Why is soc.culture.scottish such a successful newsgroup?
Paul Carr
My name is Paul Carr. I post from time to time over at soc.culture.irish.
About an hour ago, I subscribed to your newsgroup and I was very impressed
by the volume of posts here. There's been like 24 posts in the past 65
minutes alone.
Soc.culture.irish is, by comparison, sluggish. You'd have 24 posts in one
day over there.
So, my question is: why are you so successful here on soc.culture.scottish?
Is your newsgroup moderated? Is cross-posting restricted?
Anyway, we're having a bit of a discussion over on soc.culture.irish about
how soc.culture.irish has declined since the glory days. What about you
folks over at soc.culture.scottish, any nostalgia for glory days too?
Oh, I'll crosspost this one to soc.culture.irish. We need the help of our
enlightened Scottish neighbours, friends and colleagues to bring more
on-topic, informative and constructive traffic back to soc.culture.irish.
Rick
Oh, well. Leaves me out, then! :-P
Josiah Jenkins
<worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>My name is Paul Carr. I post from time to time over at soc.culture.irish.
Jaysus !!! What an admission to start out on !
>
>About an hour ago, I subscribed to your newsgroup and I was very
>impressed by the volume of posts here. There's been like 24 posts
>in the past 65 minutes alone.
Do not confuse quantity and quality. Many of the pearls are consumed
by the swine, the swine !
>
>Soc.culture.irish is, by comparison, sluggish.
Not enough Guinness ?
>
> You'd have 24 posts in one day over there.
>
>So, my question is: why are you so successful here on soc.culture.scottish?
Scots are the most successful nation on this Earth. Anything we are
involved in is guaranteed to be better than . . . something else !
>
>Is your newsgroup moderated? Is cross-posting restricted?
No and No.
>
>Anyway, we're having a bit of a discussion over on soc.culture.irish about
>how soc.culture.irish has declined since the glory days. What about you
>folks over at soc.culture.scottish, any nostalgia for glory days too?
But of course.
But I just checked some old URLs I had for sci . . .
Unofficial Guide to s.c.i.
Faces of sci
SCI - Porn & Hamster Porn
and Ger's and Howard's sites
. . . all dead links.
Thanks to the selfless dedication of one man, we still have :
http://www.ian-stewart.eu/informer.php
(But they all ignore the PayPal sign, the miserable sods !)
>
>Oh, I'll crosspost this one to soc.culture.irish. We need the help of our
>enlightened Scottish neighbours, friends and colleagues to bring more
>on-topic, informative and constructive traffic back to soc.culture.irish.
Oh, you're a real silver tongued charmer, aren't you !
"Scottish neighbours, friends and colleagues" ?
scs and sci can outdo the Kilkenny cats at the drop of a hat !
--
http://www.ian-stewart.eu
Val
it's the 4763 sheepees up to a lot of it-just cant keep em away from
the keyboard...spesh now Micheil is back...
Nebulous
<worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
SCS is a group of degenerate, anti-social misfits, with the odd
(usually very odd!) human being thrown in for good measure. Our
healthy post count has several primary drivers:
a) A desire to post more often than the next person
b) A desire to post more shite than the next person
c) A desire to have the last say on guns, circumcision, Eyerack or any
of the other myriad factors that differentiate us from some of the
most vocal of our diaspora.
d) A desire to have the last say on Scots, language or dialect?, How
much money should we spend promoting Gaelic, Edinburgh or Glasgow or
any of the myriad factors that keep resident Scots at each others
throats instead of rebuilding our Nation.
e) A belief that SCS is too quiet, which prompts the initiation of a
thread from c) or d) above. It's good to disguise it as something else
initially, but don't worry it will revert to type within 3 posts.
However the one thing that may really differentiate us, is that
regardless of our mutual loathing of our fellow denizens, we hate
outsiders even more. There are few sights that swell the chest more
effectively than seeing sworn foes unite to give Rabbie Henderson a
good kicking.
I hope that answers your question?
By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
their houses!"
Aberdeen rocks!!!
Neb
The Phantom Piper
It's the Loving Care and Respect with which each poster
here holds every other one.
> Is your newsgroup moderated?
If you mean in a strictly Darwinian sense - then yes!
> Is cross-posting restricted?
Oh yes. No one here ever crossposts to any other group(s)...
> What about you folks over at soc.culture.scottish, any
> nostalgia for glory days too?
Occasionally, as we sit around the scs bonfire, chewing
the bones of some long-dead companion, we reminisce
about what they posted, and whether it was in Good Taste.
> Oh, I'll crosspost this one to soc.culture.irish. We need
> the help of our enlightened Scottish neighbours, friends
> and colleagues to bring more on-topic, informative and
> constructive traffic back to soc.culture.irish.
Not surprising really: Conway Caine's one of yours, isn't he?
Happy To Help,
The Phantom Piper
Josiah Jenkins
<ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
><worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>So, my question is: why are you so successful here on soc.culture.scottish?
>
So far, so good !
>
>By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:-
>"A pox on both their houses!"
Isn't that a little adventurous ?
Starting to fight a war on yet another front ?
You're already on thin ice with the Fife and Embra
contingent . . .
>
>Aberdeen rocks!!!
That'll be granite, will it ?
--
http://www.ian-stewart.eu
The Highlander
Paul, it may be that scs simply has more potential posters than sci
because our diaspora is more widely spread, while yours is (I assume)
mostly confined to North America. Many of the posts here come from
people of Scottish origin who originally had questions about Scottish
matters and decided to stay on and become regulars. We've had people
contact us from Moscow, Argentina and Zimbabwe, and as a large part of
the Scottish diaspora was centred on the US, Canada, Australia, and
New Zealand, we have regular posters from those countries who stopped
in to ask a question and decided to stay on.
The Phantom Piper
> than seeing sworn foes unite to give Rabbie Henderson a
> good kicking.
Aye that! *And* the likes of SAotI. It brings a tear of joy
to the eye, so it does. The Camaraderie... <*sniff*!>
> By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:
> "A pox on both their houses!" Aberdeen rocks!!!
Right, well feck oaf then, you benighted sheep-shagging bastard!
Fully Recovered,
The Phantom Piper
conwaycaine
"Paul Carr" <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:heffle$ode$1...@adenine.netfront.net...
> Hi Folks,
>
> My name is Paul Carr. I post from time to time over at soc.culture.irish.
***You are truly to be pitied.
> About an hour ago, I subscribed to your newsgroup and I was very impressed
> by the volume of posts here. There's been like 24 posts in the past 65
> minutes alone.
***You should see the volumn when they are angry.
> Soc.culture.irish is, by comparison, sluggish. You'd have 24 posts in one
> day over there.
