An Observation... And A Sad One At That
few posters but many, many more lurkers... too many, in fact
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 by starkers | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I spent a while away from the site to deal with various things, but on my return I notice the same few posters putting up various threads, and hundreds of lurkers, people who read those posts and benefit from the information provided, or get a laugh from them, but rarely or never contribute anything towards them.
So when I say it's sad, given how slow the forums can be some days, that's exactly what it is, S....A....D, SAD! It reminds me of the old commuter trains we used to have here in SE Queensland [Aus], where each carriage had around 10 rows of 2 bench seat compartments and a door either side. We used to call them cattle trains because of how people were so crowded in...and when all the bench seats were occupied another half dozen or so would cram into the small compartment and have to stand on what little floor space was left after the seated passengers had placed their feet and brief cases, etc.
Anyway, to cut a long story a bit shorter, there were these hundreds and hundreds of daily commuters, many travelling in the same compartment next the same people every day five days a week, all hidden behind the Courier Mail, which back in the day was a full sized newspaper, and none ever spoke to each other, not ever... and when those trains, of which there were dozens, and therefore the scene was repeatedly repeated, reached the city, all those people dispersed to their respective jobs, and still not speaking to each other, for any feching reason, until the journey home. The same scene was repeated on dozens and dozens of commuter trains carrying 1000's and 1000's of people, all of them with their heads stuck in the Telegraph, Brisbane's afternoon paper.
So, the purpose of this sad commuter story, which hasn't changed a great deal since the 1970's, apart from the diesel drawn cattle trains becoming electrically powered cattle trains carrying yet another generation of equally 'miserably inclined' people, is to draw its striking resemblance to the oft desolate forums here at WC, where a handful of people post and the majority has its head stuck in a feching newspaper.
Okay, maybe not a newspaper, but there is no participation from these lurkers to validate their existence here, no contributions to say: "Hey, I like this place and benefit greatly from it, so here's something in return." No, it's too much feching trouble. Well for mine, if you can take the time to read a thread/post, then you've enough time to post something... something so that regular contributors can acknowledge you, as a person and not some 'page view statistic', has truly joined the WC family and is a part of the human race.
Since my return a couple of months ago I have tried to visit more threads to contribute and participate, with a bit of information, with a bit of humour... something to say I'm a member and I've been here, but don't leave it all up to me all you lurkers, get your heads out of whatever and please join the rest of us.
Reply #62 Friday, February 28, 2014 8:10 AM
So what's changed? You still lurk... and you still say things that....er...
Yeah, think I'll quit while I'm a.... er, while I still have a head.
Thing is, I didn't immediately join in on the forums, either. I was a visitor/member here for some time before I began to make myself known in the forums... and sometimes I wish I'd waited another 'some time' before opening my big trap. Forum etiquette was not my strong suit, given it was my fist real foray into a forum, and I wasn't too sure what was permissible, either, so I put my foot in it more than once... and earning myself a reprimand from the wielder of the big stick. Luckily for me he wielded it without great force... 45 years later and I'm still getting over the multiple canings I received at school.
In fact, I think that's why I was prompted to start this thread....
because we were encouraged at school to communicate openly and honestly. Well perhaps the honesty got a little stretched at times: "Got six of the best from Waggy [our Aus born headmaster] today, and even though he raised the cane as high as he could above his head and brought it down swiftly and fiercely, didn't hurt a bit."... cos one could not admit to having it hurt at all. After all, we were the sons grandsons and great grandsons of the toughest fishermen to ever sail the channel [the English one, that is] and we were not about to let some sheep farmer bloke from Australia break us. No siree, we were as tough as the old salts who sired us... many of whom were direct descendents of some of the meanest and bloodthirstiest pirates to ever bed a landlubber wench while on shore leave.
Yeah, it was a school tradition that whoever got the cane [which was always announced at morning assembly] would go to a certain corner of the playground and tell all about it...in gory detail, imaginative embellishments and telling downright lies about just how severe it was. I mean, what was the point if ya didn't scare the pants off the out-of-town 1st termers?
Needless to say, I was a regular visitor to the headmaster's office and... the 'cane corner in the playground scaring the pants off out-of-town 1st termers with: "And when Waggy brought that cane down with such force, and I could see the brass tip glistening in the sunlight coming through the window, I thought he'd cut me in half and leave me on the floor writhing in agony. But I showed that Aussie *******, I turned around and laughed in his face, that's how ******* tough I am."
Truth be known, had I even thought about laughing, much less doing it, he'd have given me six more for good measure. And the strange thing, despite a few canings, all of which I probably deserved, I have the fondest memories of that one teacher. Mr. Wagland was his name and, because many boys followed family tradition to become fishermen, he taught navigation, and very well, too, i might add, which, along with English, History and Geography, was one of my favourite subjects.
