Sorry

26 Nov 01 - 10:04 PM (#598157)
Subject: Sorry
From: Max

Oops, sorry. Shorty had a major crash, and I was out of town. I'll give my celphone # to a few catters so they can call me when this happens. Again, sorry.

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26 Nov 01 - 10:06 PM (#598159)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Midchuck

What's to be sorry? You're providing us all this, essentially for nothing but what we get the urge to send you...Who can complain it it isn't 24/7...we're glad to have it most of the time.

Thanks, Max.

Peter.

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26 Nov 01 - 10:21 PM (#598167)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: ddw

Nothing to be sorry about, Max. You sure as hell give enough of your time to us; we can't expect you to be on call 24/7.

Just curious. Do you think too many of us are old fogeys, or do you think the maternity wards will be swamped in August?

cheers,

david

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26 Nov 01 - 10:21 PM (#598168)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Paul G.

Thanks for all of it, Max. Even though I'm not very evident around here these days, I sure miss it when it's gone.

P.

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26 Nov 01 - 10:22 PM (#598169)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Amos

Just very glad to see your pissant grin again, Maxie.

Regards,

A.

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26 Nov 01 - 10:23 PM (#598171)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST,Sandra Gordon

Thank God for what you do, do!! This site is such a blessing you have no idea! You have no reason to be sorry. You are to be appreciated applauded and greatly loved for this wonderful site. I have gotten so much from posting to the forum and everyone could not be nicer. Thanks so much for what you do, and when I am ready to purchase a book I will purchase it through this site so that you can get a donation. Unfortunately like alot of musicians, I live on a small income or I would donate outright.

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26 Nov 01 - 10:23 PM (#598173)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Áine

Hey Max,

Don't sweat it, babe. We all got along just fine while shorty was pitching his hissy fit. Just hope that you had a wonderful holiday and got some well earned R&R!! ;-)

And ddw -- Ahem, 'old fogeys', huh? Well, I'm young enough to play the game, and old enough to know the score; so, you won't be seeing my hinder in the maternity ward come August! (geez, I hope not, anyway . . .)

We love ya Max!

-- Áine

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26 Nov 01 - 10:27 PM (#598176)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: ddw

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.....

david

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26 Nov 01 - 10:29 PM (#598177)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Jeri

Max, you deserve to be able to get away once in a while! Did you kill anything?

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26 Nov 01 - 10:32 PM (#598179)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Robin2

Thanks for all, and did you bag a buck?

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26 Nov 01 - 10:38 PM (#598187)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: alison

nice to see you back Max.....

slainte

alison

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26 Nov 01 - 10:41 PM (#598190)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GutBucketeer

Max:

A little RnR never hurt anybody (except the deer)! We are just glad you're back! Hope you ate well, drank enough, told some good stories, played some music, and oh yeah, did some hunting and bagged a big buck or doe. Can't wait to taste the venison chili at the next Gathering ;-).

JAB

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26 Nov 01 - 10:41 PM (#598191)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Naemanson

Max, sometimes ya gotta let go of the reins and relax. I hope your trip was great and you have your batteries all recharged. Keep up the great work and enjoy life too.

Brett

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26 Nov 01 - 10:41 PM (#598192)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Gypsy

Glad to have you back, Max. WE missed you sorely, and hope that you had a terrific time! Thanks for all that you do.

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26 Nov 01 - 10:59 PM (#598198)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Celtic Soul

Must chime in with my own kudos for keeping the blinking thing running the amount of time you do! Were it me, it would work maybe 2 or 3 days out of 365.

Thanks! :D

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26 Nov 01 - 10:59 PM (#598199)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: AliUK

Glad your back Max ( and I bet the deer are too). By the way heres my homepage addy: http://www.meumundo.americaonline.com.br/robbcheechwizard/alistair.html ciao

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26 Nov 01 - 11:02 PM (#598200)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Amergin

sorry? hell I am just glad to have it back...

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26 Nov 01 - 11:04 PM (#598201)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST,Chadly Bing

Hey, its okay! ;o) I was just hoping it wasn't a permanent thing, cause I was getting scared! ;o) I needed an MIDI of My Lord What A Mornin' so bad I could taste it, and ya guys weren't there! But its all better now ;o) Thanks much!

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26 Nov 01 - 11:32 PM (#598219)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Jim Dixon

I think this was all a conspiracy to make us spend more time with our families over Thanksgiving break. And it worked.