***Could it be that the Irish still have difficulty stringing together
coherent thoughts?
> So, my question is: why are you so successful here on
> soc.culture.scottish?
***Native intelligence, I'd say.
> Is your newsgroup moderated? Is cross-posting restricted?
**Only by our sympathetic reactions to the brays of the mortally wounded.
> Anyway, we're having a bit of a discussion over on soc.culture.irish about
> how soc.culture.irish has declined since the glory days. What about you
> folks over at soc.culture.scottish, any nostalgia for glory days too?
***We all miss the good old days. I especially miss being shoved into a
barrel of hot tar for being a hapless Merk.
> Oh, I'll crosspost this one to soc.culture.irish. We need the help of our
> enlightened Scottish neighbours, friends and colleagues to bring more
> on-topic, informative and constructive traffic back to soc.culture.irish.
***You have Turlough, Cunningham, Goldenarse, and Unki.
What more could you possibly want?
(And it is a grand troll you've devised, Mister Carr)
conwaycaine
"The Phantom Piper" <ThePhan...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:151ba903-e366-4279...@u36g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
Happy To Help,
*********
Did you really need to give me away?
I HAD intended to enjoy a good long session at Mister Carr's expense.
Allan
"Nebulous" <ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bj4ng5dhck1l3rudl...@4ax.com...
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen!!!!!
Bunch o' effin gutter snipes the lot o' ye - an thaim that irnae ir city
slicker wide boys! Nou whaurs ma wellies an thaim yows?
Allan
S Viemeister
my gate.
La N
- nilita
Cory Bhreckan
Well, Allan wants them back. He's getting 'lonely'.
--
"For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed." - William Topaz McGonagall
deem...@aol.com
I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
La N
>
> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that experienced by
*this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
- nilita
Doc Aay
news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import, but
there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe the
"hens" add something vital? There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on SCI.
Doc
deem...@aol.com
> "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
>
> > deemsb...@aol.com wrote:
>
> >> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
> >> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
> >> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
>
> > Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that experienced
> > by *this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
>
> > - nilita
>
> I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import, but
> there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe the
> "hens" add something vital? There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on SCI.
>
> Doc
It does add to it. Most of Usenet....well, that which still
exists....is a vast male wasteland.
Caít()
>
> - Show quoted text -
I can vouch for that. It smells of dirty socks that have festered
under the bed since you came back from your last holliers.
Caít()
deem...@aol.com
Dumbarses chasin' off the washerwomen!!!!!!!!!!
Josiah Jenkins
wrote:
You've got a leisure centre in Hawick ???
Remember the rope to tie the yow to the lamp post !
Josiah Jenkins
Doubt it . . . they're probably McKay's !
>
>They've been fertilising the area in front of my gate.
Could be worse. It might be McKay's beasts that got out.
Josiah Jenkins
wrote:
Of course they do.
They tend not to become involved in flamefests and generally
only appear when the thread involves . . .
1) Recipes
2) Quilting
3) Knitting
4) Kitchen Equipment
5) SuBo (new entry)
6) Flower Arranging
and other such topics.
Don't get me wrong, that's how it should be.
It keeps them in their proper place !
Whit ???????
Hey, heid thi ba, stop putting stuff on my computer !!!
>
>There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on SCI.
That's a pity. Where did everyone go ?
There used to be some good craic in the crossposts.
As I said earlier, I see that all the sci websites have gone.
I think I can safely speak for a majority on scs,
You're very welcome here.
--
http://www.ian-stewart.eu
The Phantom Piper
jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>
> I think I can safely speak for a majority on scs,
> You're very welcome here.
Bring Guinness.
Stating Conditions,
The Phantom Piper
Nebulous
<josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:38 +0000, Nebulous
><ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
>><worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
><sniP>
>>>So, my question is: why are you so successful here on soc.culture.scottish?
>>
>>I hope that answers your question?
>
>So far, so good !
>>
>>By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:-
>>"A pox on both their houses!"
>
>Isn't that a little adventurous ?
>Starting to fight a war on yet another front ?
>You're already on thin ice with the Fife and Embra
>contingent . . .
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Besides it's ages yet before I go back to Glasgow, they'll have
forgotten all about it by then.
>>
>>Aberdeen rocks!!!
>
>That'll be granite, will it ?
Sure is. It has quite a ring to it, doesn't it?
"Made in Scotland, from Granite."
Neb
The Phantom Piper
>
> Sure is. It has quite a ring to it, doesn't it?
>
> "Made in Scotland, from Granite."
That's gneiss!
Not Taking Anything For Granite,
The Phantom Piper
Cory Bhreckan
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:17:46 -0600, "Doc Aay" <***docaye***@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "La N" <nilita20...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
>>> deem...@aol.com wrote:
>>>> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
>>>> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
>>>> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
>>> Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that experienced
>>> by *this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
>>>
>>> - nilita
>>>
>> I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import, but
>> there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe the
>> "hens" add something vital?
>
> Of course they do.
> They tend not to become involved in flamefests
With one major exception!
> and generally
> only appear when the thread involves . . .
>
> 1) Recipes
> 2) Quilting
> 3) Knitting
> 4) Kitchen Equipment
> 5) SuBo (new entry)
> 6) Flower Arranging
> and other such topics.
>
> Don't get me wrong, that's how it should be.
> It keeps them in their proper place !
>
> Whit ???????
>
> Hey, heid thi ba, stop putting stuff on my computer !!!
>> There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on SCI.
>
> That's a pity. Where did everyone go ?
>
> There used to be some good craic in the crossposts.
>
> As I said earlier, I see that all the sci websites have gone.
>
> I think I can safely speak for a majority on scs,
> You're very welcome here.
--
Cory Bhreckan
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:17:46 -0600, "Doc Aay" <***docaye***@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "La N" <nilita20...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
>>> deem...@aol.com wrote:
>>>> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
>>>> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
>>>> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
>>> Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that experienced
>>> by *this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
>>>
>>> - nilita
>>>
>> I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import, but
>> there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe the
>> "hens" add something vital?
>
> Of course they do.
> They tend not to become involved in flamefests
With one major exception!
> and generally
> only appear when the thread involves . . .
>
> 1) Recipes
> 2) Quilting
> 3) Knitting
> 4) Kitchen Equipment
> 5) SuBo (new entry)
> 6) Flower Arranging
> and other such topics.
>
> Don't get me wrong, that's how it should be.
> It keeps them in their proper place !
>
> Whit ???????
>
> Hey, heid thi ba, stop putting stuff on my computer !!!
>> There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on SCI.
>
> That's a pity. Where did everyone go ?
>
> There used to be some good craic in the crossposts.
>
> As I said earlier, I see that all the sci websites have gone.
