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23 Jan 05 - 04:05 PM (#1386338) Subject: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen Why was a Mudcat chosen as the site mascot? From reading the BS threads these last few months, perhaps a grouse would have been more appropriate. Sure are a lot of disguntled folks here. Me, I'm gruntled most of the time.. Jerry |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:11 PM (#1386346) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Nigel Parsons Not a "Grouse", I'd prefer a Glelivet! Nigel |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:15 PM (#1386353) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: ranger1 Would you like a ruffed grouse or a spruce grouse, Jerry? |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:21 PM (#1386355) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Pogo {O) I'd agree Jerry...but I do hope the gruntled threads eventually outweigh the disgruntled ones. Still perhaps...it is just all part of the delicate balance of nature...like the ebb and flow of the sea...the grouses and the mudcats, living in a symbiotic relationship so intricate we as humans cannot fathom it... eh... |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:25 PM (#1386359) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen I think there are ruffled grouses in here, Ranger1... :-) Jerry I wonder what disgruntled comes from? Have to look it up in the dikshunairy. |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:27 PM (#1386363) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: ranger1 Yeah, but they could be spruced up a bit, don't you think? |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:37 PM (#1386378) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: GUEST So, which is worse? People Jerry Rasmussen has labelled 'disgruntled' or Jerry Rasmussen starting yet another thread to whine about people he has deemed not cheerful and positive enough for his taste? |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:38 PM (#1386379) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen Definitely could use some sprucing up... Couldn't find an explanation of where the term disgruntled came from. I think it's kissing cousins to grumblers, though. Jerry |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:39 PM (#1386380) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: open mike http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i3000id.html or perhaps a sharp tailed grouse? http://www.ruffedgrousesociety.org/ or would you believe woodcock? ptarmigan? chukar? i htink my favorite is the chachalaca or hte cendragapus obscurus!! GROUSE, TURKEY & QUAIL-Order: Galliformes Chachalaca-Family: Cracidae Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula Grouse-Family: Phasianidae Chukar Alectoris chukar Gray Partridge Perdix perdix Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Gunnison Sage-Grouse Centrocercus minimus Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Quail-Family: Odontophoridae Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata California Quail Callipepla californica Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae i htink my favorite is the chachalaca or hte cendragapus obscurus!! |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:39 PM (#1386382) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: GUEST So Jerry, if you so dislike grumblers and the disgruntled, why do you keep starting threads complaining about them? Doesn't that make you a disgruntled grumbler as well? See how it works yet, Jerry? |
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23 Jan 05 - 04:48 PM (#1386392) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: pdq Far too many Blue Grouse and Ruffed Grouse I say. Let there be more Sage Grouse and Mudcat will be a better place. |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:06 PM (#1386408) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: ranger1 With the weather outside at the moment, my vote is Ptarmigan. |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:10 PM (#1386414) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen Aha, then Guest... you are grumbling that I am grumbling that you are grumbling. I'm not actually grumbling, however... just observing. I always enjoyed bird watching. Or as my friend Art would say, Thats the way the cookie grumbles. Jerry |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:11 PM (#1386416) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Megan L never seen a sharp tailed but there are a few sharp tongued ones around. and ye a forgot the best wee grouse o them a Famous Grouse :) |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:13 PM (#1386417) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Amos Your original question is answered by the fact that the site was first dedicated to blues, especially Delta Blues, named after the delta region of the Mississippi, where the local catfish breed is the Mudcat. Capiche? A |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:18 PM (#1386427) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: ranger1 oh, so it's blue grouse! |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:29 PM (#1386436) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen Thanks, Amos. You know, I always wondered why this site is supposedly devoted to blues and folk music (with blues listed first.) There seems to be very little attention given to blues. You'd think with all the disgruntled grouses in here, there'd be more emphasis on blues.. :-) Jerry |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:32 PM (#1386441) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen What I'm wondering, are grouse rubbish? Jerry |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:47 PM (#1386455) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Teresa I don't know about grouse, but I know mudcats eat rubbish. :) As far as I know, Max is a blues lover. Not sure how the site changed into more folkie things, except that the Digitrad may have been an influence in that direction. From the American heritage dictionary: disgruntled: [ dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen, frequentative of grunten, to grunt; see grunt).] Teresa |