In Mr. Wagland's final year of teaching, the entire teaching staff 'volunteered him to chaperone the students going on the annual school cruise. I was one of those students, and I saw a completely different side of him, a side that revealed a love, a gentleness and a compassion I'd not really seen before, so along with my memories of his navigation class, among other things, I fondly remember him as the best teacher I ever had.
Reply #63 Friday, February 28, 2014 9:24 AM
starkers never lurks...but there's a reason for that...

Reply #64 Friday, February 28, 2014 12:08 PM
And it's not because I can't hide behind trees, thank you very much! Besides, you know what dogs do when they see a tree, and I will not have my leg mistaken for a peeing post.
No, the reason I don't lurk any more is cos I have a weak bladder and can't remain lurked for periods of longer than half an hour... 45 minutes tops. It happens in old age... especially if one abused their body when younger. In fact, I asked my doctor if having sex 4 or 5 times a day for 40 plus years may have caused my having to go so much: "No," she replied with a giggle: "that would have helped your situation. Your problem starts with drinking so much tea and trying to keep cool with your hand in a bucket of iced water.
Nah, seriously, I do know the true cause, however... diabetes. She did explain that was one of the symptoms when it was first diagnosed.
Reply #65 Friday, February 28, 2014 7:25 PM
just thought i should post.. was there a solution to tha windowblinds/google chrome issue? ha! such a flirt.. actually you are all very funny and lovable.. yes YOU too!
Reply #68 Friday, February 28, 2014 9:46 PM
Quoting starkers, reply 64In fact, I asked my doctor if having sex 4 or 5 times a day for 40 plus years may have caused my having to go so much
Was your mouse hand jealous of your other hand
Nope.... swapped hands every so often so's I wouldn't get wankers cramp.
Actually, now that I think of it, would have been to to get it 4 or 5 times a day
Truth is, it was only 3 or 4
I recall my mother saying to me once: "Nobody needs sex that often... like Michael Douglas, you need to see somebody about your sex addiction."
I said: "Mum, it's not like that. I don't have a sex addiction. It's just for some strange reason I keep dating nymphomaniacs who never say no."
Reply #70 Saturday, March 1, 2014 2:13 AM
you were right starkers and i was wrong, i should work appropriately.. i was at tha workshops for advanced core lurking, but personally, i didn't actually participate.. apologies to all, i retract my comments. ohhhh
Reply #71 Saturday, March 1, 2014 2:45 AM
you were right starkers and i was wrong, i should work appropriately.. i was at tha workshops for advanced core lurking, but personally, i didn't actually participate.. apologies to all, i retract my comments. ohhhh
Not to worry, everyone has an off day here and there. I'm just glad it didn't take a raft of high-dose meds with multiple side effects to bring you back into the fold. Or being restrained in a strait jacket and held down by two burly nurses resemble Russian weight lifters while another pours ipecac down your throat to purge the last vestiges of serial lurking.
Yes it concerned me that had you been forced to endure such drastic measures, mr tabby might've become a pussy, of broken will and spirit. I'm so, so glad it never came to that, the costs of rehabilitation would have been enormous.
Oh, and this mrtabby, is that cos you fancy yourself as a bit of a 'tomcat'?
Reply #73 Saturday, March 1, 2014 7:43 AM
well that was cozy.. i killed tha thread! i also did more lurking.. sorry starkers but there is popcorn back here! i promise i won't look.. (hey everyone.. nurses!!)
Reply #75 Saturday, March 1, 2014 8:45 AM
My dad used to tell me that if you shake it more than three times, you're playin' with it. I shake a bottle of OJ before having some. Does that mean I'm playin' with it?
Reply #76 Saturday, March 1, 2014 9:30 AM
That's fruit abuse.

You know, there's a special level of hell for people just like you.
Reply #77 Saturday, March 1, 2014 11:08 PM
Sooooo, you are a bit of a tomcat after all, mrtabby. I knew it, I just knew it!
Something in the way you move... damned song... er wrote "hot ass" attracts me like.... damned song.... just smacked of tomcatism... no other lover.... damned song keeps popping in my head.... er....
..... will be back after I've taken some meds.
Reply #78 Saturday, March 1, 2014 11:36 PM
well that was cozy.. i killed tha thread! i also did more lurking.. sorry starkers but there is popcorn back here! i promise i won't look.. (hey everyone.. nurses!!)
You and those damned nurses! You do realise that under those uniforms they're built like Russian body builders, don't you.... and that if you do happen to get between their legs, they could crush you like a walnut?
Ah, that's it! You like the strong, domineering type of woman who can take control... a dominatrix, if you will. I tried one of those once, and it was great right up until she put me across her knee and spanked my bare bottom with a table tennis bat. Shoot [well that's it, right there in a nutshell] I'd get 'too excited' and we'd have to start all over again.
Sadly, despite my best efforts to end/control my 'prematurity', she lost patience and left me for somebody with greater control and a much, much bigger.... er... bank account. Apparently he could afford her hourly rates better than I.