>
> I think I can safely speak for a majority on scs,
> You're very welcome here.
--
Val
jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >"La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
While I do not wholly disagree with your sentiments, i cannot help but
feel your presumption ranks on a par with waving an ad banner for mint
sauce in front of an already damp and irritable flock...
Val
Scotty
wrote:
>By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>their houses!"
>
>Aberdeen rocks!!!
>
>Neb
I thought it was Edinburgh rock??
Bryn Fraser
jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:38 +0000, Nebulous
>
> >On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
> ><worldpaulc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> <sniP>
> >>So, my question is: why are you so successful here on soc.culture.scottish?
>
> >I hope that answers your question?
>
> So far, so good !
>
>
>
> >"A pox on both their houses!"
>
> Starting to fight a war on yet another front ?
> You're already on thin ice with the Fife and Embra
> contingent . . .
>
>
>
Only when excited. Otherwise it reads "Abn"..
>
> That'll be granite, will it ?
Granny who?
ryn
Now the " " has packed in.....
F ck!
Bryn Fraser
> On Nov 24, 12:20 am, Nebulous <j...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
>
> > <worldpaulc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >My name is Paul Carr. I post from time to time over at soc.culture.irish.
>
> > >About an hour ago, I subscribed to your newsgroup and I was very impressed
> > >by the volume of posts here. There's been like 24 posts in the past 65
> > >minutes alone.
>
> > >Soc.culture.irish is, by comparison, sluggish. You'd have 24 posts in one
> > >day over there.
>
>
>
> > >Anyway, we're having a bit of a discussion over on soc.culture.irish about
> > >how soc.culture.irish has declined since the glory days. What about you
> > >folks over at soc.culture.scottish, any nostalgia for glory days too?
>
> > >Oh, I'll crosspost this one to soc.culture.irish. We need the help of our
> > >enlightened Scottish neighbours, friends and colleagues to bring more
> > >on-topic, informative and constructive traffic back to soc.culture.irish.
>
> > (usually very odd!) human being thrown in for good measure. Our
> > healthy post count has several primary drivers:
>
> > a) A desire to post more often than the next person
>
> > b) A desire to post more shite than the next person
>
> > c) A desire to have the last say on guns, circumcision, Eyerack or any
> > of the other myriad factors that differentiate us from some of the
> > most vocal of our diaspora.
>
> > d) A desire to have the last say on Scots, language or dialect?, How
> > much money should we spend promoting Gaelic, Edinburgh or Glasgow or
> > any of the myriad factors that keep resident Scots at each others
> > throats instead of rebuilding our Nation.
>
> > e) A belief that SCS is too quiet, which prompts the initiation of a
> > thread from c) or d) above. It's good to disguise it as something else
> > initially, but don't worry it will revert to type within 3 posts.
>
> > However the one thing that may really differentiate us, is that
> > regardless of our mutual loathing of our fellow denizens, we hate
> > outsiders even more. There are few sights that swell the chest more
> > effectively than seeing sworn foes unite to give Rabbie Henderson a
> > good kicking.
>
>
> > their houses!"
>
>
> > Neb
>
> Paul, it may be that scs simply has more potential posters than sci
> because our diaspora is more widely spread, while yours is (I assume)
> mostly confined to North America. Many of the posts here come from
> people of Scottish origin who originally had questions about Scottish
> matters and decided to stay on and become regulars. We've had people
> contact us from Moscow, Argentina and Zimbabwe, and as a large part of
> the Scottish diaspora was centred on the US, Canada, Australia, and
> New Zealand, we have regular posters from those countries who stopped
> in to ask a question and decided to stay on.
Where as Paddies are everywhere and too shy to admit it...
ryn
Sh t!
Bryn Fraser
Actually it was miserable failure as predicted by the more sage among
this group.
ryn
Bryn Fraser
>
> - Show quoted text -
Mac Washerwomen if you please!
Br n
fixed the B
Bryn Fraser
jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:17:46 -0600, "Doc Aay" <***docaye...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >"La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
Don't step on the criacs though..
ryn
Fu k it!
Bryn Fraser
Beats the hell out of that Nancy "Edinburgh Rock"
Bry
Bryn Fraser
wrote:
Oh PLEASE!
I had root canal work done today... Double session.....
Jus too much!
Goin to bed...
Br n
Bryn Fraser
wrote:
> Josiah Jenkins wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:17:46 -0600, "Doc Aay" <***docaye...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
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> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Ha ! Hit send twice!
ryn
Josiah Jenkins
<ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:04:45 +0000, Josiah Jenkins
><josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:38 +0000, Nebulous
>><ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
>>><worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>><sniP>
>>>>So, my question is: why are you so successful here on soc.culture.scottish?
>>>
>>>I hope that answers your question?
>>
>>So far, so good !
>>>
>>>By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:-
>>>"A pox on both their houses!"
>>
>>Isn't that a little adventurous ?
>>Starting to fight a war on yet another front ?
>>You're already on thin ice with the Fife and Embra
>>contingent . . .
>
>In for a penny, in for a pound.
>
>Besides it's ages yet before I go back to Glasgow, they'll have
>forgotten all about it by then.
Nae chance. Yir name's on the lavvie wall !
>
>>>
>>>Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>
>>That'll be granite, will it ?
>
>Sure is. It has quite a ring to it, doesn't it?
>
>"Made in Scotland, from Granite."
"Aberdonians, men of granite, shiny when wet,
dense all the time", sort of thing ?
--
http://www.ian-stewart.eu
Cory Bhreckan
Yes and no. My connection to eternal-september failed the first time,
Allan's budgie ate it. I didn't know if it had gotten through.
Josiah Jenkins
It is !
Embra Castle stands upon a rock
But if you want to go there
You've got to show your . . .
Bus pass ?
Library card ?
Season ticket for the tram ?
From Aberdeen ?
Josiah Jenkins
<ThePhan...@comcast.net> wrote:
>On Nov 24, 12:14�pm, Josiah Jenkins <josiah-
>jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> I think I can safely speak for a majority on scs,
>> You're very welcome here.
>
>Bring Guinness.
and Bushmills !
(Black please for me)
>
>
>Stating Conditions,
>
>The Phantom Piper
Cory Bhreckan
Have you gotten a spot of Tourette's?
Josiah Jenkins
<coryvreckan@nospam_verizon.net> wrote:
>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:17:46 -0600, "Doc Aay" <***docaye***@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "La N" <nilita20...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
>>>> deem...@aol.com wrote:
>>>>> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
>>>>> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
>>>>> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
>>>> Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that experienced
>>>> by *this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
>>>>
>>>> - nilita
>>>>
>>> I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import, but
>>> there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe the
>>> "hens" add something vital?