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26 Nov 01 - 11:33 PM (#598221)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Cappuccino

Nice to see you again.

- IanB

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26 Nov 01 - 11:34 PM (#598222)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Amergin

it did? I just found other sites to hang out in....like the arlo site....

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26 Nov 01 - 11:36 PM (#598224)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: CarolC

Thanks Max. Hope you had a good holiday.

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26 Nov 01 - 11:56 PM (#598230)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Deckman

Max ... My GAWD ... it was AWFUL! I had to actually TALK with Bride Judy, my children and even my BROTHER ... I don't know if I can EVER FORGIVE YOU (says Bob grinning). CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson

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27 Nov 01 - 12:01 AM (#598233)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: catspaw49

Ah now ain't this sweet? Here I was all ready to rehash the "Kick Max in the Balls" thread and all this nice stuff comes along............geeziz.................

Well, okay................Hope you had a good time and managed not to shoot another family member or anything..........And I'm thinkin' you need more time off.............pissant.............

Spaw

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27 Nov 01 - 12:02 AM (#598234)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Murray MacLeod

Was there a problem here ? I just got back after a couple of weeks out of town ..............

Murray

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27 Nov 01 - 12:14 AM (#598243)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Seamus Kennedy

I wasn't worries at all. Right, Big Mick? Hope you got your deer, Max.

Seamus

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27 Nov 01 - 12:18 AM (#598245)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: CarolC

No, Murray. No problems here. Everything was very peaceful.

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27 Nov 01 - 12:22 AM (#598246)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Benjamin

Great to be back Max! I hope you enjoyed your holiday's!

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27 Nov 01 - 12:38 AM (#598256)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

Good to see Mudcat again, thanks Max.

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27 Nov 01 - 01:19 AM (#598269)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Barbara

If you haven't bagged your limit, come on out to the wilds of Oregon where you can shoot the one(s) that are devouring our winter garden right from my studio porch. You should see what they can do to kale through chicken wire (it's a strain, but eventually they graze it down to the nubbins), and as an added perk you can just step back thru the door and check the 'cat to see if it's up and running.
Hope you got the break you needed, and thanks for caring.
Blessings,
Barbara

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27 Nov 01 - 01:54 AM (#598282)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST,Boab

Max, you owe me for a pack of vallium and a carton of bicarb; I always get heartburn under tension----- :-)

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27 Nov 01 - 02:01 AM (#598284)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Liz the Squeak

I've pulled all my hair out in frustration - we didn't have a holiday to go relative killing in.... and last Saturday was spent in a hall right next to a police station, so I couldn't do it there either!

Thanks for everything, I'm so glad you're back....

LTS XX

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27 Nov 01 - 02:07 AM (#598288)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Liz the Squeak

I don't want to be pedantic or nit picky or whatever, but isn't the thread menu page a little shorter than usual??

Still, there are some things where size really DOESN'T matter, it's the content that is the important thing...

LTS

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27 Nov 01 - 02:08 AM (#598289)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: paddymac

Jeez - I spent much of the weekend trying to figure out just how bad the latest virus screwed up my machine. I noticed I couldn't get into the 'cat, but there were other sites that I could and some that I could not access. Finally got my problem worked out today, and then when I had a chance to come to the mudcat, it was well. In a perverse way, it gives me some slight comfort to find out it was shorty who was sick, and not my own box of nuts and bolts. Hope one and all had a pleasant holiday.

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27 Nov 01 - 02:10 AM (#598292)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Amergin

LTS...that is because the last time the cat was up was more than 24 hours ago.....

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27 Nov 01 - 02:11 AM (#598294)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Liz the Squeak

Ah.

Now you've made me late for work.

AGAIN!!!

(*BG* - just glad to have you back.....!)

LTS

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27 Nov 01 - 02:52 AM (#598297)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST,SINSULL

No cookie but grateful to be in.

Max,
I was reduced to restringing my autoharp. We have to talk!
Welcome back.
Mary

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27 Nov 01 - 03:16 AM (#598304)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Helen

Was it only 24 hours? I've been trying to get in since sunday morning (Oz time) which is 21/2 days ago, only it feels like a week ago. I kept trying, different times of the day, but I decided that Max was maybe a way for a few days, so I just suffered in silence, for most of the time, because our St Max deserves a bit of peace & quiet, if you can call shooting wildlife quiet!!??