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23 Jan 05 - 05:51 PM (#1386462) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen Thanks, Teresa: I stand corrected. (Or sit corrected at the moment.) I am not gruntled. Except once in awhile. Everybody gets gruntled oncet in a while. I guess if you're gruntled too much, you become disgruntled. Let that be a warning to all of us.. :-) Jerry |
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23 Jan 05 - 06:41 PM (#1386514) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Rapparee Jerry, the Mudcat has two mascots: Cleigh Opposum and The Little Pissant. |
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23 Jan 05 - 07:14 PM (#1386545) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: wysiwyg Tsk, tsk-- it's in the FAQ (isn't everything?): Define "mudcat" mud cat any of several catfishes capable of living in Muddy Waters. Source: Webster's New World College Dictionary Catfish and Muddy Waters are inextricably connected to the Blues. Max started the place as a blues site, but generously invited us folkies to join him. Sometimes, he's still not too sure of us. Ask him what he thinks of Gordon Bok. ~S~ |
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24 Jan 05 - 01:47 PM (#1387199) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Cluin We call `em partridge. |
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24 Jan 05 - 01:56 PM (#1387220) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Rapparee I'd like to swap for some partridge cartridge. You know -- partridge cartridge barterage. |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:00 PM (#1387224) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Cluin Like in New England.... Ca'tridges f' pa'tridges. Ayuh. |
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24 Jan 05 - 02:54 PM (#1387323) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Jerry Rasmussen The grouse's spouse was soused. Jerry |
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24 Jan 05 - 03:00 PM (#1387329) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: gnu My grandmother called em pa'tridge... pahh'tridge, with a real Maine twang, although she was from the fly infested bog country of Salmon River, Kent county, New Brunswick, Canada. One evening at supper, as a lad, I corrected her with the fact that we were actually eating Ruffed Grouse, or, more properly, Bonasa Umbellus, from the latin for good when roasted and for the ruff. She corrected me with her cane upon my tibia. Dear ol Gramma. Her latin was a perfect as a priest's. And, she had a hell of an aim. |
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24 Jan 05 - 04:38 PM (#1387429) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Once Famous La la la la I am so merrily, merrily gruntled! La la la la Jerry, come chase butterflies in the meadow with me! La la la la Oh! I am just so happy hanging out on Mudcat. la la la la.............. |
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24 Jan 05 - 04:41 PM (#1387436) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: gnu Pass it around man. Don't hog it ! |
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24 Jan 05 - 04:43 PM (#1387438) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Once Famous Sorry. Nothing to pass. Except maybe a little gas. |
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25 Jan 05 - 03:24 AM (#1387893) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Gurney Is Cleigh Opposum its proper name, or is it called Ocker Ina? |
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25 Jan 05 - 03:47 AM (#1387904) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: GUEST,Sooz (at work) Disgruntled = pig thats lost its voice. |
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25 Jan 05 - 12:59 PM (#1388192) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: GUEST,leeneia I've just stepped over the big, yellowed dictionary, where I looked up "frequentative". (See Teresa's post above.) A frequentative verb is one which expresses repeated action. A rough English equivalent would be "it keeps sticking." Some grousing is frequentative, some is not. Why not a capercaillie as a mascot? Suitable for those who indulge in capers and like caillies. |
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25 Jan 05 - 06:50 PM (#1388542) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Cluin Disgruntled, dat gruntled, everywhere a gruntled grunt. |
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25 Jan 05 - 07:15 PM (#1388565) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Bill D Plectorhynchus goldmani |
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26 Jan 05 - 10:02 AM (#1388943) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: GUEST,leeneia http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Tetrao_urogallus/more_still_images.html Well, I tried to make a blue clicky, but it didn't work. Ctrl+C the above and paste it into your URL window to see my candidate. |
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26 Jan 05 - 02:50 PM (#1389302) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: gnu That's one fancy lookin' par'ridge. White or dark meat ? |
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26 Jan 05 - 03:01 PM (#1389309) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: gnu Ruffed grouse, commonly known as Birch Partridge (white meat)... http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=62 Poor pictures, I must say. When a big cock feathers out like the pics on leeneia's site, it's quite impressive as well. |
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26 Jan 05 - 05:15 PM (#1389486) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: Cluin A partridge drumming on a distant log in the bush in early fall... one of my favourite sounds. That, and the sound of bacon frying in the morning, geese flying in a V overhead, my guitar when it's in perfect tune and my girlfriend rolling over towards me and saying good morning. |
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26 Jan 05 - 05:37 PM (#1389525) Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse? From: gnu Cluin... HEAVEN. |