Anyway, if you're considering a dominatrix kind of woman in a nurses uniform, I do have some advice for you. Firstly, keep some control for yourself within the relationship, otherwise you'll be in the kitchen most of the time cooking, cleaning and doing dishes... as I discovered was my punishment for repeatedly having to start over. And secondly, have a safe word you both agree upon... because without this safety mechanism you may find yourself cleaning and maintaining her car, not to mention continually having to replace her stockings.
Reply #79 Sunday, March 2, 2014 12:21 AM
Smedley, you back again? Thought you would be... being you're a pain-in-the-ass and tormenting SOB [Stubborn Old Bastige] Ornery is a word that comes to mind, but it doesn't come close to describing the PITA that you've become over the years.... and what's this attacking one of my dear friends with claims of fruit abuse? You know full well that Uvah is a 'special needs' person, and that 'shaking' is one of his 'special tendencies'. That, however, does not make him a bad person, nor does it give you the right to post things that draw special attention to his personal but quite normal peculiarities.
Furthermore, Mr Smedley, you cannot say that you have not 'shaken' particular things throughout your life, we all know you have... like the time you had that effigy of Skinhit and... well perhaps for decency reasons we won't go there, but you know what I'm talking about. You have skeletons in your closet you'd rather not be exposed, and therefore, I suggest that you cease and desist from tormenting poor Uvah, who openly admits that he is complete lunatic, and thus unable to defend himself without resorting to low blows regarding your 'skeletons'.
Oh, and another thing, Smedley, stop exploiting fruit in the way you did here. That orange you used has complained to the modeling agency that you exploited him for political purposes and vengeance. That was not discussed or even mentioned in the written contract. Therefore, if you use he or any other agency fruit in new or continuing vendettas against poor unsuspecting people, innocent or not, punitive damages will be sought.
Reply #80 Sunday, March 2, 2014 1:04 AM
yeah... I remember that well.... oh the memories...

no longer relevant... he managed to squeeze himself out of the contract...
..the agency was seedy.....
mind you, he could have been thicker skinned...
hmmm.... that was pithy....
the apple left too.... he was cut to the core...
however, the apricot thought the place was still, peachy....
but the banana knew they were bent...
however, the pineapple just thought they were all being, prickly.....
the nectarine just didn't care... he was stoned...
however, the cherry was on top of it.... but the kiwi fruit couldn't understand the contract... (
)
...as with the pommiegranate.... (
)
and the olive just said... the whole thing gave him the pip...
one of the tropicals tried to argue with the agency... but they just said... go.. man-go....
...but he said, I can't... I'm broke... I'm a pawpaw...
the fruit salad took out a group action against the agency... but they were creamed..
.. they were really cut up about it...
the apple admitted he was lost in the money negotiations... he always skipped maths class... could never understand why pie was squared, when it was supposed to be round...
the nuts also thought they were being ground down....
only one of them had been offered a part in a porn movie called... 'The Boys from Brazil'...
...mind you, I think he should have cashewed in on it...he was obviously broke, as he nodded when one of the others asked him... "have you gone to the wall-nut?"...
not gonna tell you what the passion-fruit said....
but the damson agreed... there was talk of a lychee mob... which could have gone pear shaped...
ended up the Boysenberry got a crush on the Honeydew and asked if she wanted to cantaloupe... at which time the Elderberry stepped in and said that that would end up raisin hell... and wouldn't help the currant situation which caused the Boysenberry to feel more like a Blueberry...
and think the Elderberry was more like a Dragonfruit...
and was pretty Jackfruited with the whole situation...
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Reply #61 Friday, February 28, 2014 6:54 AM
Please respect tha hidden training, discipline and self control of advanced core lurking. Honoring oneself, tha true warrior's empowerment can feel transformed and really inspire others with silence.. now, where do i post all of my passwords?
Oi, where did you sneak in from? And what's this about core lurking? Is it some kind of monastic society something like the Shaolin... only with a code of silence? Even if it is, religious, that is, it's still no excuse. We leave all that stuff at the front gate... cos if ya get caught with it inside, it gets confiscated and placed in the cloakroom until you leave. I mean, d'yer really wanna run the risk of taking somebody else's home by mistake, cos the cloakroom attendant got 'em all mixed up?
Also, qhile we're speaking of self control, this is a 'fluff'-free environment and we ask that you refrain until outside the main doors, which are not to be confused with the foyer doors leading into the 1st level, whose doors lead to the 2nd sanctum, whose doors lead to the observatory, whose doors lead to the Security Enclave, whose doors lead to the corridor whose doors lead to the Inner Sanctum.
Yes, there are a lot of doors, but they were designed to keep the riff-raff out and have been quite effective... more is the pity they haven't worked on feching lurkers. Oooops, did I just say that? My apologies to lurkers, I meant the new breed of riff-raff who come in here and say eff all and then leave.