Glad you're back, Helen

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27 Nov 01 - 03:21 AM (#598306)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Amergin

no it was more than 24 hours...that is what I was saying cause the links on the page only last there for 24 hours...until they start dropping off....

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27 Nov 01 - 03:26 AM (#598307)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: leprechaun

I'm just glad it wasn't something I said.

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27 Nov 01 - 03:44 AM (#598310)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Sarah the flute

..... and I thought it was me and my inept computing skills .... or that the IT boys here at work had added the site to their net nanny list!!!! Glad its back

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27 Nov 01 - 04:24 AM (#598321)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Llanfair

Good to have you back, Max. And the Mudcat, of course.
Cheers, Bron.

(So there's this chap who lives in America, who is the same age as my son, and I've never met him, or even talked to him, and he goes on holiday, and I can't wait for him to come back!!! What's that all about??!!!)

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27 Nov 01 - 04:30 AM (#598322)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: John J

No need to say sorry Max, the responses here show how much we all really appreciate what you do for us all.

Thanks from me, and I'm sure everyone else will echo my sentiments.

Thanks again,

John

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27 Nov 01 - 04:38 AM (#598327)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: A Wandering Minstrel

No sweat Max, and hope you had a good break

I restrung my 12-string and got in lots of practice over the weekend :)

Good to see the site back!

AWM

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27 Nov 01 - 04:41 AM (#598328)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: bill\sables

Pleased you're back Max, My phone hasn't stopped ringing with people (mostly from Hull) asking for advice regarding how to get into the cat. Did you shoot any Bamby's?
Cheers Bill

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27 Nov 01 - 05:38 AM (#598351)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: nutty

Hey Max ... don't apologise .....it does the parent good to have a few days away from the kids just teaches them to appreciate you
We've all had that feeling of impending doom at what might be happening at home and the sense of relief when we find that things aren't quite as bad as we imagined.
We are very glad to have you (and Mudcat) back but we did manage OK ... honest (apart from one or two who got into a flat panic but Uncle Jon sorted them out!!)
A belated Happy Thanksgiving from me

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27 Nov 01 - 05:42 AM (#598352)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Trevor

Phew! I thought somebody in my office had twigged how I spend much of my working day and filtered you all out. And I couldn't even find Bron's phone number to ask her. Last Thursday, BTW, was whenI I could last visit.

And the man thinks he has to apologise!

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27 Nov 01 - 06:56 AM (#598375)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Morticia

Can only add my heartfelt appreciation of the fact that you are back, I damn near did some housework for gawdsakes!Luckily I still have the Sims so avoided it but it was a close call.

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27 Nov 01 - 08:28 AM (#598405)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: artbrooks

Just got a new box, so I assumed that I had messed something up setting it up...normally a reasonable assumption. Missed you.

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27 Nov 01 - 08:39 AM (#598409)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: LR Mole

Whew...

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27 Nov 01 - 08:50 AM (#598414)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Snuffy

Every cloud has a silver lining. I was away at Bedworth Folk Festival all weekend, and was quite relieved that I didn't have to spend twelve hours online to catch up on all the threads I'd missed. Can you arrange for the Cat to be down whenever I'm at a festival! :-)

WassaiL! V

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27 Nov 01 - 08:51 AM (#598415)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Fiolar

God! How I missed the daily fix of Mudcat. I thought, how will I manage if it has gone for good. So relieved to have you back. Will now go and sacrifice the next door's cat to the gods of the net.

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27 Nov 01 - 09:31 AM (#598437)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: MMario

yegads, Max - no need to apologize! Now - if you had accidently attached SMELLNET to the 'cat and suddenly we were all being overwhelmed with an authentic reproduction of Cletus the day before his annual bath; *THAT* would be something to apologize for!

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27 Nov 01 - 09:34 AM (#598440)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: JedMarum

Welcome back, Max ... thanks for getting us back up! We did miss the place, and we are greatful for what you do to keep it running!

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27 Nov 01 - 09:54 AM (#598456)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: SharonA

Hi, Max, and a hearty welcome back! So where did you go for the Bambi hunt? Y'know you coulda just driven down to Fairmount Park (in Philadelphia PA [for the non-locals]) and thinned the ranks of the unwanted "citified" deer, but what fun would that be? ...well, I suppose you could've harassed a protester or two...