>>
>> Of course they do.
>> They tend not to become involved in flamefests
>
>With one major exception!
Sorry Cory, I missed your post !
>
>> and generally
>> only appear when the thread involves . . .
>>
>> 1) Recipes
>> 2) Quilting
>> 3) Knitting
>> 4) Kitchen Equipment
>> 5) SuBo (new entry)
>> 6) Flower Arranging
>> and other such topics.
>>
>> Don't get me wrong, that's how it should be.
>> It keeps them in their proper place !
>>
>> Whit ???????
>>
>> Hey, heid thi ba, stop putting stuff on my computer !!!
>>> There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on SCI.
>>
>> That's a pity. Where did everyone go ?
>>
>> There used to be some good craic in the crossposts.
>>
>> As I said earlier, I see that all the sci websites have gone.
>>
>> I think I can safely speak for a majority on scs,
>> You're very welcome here.
--
Doc Aay
news:cf37835a-049d-418a...@k13g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
And chocolate.
Well, that covers both sexes I think.
Doc
Doc Aay
news:d5rog5tut8un3lqbs...@4ax.com...
Yowser, Paul, now you've gone and brought all these hairy beings wearing
kilts and their menfolk to SCI. They're over-running the usual erudite
crowd!
Doc
(way to go!)
Scotty
<josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:07:17 +0200, Scotty <nob...@home.net> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:38 +0000, Nebulous <ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>>>their houses!"
>>>
>>>Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>>
>>>Neb
>>
>>I thought it was Edinburgh rock??
>
>It is !
>
>Embra Castle stands upon a rock
No, no, not the rock rock, the sweet rock...
Josiah Jenkins
wrote:
>"Val" <dzq...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Skoozie Maw as they say in Parree !
I trust that's an *offer to supply*.
*You're* not supposed request stuff !
>
>Well, that covers both sexes I think.
Ooops, please note, no mention of 's*x' on scs . . .
Children read this newsgroup (TM)
--
http://www.ian-stewart.eu
HardySpicer
wrote:
> On Nov 24, 12:20 am, Nebulous <j...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
> > There are few sights that swell the chest more effectively
> > than seeing sworn foes unite to give Rabbie Henderson a
> > good kicking.
>
> to the eye, so it does. The Camaraderie... <*sniff*!>
>
> > By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:
>
>
> Fully Recovered,
>
> The Phantom Piper
That's right, Piper,Highlander and myself are sworn enemies but we
unite once every year or so and bash the Irish and *nglish.
Hardy
Doc Aay
Oh, well, I'll get me coat...
Doc
Paul Carr
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
> <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> My name is Paul Carr. I post from time to time over at
>> soc.culture.irish.
>
>>
>> About an hour ago, I subscribed to your newsgroup and I was very
>> impressed by the volume of posts here. There's been like 24 posts
>> in the past 65 minutes alone.
>
> by the swine, the swine !
I'm sure that there is a lot of shite posted on SCS. I am sure that there
is more shite posted on SCS in absolute terms than on SCI. But, relatively
speaking, I think the percentage of shite is probably a lot less on SCS than
SCI. Of course there are newsgroups that are even worse than SCI. Check
out soc.culture.welsh and soc.culture.celtic and soc.culture.british.
Soc.culture.british may still have a little life in it yet.
Soc.culture.welsh and soc.culture.celtic are zombies or vampires now. Once
upon a time, they were human beings but now they have been taken over
completely by spam, muslim hate, jew hate, hate-mongery of every kind,
conspiracy crackpot theories and what not.
When I write about shite, I mean harmful shite, not harmless shit. Harmless
shite is fine. Playful banter like you have in a pub with a pint of
Guinness in your hand or whatever the Scots are having is harmless.
SCI is now about 50/50 I think. Half harmful shite and half the rest. A
quick observation of SCS suggests to me that it's about 20% harmful shite
and 80% the rest. SCS has about 10 times more posts than SCI. That means
even if in percentage terms the level of harmful shite on SCS is less than
on SCI, in absolute terms the level of harmful shite on SCS is more than on
SCI. C'est la vie. On the other hand, on soc.culture.british, it looks
like 80% harmful shite and 20% the rest and on soc.culture.welsh and
soc.culture.celtic it looks like 95%+ harmful shite, pretty much the
Undead, in other words.
So why is soc.culture.scottish so successful? I thank you all great Scots
for your feedback. It seems to me that there is more of a political balance
in soc.culture.scottish. I'll divide the political ruler into 7 parts, from
left to right. 1) ultra-left 2) hard left 3) left-of-centre 4) centre 5)
right-of-centre 6)hard right 7) ultra right. The centre of political gravity
on soc.culture.irish is probably between right-of-centre and hard-right but
probably closer to hard-right than right-of-centre. On soc.culture.irish,
you have hard-right conservative blow-hards who think that they are
centrists. It seems to me that the centre of political gravity of
soc.culture.scottish is centre. Over time, that leads to a much better
virtual environment for maximum discussion and minimum nastiness.
<snip>
> Thanks to the selfless dedication of one man, we still have :
> http://www.ian-stewart.eu/informer.php
> (But they all ignore the PayPal sign, the miserable sods !)
You are this Ian Stewart guy, Josiah Jenkins?
The Phantom Piper
>
> And chocolate.
Are we inviting soc.culture.belgium
and soc.culture.swiss as well?
Buying A Tiny Waistcoat,
The Phantom Piper
The Phantom Piper
>
> Jus too much!
>
> Goin to bed...
>
> Br n
H w's y ur keyb ard?
Thinking Y u Might Need A New ne,
The Phant m Piper
The Phantom Piper
jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>
> and Bushmills !
> (Black please for me)
A man after my own heart! Black Bush shots
with Cider chasers - that's the ticket!
Having Quite A Sweet Tooth,
The Phantom Piper
The Phantom Piper
wrote:
>
> Have you gotten a spot of Tourette's?
Looks more like T urette's to me; I think
there's s mething wr ng with his keyb ard!
P r Bryn!,
The Phant m Piper
The Phantom Piper
>
> Undead, in other words.
I'll have you mind your tongue!
> I'll divide the political ruler into 7 parts, from left to right.
> 1) ultra-left 2) hard left 3) left-of-centre 4) centre 5) right-
> of-centre 6)hard right 7) ultra right.
Around 'here' it's rated:
Adam <=> Me <=> Most Fowk <=> Deems <=> Scotty <=> Heid <=> Fred
> The centre of political gravity on soc.culture.irish is
> probably between right-of-centre and hard-right but
> probably closer to hard-right than right-of-centre.
