - 12:38 PM

Another Aussie - currently in Canberra, but originally a Victorian, born and bred in a little country town (pop. 200) on the Mornington Peninsula.

We therefore didn't have a main street for us 3 or 4 local hoons to go perving on the 2 or 3 local sheilas.

I guess Bob Hudson's Newcastle (that new-CAS-tle, not new-CAR-stle)Song is pretty close to the mark?

Allan

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Mooh
Date: 25 May 02 - 06:27 PM

Canada (Southwestern Ontario, Huron County). We've discussed this before but maybe not with exactly these parameters. The locator is very short on member locations I think, so maybe it's not the best indicator. Mooh.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 25 May 02 - 06:35 PM

Very short indeed so far as actual numbers go - but I'd imagine on a fairly random basis. I can't see why people in some places would be either more or less likely to put their broad locality on the Locator.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: DonD
Date: 25 May 02 - 06:56 PM

Dare a Yank intrude on this cobber kaffee klatch -with apologies to Ontario and Harlow.

speaking of Harlw -- does anyone remember a movie actress from before your time (and probably even mine) named Jean Harlow? She was a very sexy blonde who belived if you had it, flaunt it.

She was introduce to Claudette Colbert (Same period, much more refined, pronounced her name as if she was French: Cole-Bear). says Jean: "How do you do, Miss Kohl-bert." Claudeyye replies, "It's Colbair, dear, the T is silent as in Harlot."

Anyhow, chalk up one for the States. And by the way, if we'e giong to be literal and pedantic (one of my favorite things in the world to do) 'outside of the US or the UK doesn't mean outside of the Us or outside of the UK. The uS or the UK in this instance is a geographical unit, outside of which there clearly are everybody who has responded so far exwcept McGrath and me, against which two I count eight 'furriners'.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Helen
Date: 26 May 02 - 12:02 AM

Well there's me, the off-ISH-ial representative of the Newcastle Song - being an ex-"Librarian lady with red hair", but not glasses except reading glasses.

We had the same phenomenon in Maitland, where I grew up - the hoons doing the main street.

Hrothgar, where are you from?

We also have some people from Northern Territory and Queensland, Oz.

Iceboy is an honorary Southern Hemispherian because he spends a lot of time in Antarctica although he originates from the U.S. and he came to visit the beautiful New-CAR-stle (that's new-CAR-stle not new-CASS-tle, thank you very much Mr Mexican, South-of-the-Border, alinact) ;->

We used to have a Western Oz-stralian or two. And Bugsy and Billy-the-Bus from New Zealand as well, but we don't talk much about those hillbilly relations from across the Tasman Sea.

Helen Helen

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Helen
Date: 26 May 02 - 12:04 AM

Hello, is that Helen, Helen & Helen Pty Ltd?

No, this is Helen, Pty Ltd.

Oh, sorry you've been trebled!

(boom boom!)

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Hrothgar
Date: 26 May 02 - 01:38 AM

Helen damnation!!!!

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 May 02 - 02:42 AM

Bob Bolton is in OZ and Alison, wasn't Spider Tom, or was he in NZ?

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: masato sakurai
Date: 26 May 02 - 03:58 AM

I'm from Japan. Besides, a poor speaker of English.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: rich-joy
Date: 26 May 02 - 04:10 AM

Ah memories!! When I was growing up in Perth, Western Australia, I just LOVED being taken for a "burn" into town at night, in my big brother's hotted-up Ford Zephyr - we used to win quite a few Drags before the cops came along!!! These were the long-ago days before there was a Mall in Hay Street (damned shopping malls ruined a lot of good hooning and blocking, eh?!)

On another note, I'd like to suggest that the Aussies could add some data to the thread I started on April 21st called "Folk in Eastern Australia" (sorry, need a link-pixie to do that thang) - if you've got a Club or Folk Night e.g. - or whatever you like ...

Re other Oz 'Catters : Stewie is of course from Darwin, likewise occasional poster, Tony in Darwin - and John in Brisbane is fairly self-evident too ...

Cheers! R-J

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From:
Date: 26 May 02 - 07:46 AM

There are a number of us from Canada. Seems like I recall people from many places over the entire earth.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 May 02 - 08:31 AM

Jean Harlow? Not forgotten here. We used to have a pub in the town centre called "The Painted Lady" (that's a butterfly - all the new pubs in Harlow when the New Town was built were given the names of butterlies or moths). Then a few years ago they had a re-design, and they changed the name to "The Jean Harlow" (with that story in mind I believe), so there's a big picture of Jean Harlow as the pub sign.

Mind, it's a lousy pub. A shame really.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 May 02 - 09:35 AM

rich-joy - "and John in Brisbane is fairly self-evident too ..."

so's Sandra in Sydney (about half a mile east of the CBD) - Bob Bolton is a bit further west of the CBD, Callie isn't too far away, & Chicky popped up on Mudcat recently - however she lives a few suburbs further along.

Sandra

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 26 May 02 - 11:10 AM

Spider Tom was Sydney... and Bugsy was Perth.....


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 26 May 02 - 11:18 AM

and heres a link to Folk in Eastern Australia

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Haruo
Date: 26 May 02 - 03:27 PM

There are a few Germans and Poles here, too, whom I haven't seen mentioned. And surely there must be an Erinperoffspring or twain. (Éire still not part of UK last I looked; they don't even use pounds anymore.)