And lucky you, the weather is still warm enough to cook those Bambi-burgers outdoors on the grill!

Anyway, no apologies are necessary for taking a trip, silly! Thanks for bringing "shorty" back up, and thanks for all you do to keep us 'Catters together!

Sharon

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27 Nov 01 - 10:03 AM (#598462)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Geoff the Duck

Well Max. We certainly missed you. We kept turning on the computer and then wondering what to do with it!
Quack!
GtD.

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27 Nov 01 - 10:22 AM (#598466)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Max

We call this part of the year "camp". My father started going when he was 12. I started going when I was 12. Started out a shack, with no electricity. Now we have a cabin made of cinder blocks heated only by an oil drum converted into a kettle stove. Built that in 1976. We do have electricity, but little else other than 6 bunks and a fold out couch. Beautiful land that we know like the back of our hand. 8 guys in our camp that we only see this one week a year. Couple other camps with guys we only see once a year. Love these guys. We spend the days hunting deer and nights playing cards and telling stories, eating like kings and taking turns doing dishes. I'm pretty sure that all 8 of us would quit any job that wouldn't let us take that week off.

I've lived in over 20 places in 5 states over the last 29 years. Never more that 3 years in any one place. But Camp has always been the same. It's the closest thing I have to roots.

The weather was very unusual for this week. Usually it's so cold you can't sit still, so the deer are always on the move. This year it was 50 degrees, and everyone on the mountain sat still, so the deer traveled their usual routes. Very unusual first day of Buck. But boy was it beautiful. Had a great time with the boys, and a great time in the woods. I probably would have only pulled the trigger if it were a 12 point albino deer. Didn't have the time or money to deal with the meat. Kind of like fishing with no bait on the hook, I wasn't there to kill a deer. About half our guys are like that.

So no, no deer.

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27 Nov 01 - 10:37 AM (#598481)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Bat Goddess

Came home last from a road trip to Vermont with a friend (hunting and gathering at the Vermont Country Store). It was after dark and, about 3 houses away from home, there was a large form standing in the middle of the road, comtemplative sort of. Deer, of course. I'm always surprised when I actually SEE one during hunting season, even at night.

It's been so warm here that a friend who asked to hunt on our land (33 acres of trees and rock) hasn't been out. Hope he can and does and gets his deer, because I've been venison starved for way too long!

Really glad to have you and Mudcat back, Max. And no apologies needed, either. Curmudgeon and I really appreciate your time and dedication. And with no Mudcat for a couple days, Tom could concentrate on eBay (getting rid of cubic footage).

Thanks, Max, for all that you do!

Bat Goddess

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27 Nov 01 - 11:45 AM (#598507)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

Bill I would have been phoning you as well but I lost your number! What happened to all the Hull Catters? looks like there is only me left!

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27 Nov 01 - 12:56 PM (#598563)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: wysiwyg

Max, we have Camp too. We don't get to go every year anymore, but it's enough sometimes just to know it's there and we could go. I am glad to hear you have it.

~Susan

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27 Nov 01 - 01:00 PM (#598567)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: 53

no need to be sorry, everybody deserves some r and r now and then , great to have you back. BOB AND GLENDA

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27 Nov 01 - 01:19 PM (#598576)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Eric the Viking

Hey Max, don't be sorry for things that ain't your fault.Glad the cat is up and running again though

Cheers

Eric

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27 Nov 01 - 01:57 PM (#598593)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Tam the bam fraeSaltcoatsScotland

Max

I don't konw why you're sorry for? I mean this site is one of the best I've seen.

Great to have it up and running again.

If you want a holiday then that's up to you.

Tam

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27 Nov 01 - 02:03 PM (#598602)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Gareth

No need to appologise, Max, just exceedingly glad that you enjoyed yourself.

Gareth

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27 Nov 01 - 03:10 PM (#598674)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: gnu

Good thing it's not my responsibility. "Trailer" (no heat, no plumbing) lasts EIGHT weeks here and I go at least every Thursday to Saturday. No deer for the same reason. Haven't had the heart to take one in over five years. But, grouse, thick as lice this year. Don't take a sacred albino... bad luck... but that twelve pointer sounds tempting.

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27 Nov 01 - 03:41 PM (#598706)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST,Cretinous Yahoo

Oh, has the mudcat been down?