On scs, I think most posters are more Liberal than
that, ranging from Left-Of-Centre to Hard Left on your
scale. The *most* Conservative posters here are
Americans, with the exception of Heid thi Ba', who
is a Man Without A Country, being a prat. There
ar an awful lot of Socialists and Social Democrats
on scs, myself included.
> You are this Ian Stewart guy, Josiah Jenkins?
That's oor Doc! Keeper of the Holy Flame, an aw...
Inspired,
The Phantom Piper
Paul Carr
> On Nov 24, 6:46 pm, "Paul Carr" <worldpaulc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Undead, in other words.
>
> I'll have you mind your tongue!
>
>> I'll divide the political ruler into 7 parts, from left to right.
>> 1) ultra-left 2) hard left 3) left-of-centre 4) centre 5) right-
>> of-centre 6)hard right 7) ultra right.
>
> Around 'here' it's rated:
>
> Adam <=> Me <=> Most Fowk <=> Deems <=> Scotty <=> Heid <=> Fred
LOL
Fred, yeah, I'm familiar with Fred from a discussion earlier this
summer.
He should come on over to SCI, he'd be more at home.
La N
Jeepers, Bryn, next you're going to say that this is a Scottish group and
bust up Cory's dreams for a 2012 Palin candidacy. All the Merks in this
group, and it hasn't even come close to being nudged to the centre towards
the right. Sheesh.
- nilita
La N
> "Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote in
> message news:te0pg59hg87jdgbnc...@4ax.com...
>>
>> *You're* not supposed request stuff !
>>>
>>> Well, that covers both sexes I think.
>>
>> Ooops, please note, no mention of 's*x' on scs . . .
>> Children read this newsgroup (TM)
>> --
>> http://www.ian-stewart.eu
>
>
> Oh, well, I'll get me coat...
>
Hey, he has Conway's accent ... do ya think .....?
- nilita
Deirdre Sholto Douglas
> SCI is now about 50/50 I think. Half harmful shite and half the rest. A
> quick observation of SCS suggests to me that it's about 20% harmful shite
> and 80% the rest. SCS has about 10 times more posts than SCI. That means
> even if in percentage terms the level of harmful shite on SCS is less than
> on SCI, in absolute terms the level of harmful shite on SCS is more than on
> SCI. C'est la vie. On the other hand, on soc.culture.british, it looks
> like 80% harmful shite and 20% the rest and on soc.culture.welsh and
> soc.culture.celtic it looks like 95%+ harmful shite, pretty much the
> Undead, in other words.
Holy shite! Are you sure you're not over-thinking this a
bit? I mean it's only ones and zeros...
> So why is soc.culture.scottish so successful?
I would think the measure of success is rather dependent
upon what you're using as a yardstick.
> On soc.culture.irish,
> you have hard-right conservative blow-hards who think that they are
> centrists.
Lovely. Do they always foam at the mouth like that?
Please keep them off the furniture and away from the
perennials, okay?
> It seems to me that the centre of political gravity of
> soc.culture.scottish is centre. Over time, that leads to a much better
> virtual environment for maximum discussion and minimum nastiness.
Presuming, of course, that you work from the assumption
politics enters or colours every discussion...in which case,
you're correct, but speaking for myself, I don't find that to
be so...there are plenty of non-ideological threads and dis-
cussions around here.
My suspicion is that a lot of SCS's "success" is owed to the
fact that it has a large...and very much under-represented
in this thread...distaff contingent. It seems to be one of
the last USENET bastions of a reasonably Normal distribu-
tion between male and female posters...I think that makes
for a difference in the stability of the group as a whole.
> You are this Ian Stewart guy, Josiah Jenkins?
Uh-oh...his next words will probably be "You have been
served."...better run, Josiah.
Deirdre
________________
The program isn't debugged until the last user is dead.
Allan
"S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote in message
news:7n2evsF...@mid.individual.net...
> Allan wrote:
>>
>> "Nebulous" <ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:bj4ng5dhck1l3rudl...@4ax.com...>>> By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>>> their houses!"
>>>
>>> Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>
>> Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen!!!!!
>>
>> Bunch o' effin gutter snipes the lot o' ye - an thaim that irnae ir city
>> slicker wide boys! Nou whaurs ma wellies an thaim yows?
>>
> Are those _your_ yowes? They've been fertilising the area in front of my
> gate.
I insist on my right to silence.
Allan
Allan
"Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote in message
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:14 -0000, "Allan" <al...@noemail.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nebulous" <ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:bj4ng5dhck1l3rudl...@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
>>> <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>>> their houses!"
>>>
>>> Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>
>>Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen!!!!!
>>
>>Bunch o' effin gutter snipes the lot o' ye - an thaim that irnae ir city
>>slicker wide boys! Nou whaurs ma wellies an thaim yows?
>
Bloody Hawick did you say????? Don't get me started on that!
Allan
Allan
"Scotty" <nob...@home.net> wrote in message
news:ettog59gfef01ivg5...@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:29:16 +0000, Josiah Jenkins
> <josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:07:17 +0200, Scotty <nob...@home.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:38 +0000, Nebulous
>>><ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>>>>their houses!"
>>>>
>>>>Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>>>
>>>>Neb
>>>
>>>I thought it was Edinburgh rock??
>>
>>It is !
>>
>>Embra Castle stands upon a rock
>
> No, no, not the rock rock, the sweet rock...
Better with Jethart Snails, or Hawick Balls, but best not go into that.
Allan
S Viemeister
> <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
>> Allan wrote:
>>> "Nebulous" <ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote
>>>> By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>>>> their houses!"
>>>>
>>>> Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>>
>>> Bunch o' effin gutter snipes the lot o' ye - an thaim that irnae ir city
>>> slicker wide boys! Nou whaurs ma wellies an thaim yows?
>>>
>
> Doubt it . . . they're probably McKay's !
They are. However did you guess?
>> They've been fertilising the area in front of my gate.
>
> Could be worse. It might be McKay's beasts that got out.
>
Them, too. And the big white bull, as well.
S Viemeister
> <***docaye***@yahoo.com> wrote
>> I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import, but
>> there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe the
>> "hens" add something vital?
>
> Of course they do.
> only appear when the thread involves . . .
>
> 1) Recipes
> 2) Quilting
> 3) Knitting
> 4) Kitchen Equipment
On the subject of kitchen equipment - my new dual-fuel cooker (ordered
the first week of October, and replaced due to defects/damage) is now
fully functioning. The gas engineer has installed the cylinders and
changeover, and connected up the hob, and the electrician has run a new
32 amp line, installed an isolation switch, connected up the ovens, and
relocated some sockets.
Recipe posts may follow.
The Phantom Piper
wrote:
> On Nov 24, 12:14 pm, Josiah Jenkins <josiah-
>
> jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:
>
> > I think I can safely speak for a majority on scs,
> > You're very welcome here.
