Land of the Lurkers

[Honorary Bloke]

Just had a dekko at the stats and there were 32 members and 530 Guests online! Come on you lurkers, sign up and jump in! :D If a Seppo can take it, you can. :rolleyes:

[Daddles]

A goodly percentage of those lurkers are bots I'm afraid, so we may not appreciate them having more of an input.

However, for those of you who aren't ...

Richard

[Honorary Bloke]

A goodly percentage of those lurkers are bots I'm afraid, so we may not appreciate them having more of an input.

However, for those of you who aren't ...

Richard

Well, you're right of course, but for the two or three who are real people . . . get with it! :D

[Dan]

There's a few forums around that won't let you look at pictures until you're a member. I guess it's one way to make the member list bigger, but it's really annoying.

[echnidna]

There's a few forums around that won't let you look at pictures until you're a member. I guess it's one way to make the member list bigger, but it's really annoying.

Thats definately a major PITA.:2tsup:

[Sturdee]

A goodly percentage of those lurkers are bots I'm afraid, so we may not appreciate them having more of an input.

However, for those of you who aren't ...

Richard

38 members, 384 search bots and 134 guests. We are definitaly outnumbered by the lurkers.


Peter.

[Black Ned]

Dear Honorary.

Please explain what a Seppo is,

Is it something to work toward or be avoided like the plague!

Thanks. Linden

[ss_11000]

Dear Honorary.

Please explain what a Seppo is,

Is it something to work toward or be avoided like the plague!

Thanks. Linden
as i understand it...it is an american:? :rolleyes: not sure though.

[Terry B]

as i understand it...it is an american:? :rolleyes: not sure though.
Yes it is. It predates both you and me.(and you are much younger than me:D)

I'ts rhyming slang.
American = Yank = Septic Tank = Seppo

[joe greiner]

I'ts rhyming slang.
American = Yank = Septic Tank = Seppo

At least that one makes sense, sort of. But how the L do ya get "arvo" from "afternoon?"

Joe

[fred.n]

Cockney rhyming slang.
I think the poms are still at that Boston tea party, where they got their asses whipped:p

[ozwinner]

At least that one makes sense, sort of. But how the L do ya get "arvo" from "afternoon?"

Joe


Simple, its the arvternoon.. :U

Nearly everything in Oz ends with an "O" for some reason. :doh:

Al :2tsup:

[echnidna]

well we hafta use vowels some where - aye

[Black Ned]

Aussie slang!!

What about Yankee talk?


like Herbs = Erbs


and Honorary = just plain Ornery


its called taking the

[macca2]

Do you remember when your mum would give you a bob to go to the flicks on sat,dy arvo. A zac for the flicks. a couple of brums worth of boiled lollies and a trey for chips on the way home.
I do
Macca

[Black Ned]

What about "Bob a Job"

.... You paid Bob for doing work (job)


or "Job Bob"


.... You gave Bob a smack (punch)(job) in the mouth

[SystemTester]

Come on you lurkers, sign up and jump in!*waves* I lurk no more. Now can one of you folk tell me where to make a post about getting a garage workbench made? :2tsup:

[snowyskiesau]

A search for 'workbench' will return enough hits to keep you busy for a while. 'Garden Shed' and 'General Woodwork' seem to have the most posts on this subject.

And welcome.

[Honorary Bloke]

*waves* I lurk no more. Now can one of you folk tell me where to make a post about getting a garage workbench made? :2tsup:

Onya' Tester. Welcome. :)

[silentC]

Welcome Tester. I can safely say you're the first self-confessed tester I've met. They usually pretend to be business analysts :)

[witch1]

dear hornerey bloke
i frequently lurk through the parts of the forum that are of specific interest to me, but i only sign in when i have something that might be of interest to the majority of good folk who are on the forum.

[Tex B]

38 members, 384 search bots and 134 guests. We are definitaly outnumbered by the lurkers.


What's a search bot?

[ozwinner]

dear hornerey bloke
i frequently lurk through the parts of the forum that are of specific interest to me, but i only sign in when i have something that might be of interest to the majority of good folk who are on the forum.

So definition you arent a lurker but a member


What's a search bot?

A bot that searches!! :doh:

Like the google bots that search the web for updated content to make your google searches esier..


Al :)

[Cliff Rogers]

....but i only sign in when i have something that might be of interest to the majority of good folk who are on the forum.

So definition you arent a lurker but a member.....
But a member will show up as a guest if they aren't signed in.

[SystemTester]

Welcome Tester. I can safely say you're the first self-confessed tester I've met. They usually pretend to be business analysts :)

Haha. I was a true systemtester. Dabbled in the BA side of things and impressed enough (or there wasn't anyone better) to get a shot at a Project Manager role. Early days yet so we'll see how that goes. So far so good (as in "on time" and "under budget") and the workers still like me. :o

[Gra]

Haha. I was a true systemtester. Dabbled in the BA side of things and impressed enough (or there wasn't anyone better) to get a shot at a Project Manager role. Early days yet so we'll see how that goes. So far so good (as in "on time" and "under budget") and the workers still like me. :o

Ahh so you are not a tester, but a target:D:D Welcome aboard

[silentC]

a shot at a Project Manager role
I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy!!

Good luck with it, one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" jobs :wink:

[joe greiner]

I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy!!

