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:
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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:
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! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Daddles
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan
38 members, 384 search bots and 134 guests. We are definitaly outnumbered by the lurkers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daddles
Peter.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Linden Hardy
Yes it is. It predates both you and me.(and you are much younger than me:D)Quote:
Originally Posted by ss_11000
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?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry B
Joe
Cockney rhyming slang.
I think the poms are still at that Boston tea party, where they got their asses whipped:p
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Originally Posted by joe greiner
Simple, its the arvternoon.. :U
Nearly everything in Oz ends with an "O" for some reason. :doh:
Al :2tsup:
well we hafta use vowels some where - aye
Aussie slang!!
What about Yankee talk?
like Herbs = Erbs
and Honorary = just plain Ornery
its called taking the
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
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
*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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke
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.
Onya' Tester. Welcome. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SystemTester
Welcome Tester. I can safely say you're the first self-confessed tester I've met. They usually pretend to be business analysts :)
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.
What's a search bot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sturdee
So definition you arent a lurker but a memberQuote:
Originally Posted by witch1
A bot that searches!! :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tex B
Like the google bots that search the web for updated content to make your google searches esier..
Al :)
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Originally Posted by witch1
But a member will show up as a guest if they aren't signed in.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
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. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by silentC
Ahh so you are not a tester, but a target:D:D Welcome aboardQuote:
Originally Posted by SystemTester
I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy!!Quote:
a shot at a Project Manager role
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by silentC
Joe
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke
Cheers:)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobR
I do wish we could get something like this happening - 5c piece is very very boring.
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".Quote:
Originally Posted by ozwinner
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.
:? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by baxter
:clap:
Somehow I didn't want to, but I'm glad you did. :D :D :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by 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
Good one Wendy.
Two bob's worth.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by rufflyrustic
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: .
:) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by baxter