>
the Phantom Piper
Bryn Fraser
The Phantom Piper
<once again proved how lonely it is to be himself>
conwaycaine
"Doc Aay" <***docaye***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:v_adnamayOu7iJHW...@posted.visi...
>> >
>>> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
>>> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
>>> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
>>
>> Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that experienced
>> by *this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
>>
>>
>
> I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import,
> but there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe
> on SCI.
Now that is sad, Doc.
Some of the best posts being made on sci were posts originated by the women.
Even the Pirate Queen is gone?
And I told the lot of yez that the Cabal was a bad idea. But would you
listen? Oh no!
Now you see what your rashness has brought upon you.
Allan
"Paul Carr" <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:heffle$ode$1...@adenine.netfront.net...
> Hi Folks,
>
> My name is Paul Carr. I post from time to time over at soc.culture.irish.
>
> by the volume of posts here. There's been like 24 posts in the past 65
> minutes alone.
It's funny how things go round. I used to post to various other groups [sci
included which I always found of interest] because there wasn't much going
on here but you are right, at the moment there is a lot of traffic - and
thankfully it is not all about Moslems etc. So yes this is a good group as
far as groups go. Most of the people posting here regulalry have been doing
so for a while.
Allan
conwaycaine
"Ca�t()" <cath...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b2197002-50e6-4e00...@e31g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 24, 5:38 pm, "deemsb...@aol.com" <deemsb...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Nov 24, 12:17 pm, "Doc Aay" <***docaye...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:9qUOm.53352$Db2.41917@edtnps83...
>
> > > deemsb...@aol.com wrote:
>
> > >> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
> > >> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
> > >> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
>
> > > Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that
> > > experienced
> > > by *this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
>
> > > - nilita
>
> > I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import,
> > but
> > there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. Maybe
> > the
> > "hens" add something vital? There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on
> > SCI.
>
>
> It does add to it. Most of Usenet....well, that which still
> exists....is a vast male wasteland.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I can vouch for that. It smells of dirty socks that have festered
under the bed since you came back from your last holliers.
*******
The stench is not from his socks, dear.
His kilt hasn't been dry-cleaned in twenty years.
conwaycaine
"Bryn Fraser" <brianlo...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:aaeff8db-ce61-4003...@x15g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 24, 6:46 pm, "deemsb...@aol.com" <deemsb...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Nov 24, 1:12 pm, Ca�t() <cathy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 24, 5:38 pm, "deemsb...@aol.com" <deemsb...@aol.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 24, 12:17 pm, "Doc Aay" <***docaye...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Mac Washerwomen if you please!
Br n
fixed the B
*********
"O'washerwomen" I think it would be.......................
conwaycaine
Don't despair, Doc.
He is but a Scot what has too long lived cheek to jowl with the *nglish.
It does something to their hormonal level.
Remember "No sex please. We are British"?
Josiah Jenkins
<finch.e...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Paul Carr wrote:
>
<HUGE sniPs>
>
>Holy shite! Are you sure you're not over-thinking this a
>bit? I mean it's only ones and zeros...
That's what I was beginning to think.
If all sci 'discussion' is as serious as this, no wonder it's
going down the tubes.
I can recall 'the good old days' when there were several
*very* funny (humorous) people posting on sci.
"Wee Dave complaining about his Xmas present and Bro
accusing him of being ungrateful" . . . over about a week.
>
> > It seems to me that the centre of political gravity of
>> soc.culture.scottish is centre.
That's only because we can't agree what's Left and what's
Right. But we've all agreed to be EC centrics (or should
that be 'centrists' ?) Would someone please check Wiki !
>
>My suspicion is that a lot of SCS's "success" is owed to the
>fact that it has a large...and very much under-represented
>in this thread...distaff contingent.
Probably true.
>
>> You are this Ian Stewart guy, Josiah Jenkins?
>
>Uh-oh...his next words will probably be "You have been
>served."...better run, Josiah.
Nah. I'll just drag out my shingle again.
--
http://www.ian-stewart.eu
Josiah Jenkins
<worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> "Paul Carr" <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
<sniP>
>
>When I write about shite, I mean harmful shite, not harmless shit. Harmless
>shite is fine. Playful banter like you have in a pub with a pint of
>Guinness in your hand or whatever the Scots are having is harmless.
If that's an offer to buy us all a drink, that's very kind of you . .
Mine's a Grouse and Pepsi please !
>
Cut out a lot of statistics about 'shite'
>
There are a *lot* of long-term posters in scs. Perhaps some of them
are inclined to lurk most of the time and only pop up when something
catches their attention but they *are* still around.
Perhaps that's the main reason we're still reasonably active compared
to the others you mention.
>
>> Thanks to the selfless dedication of one man, we still have :
>> http://www.ian-stewart.eu/informer.php
>> (But they all ignore the PayPal sign, the miserable sods !)
>
>You are this Ian Stewart guy, Josiah Jenkins?
Other way round eckshully !
Unless you really believe the profile at :
http://www.ian-stewart.eu/scs_josiah.php
--
http://www.ian-stewart.eu
conwaycaine
> "Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote in message
>
> Yowser, Paul, now you've gone and brought all these hairy beings wearing
> kilts and their menfolk to SCI. They're over-running the usual erudite
> crowd!
>
> Doc
> (way to go!)
They are nae bad.
(When they are taken by the drink)
conwaycaine
> Josiah Jenkins wrote:
> You are this Ian Stewart guy, Josiah Jenkins?
Indeed he is.
Alert the Garda..............
Doc Aay
news:7tCdnZ4_mIn_2pDW...@giganews.com...
The Queen, Kate(H), Sutal, Mother McRee, all goooooonnnnnneeeee. As Cait
says, 'durty socks'.
Doc
S�im� mac Liam
8dc3-4dec-b27...@b25g2000prb.googlegroups.com:
> On Nov 24, 12:37�pm, Nebulous <j...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Sure is. It has quite a ring to it, doesn't it?
>>
>> "Made in Scotland, from Granite."
>
> That's gneiss!
>
>
> Not Taking Anything For Granite,
>
> The Phantom Piper
>
That's just schist.
--
Saint S�im� mac Liam
Carriagemaker to the court of Queen Maeve
Prophet of The Great Tagger
Canonized December '99
S�im� mac Liam
Personally, I blame Wee Dave. *Someone* shoulda cleaned his cage a bit
more often.
Doc Aay
Caít()
wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:23:37 -0800 (PST), The Phantom Piper
>
>
>
>
>
> <ThePhantomPi...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >On Nov 24, 6:46 pm, "Paul Carr" <worldpaulc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Undead, in other words.
>
> >I'll have you mind your tongue!