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27 Nov 01 - 03:47 PM (#598713)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: John MacKenzie

Praise be, it wasn't me, I thought my 'puter was on the fritz. Don't normally have Thanksgiving over this side of the pond, but I'm giving thanks now. I did think that the turkey was suppose to be hot, not cold. Welcome back I missed y'all.

Failte
Giok

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27 Nov 01 - 03:54 PM (#598718)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST,ghost

Whew, I've been less than regular around here of late and I thought I had missed a major exodus or something. Glad to know I wasn't the only one caught by surprise and that everything is back to normal. Do things get normal here? No sorry needed web master, just happy to see so many familiar posts. :o)

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27 Nov 01 - 05:16 PM (#598782)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Bill D

I gather some folks have NOT got Mudcat Help forum bookmarked. It did NOT go down, and would have at least reassured you as to where things were...also Jon Freeman's forum had information....get you a little folder in yo' bookmarks with all the links! *grin*

(glad to hear you had good R & R, Max)

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27 Nov 01 - 05:29 PM (#598794)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Liz the Squeak

I do have the help forum and tried all three servers. I got in on Wednesday and Thursday morning by using Ragtime, but for Friday evening - Tuesday morning had nothing at all.... despite trying several servers and other back doors..... a whole 3 days without you - just as well I was with Snuffy at Bedworth, or else I'd be a basket case by now!!!

LTS

(wibble)

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27 Nov 01 - 06:26 PM (#598834)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST,Nancy King at work

No need to apologize, Max! Glad you had a good time, and glad you and the 'Cat are back! Thanks for keeping us in touch!

Cheers, Nancy

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28 Nov 01 - 09:24 AM (#599304)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: PeteBoom

Big Mick is learning bazooka? Oh no... There goes the neighborhood...

"Camp" sounds like a good time, Max...

Regards -

Pete

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28 Nov 01 - 09:36 AM (#599312)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Big Mick

This from a man who walks around in a skirt, pounding on a bass drum, and using the word "boom" in his handle..........it ain't easy bein' me!!! hahahahahahahaha.

Mick

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28 Nov 01 - 10:14 AM (#599345)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: PeteBoom

Never worn a skirt in me life, Mick-aleen. May be losing the bass drum before long and going back to snare - at least for solo contests.

Dusting off my "BIG March Strathspey and Reel" (changing the reel, probably) - sticking with "Clan MacRae Society" for the march. Reel, I've got two to choose from, depends on which piper agrees (can be bribed) to play... PeteBoom returns to Grade 1 solos after a couple of years hiatus - can't let the young rug rats be the ONLY Grade 1 soloists in town. These old hands don't have the speed they once did, but they got finesse that the wee ones don't understand yet - when they do I'll lose fer certain, until then, I'll give a run fer the money...

When that happens, look out bodhran thumpers, here I come...

Pete

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28 Nov 01 - 10:22 AM (#599351)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Big Mick

I KNEW YOU COULDN'T RESIST ANSWERING THAT ONE.............ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

I have noticed the young ones gettin' a wee bit cocky (dangerous for a man in a kilt.......take that on any one of the several levels that it was intended to cover...LOL.) on their drumming, my friend. I am seeing less of the "Master Po" reverence toward you, and more of the "I can take the auld bastard" kind o' look in their eyes. Give 'em a wee hidin' in competition, Pete, and do it for all us auld barstards....hahaha.

All the best,

Mick

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28 Nov 01 - 06:39 PM (#599734)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Dave Wynn

Sorry not required.....you are doing a super job. Hope you had a good break. I must be a real SB but I worked through my lunchtime coz Mudcat wasn't around to read. Glad it's back.!!

Spot

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28 Nov 01 - 07:01 PM (#599750)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Art Thieme

Max,

I am with Bucketeer on this. And I, too, hope you got some! "Some what"--you ask??? Pigs and deer. At least a few sows and bucks to help you fund this place.

Art Thieme

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28 Nov 01 - 07:06 PM (#599756)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: catspaw49

........Oy...............ah good Christ Art............ "sows and bucks"????

................. ohmygawd..................

I think that's an all time low!!!!!!!!

MY HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spaw

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28 Nov 01 - 07:09 PM (#599760)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: GUEST

Like this one.

Jon

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28 Nov 01 - 07:15 PM (#599764)
Subject: RE: Sorry
From: Willa

'Absence makes the heart grow fonder'; you can see from the postings just how much we missed you (and one another!). Welcome back.

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