BS: Why

Subject: BS: Why
From: number 6
Date: 02 Aug 05 - 11:37 PM

Cast in our indifference, like         shells upon the shore
You can hear the ocean roar
In the         dangling conversation, and the superficial sighs
The borders of our lives ....

While reading through these threads tonite the lyrics above are going through my mind ..

So why do you keep coming back to the Mudcat. Me, I guess it is the topics of the threads. The range and content (the complex, the mediocre, the nonsensical) .. food for thought, a void lacking in the non-cyber world is remedied ... habit .. mindflushing

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Bobert
Date: 02 Aug 05 - 11:51 PM

Sniff.... I loves ya'all....

'Cept the two 'er three that I don't...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Amos
Date: 02 Aug 05 - 11:54 PM

Me, I find intelligent, compassionate people here, with whom I love to talk and who have more wisdom than I, and so I am enriched by it.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: GUEST,mack/misophist
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 01:28 AM

I'm a masochist.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: freda underhill
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 10:12 AM

I learn a lot, I laugh a lot, and I have connected with some people here, I like to hop in and see how they are.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 10:43 AM

I've connected more with people here than in the circles I moved in. I always felt a bit of a misfit until I found the Mudcat, but with almost all of the 'Catters I've met I feel very comfortable.

I reckon that it's the rest of the world that's out of step now!

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 10:51 AM

It's an addiction. And it's fun. That's why.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: MMario
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 10:53 AM

Jacqui - let me say I am astonished at your comment. (But VERY happy you feel comfortable with the 'cat and 'catters)

I of course only come to the 'cat because I use it as a "marker" for network performance.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 11:00 AM

Define Mudcat?

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 11:03 AM

It's an expression used to describe a gathering of people that occurs on this website.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: MMario
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 11:06 AM

in this reference it refers to the Mudcat Cafe - this site and forum.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: gnu
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 11:17 AM

Because.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: *Laura*
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 02:31 PM

Why not?

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 03:27 PM

Indeed.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Don Firth
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 03:42 PM

've been doing folk music since the early Fifties.

Some years back, before I had a computer capable of going on-line, a friend of mine presented me with a stack of floppy disks (5 ¼") containing the words to about 3,000 songs, with MIDI tunes for about half of them. The Digital Tradition database. When I got a new computer with internet capability, I went hunting for Digital Tradition. Couldn't find it until I blundered into the Mudcat Café, which, in the interim, had become the "custodian" for the database. I found that since I first received the disks, the database had tripled in size. In exploring the web site, I discovered the forum, saw some interesting discussions about folk music going on, so I started adding my own two-bits worth from time to time. That was back in fall of 1999. Been dropping in regularly ever since.

Why do I keep coming around? I've found music discussions that were interesting and informative, and I've learned a fair amount from some of them. Sometimes someone asks a question that I can answer, so I do. Sometimes there is an exchange of differing viewpoints, and these are often quite interesting and, again, informative.

I live in Seattle, up here in the upper left-hand corner, where, if the United States were an envelope, you'd write your return address. Through the Mudcat forum I've become acquainted with people all over the U. S., Canada, the U. K., Germany, Australia, and a few who, I'm pretty sure, are from Arcturus 12. Although Arcturus is a bit far to come, I've actually met a few of these folks, got together with them, had a beer or two, and swapped a few songs (as a matter of fact, in a couple of weeks I'll be meeting another Mudcatter that I became acquainted with here; he'll be doing a house concert here in Seattle). One person I met here liked my writing and asked me to write some columns for a local folk music magazine, which I've been doing for a couple of years now. A couple of people have even sent me, or presented me, with their CDs. Good stuff!

I've found that if I'm looking for a song or if I have a question on just about any subject, I can post a request on Mudcat, and sometimes within minutes I have an answer. Granted, it might not be the right answer, but more often than not it is. Or at least someone will post a link and I can dig for it myself. Very helpful.

I waste a lot of time on the BS threads discussing and arguing politics, and oddly enough, I find this pretty informative too, especially when someone posts a link to an article or as an effort to back up an assertion. Also frequently informative.

In addition to doing music, I've always want to write, but rarely had the time. Since I'm retired now, I can do it. I spent a lot of time in front of the computer, and when I want to take a break from writing Deathless Prose, I often pop into Mudcat to see what, if anything, is going on.

Those are a few of the things that keep me dropping in.   

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Ebbie
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 04:09 PM

What y'all said. I keep hooked because of the diverse brains and personalities that are present here, with their (our) needs, desires, opinions, our thin and thick skins...

I stay enthralled because of the unexpected and unpredictable nature of the bright minds and solid experiences of so many different types of people all met in one place. I don't agree with everyone every time- but I LOVE being amongst folks that are smarter than I am and who present me with new vistas.

I'd love to see someone write a book about the Mudcats, whatever form the book would take.

Thanks for this subject, number six. (Six out of how many?)

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: CarolC
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 04:50 PM

It keeps my brain from turing to mush.

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: CarolC
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 04:50 PM

*turning*

( ...see what I mean?)

Subject: RE: BS: Why
From: Deckman
Date: 03 Aug 05 - 04:55 PM

'CUZ I'M A SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT!!! Bob