>
> >> I'll divide the political ruler into 7 parts, from left to right.
> >> 1) ultra-left 2) hard left 3) left-of-centre 4) centre 5) right-
> >> of-centre 6)hard right 7) ultra right.
>
> >Around 'here' it's rated:
>
> >Adam <=> Me <=> Most Fowk <=> Deems <=> Scotty <=> Heid <=> Fred
>
> >> The centre of political gravity on soc.culture.irish is
> >> probably between right-of-centre and hard-right but
> >> probably closer to hard-right than right-of-centre.
>
> >On scs, I think most posters are more Liberal than
> >that, ranging from Left-Of-Centre to Hard Left on your
> >scale. The *most* Conservative posters here are
> >Americans, with the exception of Heid thi Ba', who
> >is a Man Without A Country, being a prat. There
> >ar an awful lot of Socialists and Social Democrats
> >on scs, myself included.
>
> Hmmm... I'm a right of center, self professed Conservative... It seems you might
> be needing a bit of balance on SCS! :)
>
> Ray- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Beware, SCS, doom is upon you.....
Caít()
Bryn Fraser
> "Caít()" <cathy...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Hey! That costs money. Stand in the rain I say...
Bryn
S�im� mac Liam
dnQ1snq4K85DWn...@posted.visi:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
>
>
One notes they left out the Beelezabubs.
Harry Merrick
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:06:38 -0600, Deirdre Sholto Douglas
> <finch.e...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Paul Carr wrote:
>>
> <HUGE sniPs>
>>
>> Holy shite! Are you sure you're not over-thinking this a
>> bit? I mean it's only ones and zeros...
>
> That's what I was beginning to think.
> If all sci 'discussion' is as serious as this, no wonder it's
> going down the tubes.
>
Yeah, your right of course. The real problem with soc.culture.irish is that
there are a few ultra-serious beings posting on it with no sense of humour
or an appreciation of off-beat quirky humour. In the old days there was
plenty of leg pulls and balmy opinions. Not allowed anymore it seems! :-((
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Oh come now, Ray is only a harmless crank.
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Josiah Jenkins
wrote:
His card is already marked around here !
>
>Ca�t()
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Josiah Jenkins
<home...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:06:38 -0600, Deirdre Sholto Douglas
>> <finch.e...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> Paul Carr wrote:
>>>
>> <HUGE sniPs>
>>>
>>> Holy shite! Are you sure you're not over-thinking this a
>>> bit? I mean it's only ones and zeros...
>>
>> That's what I was beginning to think.
>> If all sci 'discussion' is as serious as this, no wonder it's
>> going down the tubes.
>>
>
>Yeah, your right of course. The real problem with soc.culture.irish is that
>there are a few ultra-serious beings posting on it with no sense of humour
>or an appreciation of off-beat quirky humour.
Sounds like the scb crowd.
>
> In the old days there was plenty of leg pulls and balmy opinions.
Yeah, there was a fair bit of cross-posting at one point and we got
to recognise some of the names.
>
>Not allowed anymore it seems! :-((
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:
:Thanks to the selfless dedication of one man, we still have :
:http://www.ian-stewart.eu/informer.php
:(But they all ignore the PayPal sign, the miserable sods !)
:
You expected something else? You do know that you're dealing with a
bunch of Scots, right?
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Josiah Jenkins
<firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
>>> Allan wrote:
>>>> "Nebulous" <ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote
>>>>> <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>>>>> their houses!"
>>>>>
>>>>> Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>>> Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Bunch o' effin gutter snipes the lot o' ye - an thaim that irnae ir city
>>>> slicker wide boys! Nou whaurs ma wellies an thaim yows?
>>>>
>>> Are those _your_ yowes?
>>
>> Doubt it . . . they're probably McKay's !
>
>They are. However did you guess?
It wasn't a guess. Now if you had asked for a *full*
name, I might have been struggling after John and Willie.
>
>>> They've been fertilising the area in front of my gate.
>>
>> Could be worse. It might be McKay's beasts that got out.
>>
>Them, too. And the big white bull, as well.
All cr*pping in front of your gate ?
Hope you've got a side entrance !
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Josiah Jenkins
wrote:
>
>"Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote in message
>news:8meog5t6tbmla2ddh...@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:14 -0000, "Allan" <al...@noemail.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Nebulous" <ja...@pigtail.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:bj4ng5dhck1l3rudl...@4ax.com...
>>>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:26 +0800, "Paul Carr"
>>>> <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> By the way the answer to Ediburgh or Glasgow is:- "A pox on both
>>>> their houses!"
>>>>
>>>> Aberdeen rocks!!!
>>>
>>>Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen!!!!!
>>>
>>>Bunch o' effin gutter snipes the lot o' ye - an thaim that irnae ir city
>>>slicker wide boys! Nou whaurs ma wellies an thaim yows?
>>
>> You've got a leisure centre in Hawick ???
>
>Bloody Hawick did you say????? Don't get me started on that!
Ooops, confused over these liitle Border towns . . .
Hawick, Gala, Jedburgh and . . . there's another one whose
name starts with a 'K' isn't there ?
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Josiah Jenkins
wrote:
>Doc Aay wrote:
>> "Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote in
>> message news:te0pg59hg87jdgbnc...@4ax.com...
> >>
>>> I trust that's an *offer to supply*.
>>> *You're* not supposed request stuff !
>>>>
>>>> Well, that covers both sexes I think.
>>>
>>> Ooops, please note, no mention of 's*x' on scs . . .
>>> Children read this newsgroup (TM)
>>> --
>>> http://www.ian-stewart.eu
>>
>>
>> Oh, well, I'll get me coat...
>>
>
>Hey, he has Conway's accent ... do ya think .....?
SHE does not !!!
>
>- nilita
>
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Allan
"Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@somewhere_else.invalid> wrote in message
Aye "Kirk Yetholm" that'll be what you mean! Going up there to the Border
Hotel on Saturday night for the Yetholm Whisky Society St Andrew's Day meal.
Allan
Paul Carr
??????:7n3vrgF...@mid.individual.net...
> Paul Carr wrote:
>
>> SCI is now about 50/50 I think. Half harmful shite and half the rest.
>> A quick observation of SCS suggests to me that it's about 20% harmful
>> shite and 80% the rest. SCS has about 10 times more posts than SCI.
>> That means even if in percentage terms the level of harmful shite on SCS
>> is less than on SCI, in absolute terms the level of harmful shite on SCS
>> is more than on SCI. C'est la vie. On the other hand, on
>> soc.culture.british, it looks like 80% harmful shite and 20% the rest and
>> on soc.culture.welsh and soc.culture.celtic it looks like 95%+ harmful
>> shite, pretty much the Undead, in other words.