Good luck with it, one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" jobs :wink:

Amen. Heaps of responsibility and very little authority.

Joe

[John Saxton]

Just had a dekko at the stats and there were 32 members and 530 Guests online! Come on you lurkers, sign up and jump in! :D If a Seppo can take it, you can. :rolleyes:

The LURKERS dont know what lies beneath in all that this great BBhas to offer, that is to say much more than mere chat ...it has the benificence almost holy in giving up secrets all WW folk aspire to.:2tsup:

Cheers:)

[BobR]

macca2, then you must be as old as me :rolleyes:

[jmk89]

macca2, then you must be as old as me :rolleyes:

Before decimal currency we had a rich slang concerning money: add to macca's collection, quid, dina, 2 bob, and even the coins had good names - like florin and sovereign.

I do wish we could get something like this happening - 5c piece is very very boring.

[chrisp]

Nearly everything in Oz ends with an "O" for some reason. :doh:

Al :2tsup:

I'm in the States at the moment and I noticed the Americans tend to add their "O"s to the start. A common expression is "Oh, Okay".

[baxter]

There are two types of "lurkers".

1. Members who are not logged in; and
2. Non members who are the real lurkers.

Once I have posted I usually log off. So when I pass across the forum board (possibly a couple of times each day) I come up as a guest.

If I want to post something, I have to log on. This means that I have to spend a bit more time and it gives me a chance to consider whether my post is that relevant. This also means that I don't just post some short, quick, innane, comment because I can.

I find it annoying when you see a new post in a thread that you are interested in. But, when you pull up the thread, you find somebody has just posted a smiley or an "I agree" and has not expanded upon the thread. Maybe if they had to log on for each new post, we might not have this sort of time wasting post.

Then you get the post in a reply to a new forum member's question. "Welcome, but I can't help you because I don't know anything about what you are posting about. But I am sure somebody else will be able to help you". Why post this type of dribble at all. Are post numbers that important. Log off and think about the time it takes others to curse through the dribble to get to the informative, on point, responses from those who can answer the question.

[Cliff Rogers]

...I find it annoying when you see a new post in a thread that you are interested in. But, when you pull up the thread, you find somebody has just posted a smiley or an "I agree" and has not expanded upon the thread. ......
:? :D

[echnidna]

:clap:

[Honorary Bloke]

Somehow I didn't want to, but I'm glad you did. :D :D :rolleyes:

[RufflyRustic]

.........Then you get the post in a reply to a new forum member's question. "Welcome, but I can't help you because I don't know anything about what you are posting about. But I am sure somebody else will be able to help you". Why post this type of dribble at all. Are post numbers that important. Log off and think about the time it takes others to curse through the dribble to get to the informative, on point, responses from those who can answer the question.


I do this.

I do this for quite a few pertinent reasons.
1. To say welcome to the New Member who has bothered to make the effort to front up and say Hi, I'm new here.
2. To be courteous
3. To bump the thread gently if I think the question is interesting
4. So I can learn something new as well as the person that asked the question.

Do you still object Mr Baxter?!

Wendy
Senior Moderator
Woodworking Australia's
WOODWORK FORUMS

[ptc]

Good one Wendy.
Two bob's worth.

[baxter]

I do this.

I do this for quite a few pertinent reasons.
1. To say welcome to the New Member who has bothered to make the effort to front up and say Hi, I'm new here.
2. To be courteous
3. To bump the thread gently if I think the question is interesting
4. So I can learn something new as well as the person that asked the question.

Do you still object Mr Baxter?!

Wendy
Senior Moderator
Woodworking Australia's
WOODWORK FORUMS

Courtesy and a welcome is fair enough Wendy, and a bump is appropriate if the post has slipped down the list without being responded to. However when the type of post that I referred to is made within minutes of the newcomers post, then it is a pain for the others that follow - who would like to know the answer - to find that no answer was given.

I am sure that, within a reasonable time, somebody who does know the answer will extend the welcome mat, to the newcomer, in their knowledgeble response. Otherwise we could have the ridiculous situation of 20 or 30 posts all saying "welcome.... but I don't know".

I know I left myself open to the smiley responses and would probably have been disappointed if they had not been forthcoming. To all those who took the time, thank you:2tsup: .

[echnidna]

.... I .... would probably have been disappointed if they had not been forthcoming. To all those who took the time, thank you:2tsup: .

:) :)

[witch1]

and on a friday too

[RufflyRustic]

:)

[HappyHammer]

Don't worry Baxter you're entitled to your opinion it would be pretty boring if we all accepted things that irk us although I must say that making people welcome is a big part of the atmosphere on this BB.

Maybe use the iSpy rather than diving into the thread it will give you a heads up that it's the kind of post you don't like without having taken the trouble to open in up.

HH.

[baxter]

Maybe use the iSpy rather than diving into the thread it will give you a heads up that it's the kind of post you don't like without having taken the trouble to open in up.
HH.

But to use iSpy I have to be logged in and then I wouldn't be a lurker:;

[HappyHammer]

It's lurking of a different kind.....with intent I think it's called.:;

HH.

[dazzler]

Please explain how the Ispy works.....and no i aint gunna do a search coz its hot :-

[HappyHammer]

Just click on the iSpy link next to new posts in the bit that shows you which thread you're in and it takes you to a list of the most recent posts across all threads. It then updates itself as new posts are made....I think anyway.

HH.