BTW, Masato is being overly humble about his English, which is far above the Japanese average, and light years ahead of what most of the rest of us could muster in Japanese, I'd be willing to bet.

Liland
One of your more japonoglot Mudcatters

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 26 May 02 - 05:35 PM

Ummm... another Canadian over here... But I'm SO far south, I gotta go NORTH to get to America... Looking forward to one day moving back across the line that the 402 makes between London and Sarnia, and living once again in CANADA...

Everything down here is more like "America-lite"

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: GUEST,roo
Date: 26 May 02 - 06:57 PM

add me... I'm Australian and in the beautiful Blue Mountains of New South Wales, getting greener by the day ... (the landscape that is, not me). .. and thanks for the mention of FOLK AUSTRALIA, in another thread, Alison.

cheers, Valda [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 26 May 02 - 09:25 PM

no problem Valda... great site... well worth plugging it when I get the chance........


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: GUEST,ozmacca
Date: 26 May 02 - 10:35 PM

Hey, rich-joy. If you're from Maleny, do you get around to the Celtic Tearooms on Mountain View Road. That's where our Sunday arvo sessions are. I live in Kallangur, about 30k north of the centre of Brisbane and we get up to the Tearoom every Sunday. Great to see you there some time..

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 May 02 - 10:41 PM

Thanks, Alison.

Fedele used to post from Italy once in awhile. And, don't forget Skarpi in Iceland!

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Mooh
Date: 26 May 02 - 11:10 PM

Hey Clinton, if ya move, let me know if ya wanna jam! Mooh.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Mr Happy
Date: 27 May 02 - 05:21 AM

masato sakurai,

hadjime mashita, mr happy desu

omedetto igigris!

happy san

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: masato sakurai
Date: 27 May 02 - 06:50 AM

Mr Happy, hajime mashite. Doozo yoroshiku.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: GUEST,HansD
Date: 27 May 02 - 09:38 AM

Please add me. I am from Germany and I love songs written by Tom Paxton and by Kate Wolf. HansD

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 27 May 02 - 12:09 PM

Born in Dublin, Ireland.

Living in Brussels, Belgium for the last twelve years.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 28 May 02 - 12:34 AM

have you met Mooman? he's from Sligo (I think) and living in Brussels too.....

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: CarolC
Date: 28 May 02 - 12:57 AM

There's Adolfo in Spain with whom I've had a lovely conversation on another thread.

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Bugsy
Date: 28 May 02 - 02:30 AM

Bugsy still IS in Perth Ali.

Cheers

Bugsy

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: alison
Date: 28 May 02 - 02:57 AM

hey stranger.. long time no see......

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: rich-joy
Date: 28 May 02 - 03:20 AM

Ozmacca : Can you send your email address to me (at the one at the start of the Folk in Eastern Australia thread) and I'll put you on the mailing list for ABOFOTS!! Will try to get to the CT one Sunday soon - haven't been in yonks! Cheers! R-J

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: allie kiwi
Date: 28 May 02 - 03:30 AM

Just signing in from the wet, windy and altogether too chilly at the moment, New Zealand...

Allie

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 28 May 02 - 05:38 AM

Alison,

Yes indeed. It was only when he and Lady McMoo organised the recent Mudcat Eurogathering and put their photos on a website for the event that I made the connection between their Mudcat identities and the couple that I knew from trad. Irish sessions in Brussels going back ten years or more.

It was also Mooman who alerted me to the epic "Campsite at Drumcree" thread: I saw some of its more toxic predecessors, but the campsite thread is a beauty, a masterpiece of collective creativity. I cried so much with with laughter that I had difficulty reading parts of it.

I've been thinking that we should launch a "free the Drumcree IV" campaign because, for some strange reason, when I use the search engine, it's the toxic threads that come up, whereas the Campsite one remains incommunicado. Maybe it's held in "separate accommodation" in Castlreagh?

Even if its appeal is limited, it's such a classic that it deserves to be taken up in one of the classic lists on the FAQ page. Any takers?

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: GUEST,Tony in Darwin
Date: 28 May 02 - 11:41 AM

I'm in darwin, Northern australia. Yes, I still pop in now and then, usually at Rich-joy's prompting.
Things are jumping in Darwin, we're getting set for our 32nd (or is it 33rd) Festival and music sessions are popular.

Not much singing around though.

Tony

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: Helen
Date: 28 May 02 - 08:21 PM

Oops Bugsy - and amultitude of apologies for trying to make you into a kiwi. I listed you with Billy-the-Bus, further up in this thread.

Helen

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 28 May 02 - 10:01 PM

Greetings from Brisbane. Great to catch up with Tiny and richjoy at Woodford. Hope that the 60'th anniversary of the WWII bombing of Darwin went well - was there a re-enactment? Very diappointed not to get to the National Festival in Canberra at Easter.

I'm not a frequent visitor these days, but I'm still working in background mode on DT type things.

Regards, John

Subject: RE: Non-USA or UK Mudcatters - how many???
From: GUEST,ozmacca
Date: 28 May 02 - 10:08 PM

Rich-joy - You got it. Look forward.... (it beats looking back, because you're less likely to bump into things.)