>
> Holy shite! Are you sure you're not over-thinking this a
> bit? I mean it's only ones and zeros...
Over-thinking? I don't even know what over-thinking means. Elsewhere
I keep a blog where I write about my sexual fantasies. About a few
days ago, this person, who had seen my blog and/or had read negative
reviews of it, added me to her MSN account (I assume she's a woman as
she introduced herself as a woman) and immediately started chatting to
me on MSN and wrote that she disapproved of my blog. She wrote that I
was mentally disturbed, or words to that effect, and that I needed to
go to a psychiatrist. She wrote that there would be hell to pay if my
family found out about it. She wrote that I write about perverted
sex. I didn't have much time to rebut her criticisms as she barred me
within 5 minutes or so. Apparently, she just added me to her MSN for
the sole purpose of letting off some steam against me.
In rebuttal, I write now that, no, I don't think I write about
perverted sex because I write about sex between consenting adults. and
2) I don't libel anyone so I don't see what the problem is with my
exercising my right to freedom of expression and 3) if people don't
want to read it, then don't read it. I'm not stuffing it down anyones'
throats.
Anyway, I do a lot of that overthinking on that sex? blog. Isn't
overthinking the stuff of creativity? Isn't the very definition of
creativity to overthink? What about all those works of fiction?
Overthinking?
As to why my posts are long, maybe one reason is because there are
about 10 times more posts on SCS than SCI. I overcompensate for the
lack of toing and-froing on SCI, by writing longer posts. I don't
think I am the only one but probably I am one of the more extreme
examples, if not THE extreme example on the newsgroup. But, the way I
see it is, at least, I don't cut and paste like the Spammers do. I
think up what I write. ... or, indeed, overthink what I write.
I think a good measure of the success of a newsgroup is the volume of
posts. On SCS, there seems to be about 10 times more posts daily. So,
yeah, I think that is a measure of success. There's a lot of playful
banter on SCS, a lot of goodwillery and lightheartedness. Previously
I termed it, "harmless shite". ;-) I like this. And, as was touched
upon, SCI can get a little serious and wooden in comparison. But, I
think that is an outcome of the fact that posts there are so few and
far between. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, SCI was like SCS about 9
years ago. I first arrived on SCI back in 2000.(and stayed on-and-off
for 3 years or so before taking a 6 year sojourn until the summer of
2009) Back in those days there was a lot more of the playful banter
and witty repartee et cetera et cetera. That was great. And there
were a lot of supporting up-to-date documents for SCI on the internet
so that people, for example, can get to know the principle actors and
what not. But, as was pointed out, many of these supporting
documents, both formal and informal, appear to have gone the way of
the dodo.
As for politics. I take an expansive view of politics. Even if
someone were to write about a cookery recipe or a famous scenic spot,
I'd read politics into it. ;-). Peoples' outlook on life informs
their viewpoints on a whole host of things including what they select
to write about and what they select not to write about.
As for gender balance, well, I think it's great that there is a
reasonably normal distribution between male and female posters on
SCS. But I don't think that is the cause of SCS's success. It is an
outcome of the political balance you have on SCS between left and
right. Take SCI, every 2nd or 3rd thread is to do with God and
religion, you know, the sort of stuff the ordinary man and woman on
the street isn't interested in. I will raise my hands in confession
here and say that, yes, I started one such thread recently when I
suggested we get rid of the Angelus on RTE, the Irish state
broadcaster. There are a number of pretty fervent anti-abortionists
(so-called pro-lifers) on SCI. A few of them, I think are also
misogynistic. I guess in that environment some of the female posters
decided to stop posting and perhaps leave altogether. Now, we've only
got Cait and Doc Aay posting regularly, so far as I can tell. Back in
2000, there was more of a political balance between left and right on
SCI. Now, it leans way way to the right. And, SCI, not surprisingly,
is in trouble which is acknowledged by just about everyone no matter
where they are located or they locate themselves on the political
spectrum.
I suppose instead of complaining all the time, I should do something
about it. Update the FAQ? From 1999 to 2009?
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cultures/irish-faq/part00/
Set up my own SCI hub?
Are SCS-CONs organized? If so, where do they take place? Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Aberdeen? SCI-CONs are organized on SCI from time to
time. Do you have a SCS version of the SCI cuddle club? HeHe
Fred J. McCall
:deem...@aol.com wrote:
: >
:> I waited until the usual suspects chimed in......the real reason
:> SCS is so good is ME! I noticed that nobody wants to give me the
:> credit I so richly deserve, so I have to do it myself.
:
:Maybe the Irish group needs a good Merk invasion such as that experienced by
:*this* group (and Iraq) ...;p
:
Or perhaps they need a bad Canuckistani invasion...
The Good 'Merk.
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on comfort. Incinerate hundreds of people from thirty thousand feet
up and you'll sleep like a baby afterward. Kill one person with a
bayonet and your dreams will never be sweet again."
-- John Rain, "Rain Storm"
Paul Carr
??????:l3iqg51fe66k8hkj0...@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:46:19 +0800, "Paul Carr"
> <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>>> "Paul Carr" <worldp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> <sniP>
>>
>>When I write about shite, I mean harmful shite, not harmless shit.
>>Harmless
>>shite is fine. Playful banter like you have in a pub with a pint of
>>Guinness in your hand or whatever the Scots are having is harmless.
>
> If that's an offer to buy us all a drink, that's very kind of you . .
> Mine's a Grouse and Pepsi please !
>>
> Cut out a lot of statistics about 'shite'
>>
> There are a *lot* of long-term posters in scs. Perhaps some of them
> are inclined to lurk most of the time and only pop up when something
> catches their attention but they *are* still around.
>
> Perhaps that's the main reason we're still reasonably active compared
> to the others you mention.
That sounds more like an outcome rather than a cause. There were a
lot of long-term posters on SCI too. Some of them left.
Fred J. McCall
:On Nov 24, 5:38�pm, "deemsb...@aol.com" <deemsb...@aol.com> wrote:
:> On Nov 24, 12:17�pm, "Doc Aay" <***docaye...@yahoo.com> wrote:
:> >
:> > I have noticed something interesting, which may or may not be of import, but
:> > there are at least as many women posting to this thread as men. �Maybe the
:> > "hens" add something vital? �There are only me and Cait(h) remaining on SCI.
:>
:> � �It does add to it. Most of Usenet....well, that which still
:> exists....is a vast male wasteland.- Hide quoted text -
:>
:
:I can vouch for that. It smells of dirty socks that have festered
:under the bed since you came back from your last holliers.
:
So why haven't you hens gathered them up and off to the laundry with
you?
[Duck and cover...]
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The odds get even - The stakes are the same.
You bet your life."
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