Blogging Time warp
Posted: Wednesday, 08 February 2006 |
This blog is now closed and we are no longer accepting new posts.
CommentsAh - I've just spotted 'in this area' and 'by most recent post' which gives me the list of all posts. The front page only gives the last 5 so if we're very prolific with posting, our effort can be 'lost'. Hope that helps others.
mad Lamb from Westray
The time it takes depends on when Graham manages to read them I suppose. Speaking of whom he's much more reticent than Mike who was our moderator up till recently. They also have all sorts of technical problems so this can hold things up, especially on a Friday. You can go to peoples old blogs by finding their most recent then going to their archive. That's why Callumannabels "Is There Life On Harris" blog has over 70 comments on it and is still growing. Go have a look, he's on The Western Isles page. Some of us keep commenting on each others blogs long after they've fallen into obscurity. Perhaps you would like to post your profile for the matchmaking Fank? Have a look at the Matchmaking Profile - Free And Easy on my most recent list. It's turned into a theological discussion about the meaning of spam but you can still cut and paste the form!
Sunny from Arran
I have noticed the slight delay. I cope rather well with the tension of waiting for someone to post a comment as there's always someone willing to have a go at me. I also suspect the identity of several bloggers. As to the PS: Thanks. I couldn't find that page.
Herman from Orkney
The art of blogging ... from someone who does not have a blog. First, report something that only occurs in the northern isles. Don't write how your dog ate the cat that ate rat. I mean, that would not impress anyone (from Unst to Scalloway to Flotta or even Stromness): I mean, their dog just this morning ate the rat that ate the cat (happens all the time in Unst). Take fishing. I can catch fish using a stick of dynamite like the best of them, but I would not write about it. I would write about the 30 pounds Ling I caught by some Churchill barrier or other, using a five pounds line, while saying a prayer in some foreign tongue. If the readers don't die with envy from either the size of the fish or the fact that you used a rather flimsy line, they'll be queueing up to join your Church (and learn that foreign tongue, and of course we know that learning foreign languages is not very popular in the UK [so, anything that helps ...]). I am sure Lingman will have other tidbits (HIS ling from off Switha was probably just a tidbit, eh?) to share, not to mention Herman Ness and Ruthodanort etc.
mjc from NM,USA
Nothing worse than posting a witty thought-provoking blog, and being completely ignored. However if you think the censors have had a go at your latest effort because it never appears, turn down the paranoia button, you probably saved it but didn't hit the publish button next.
Nic from Coll
I've had comments not published but the blogs have always turned up. I've only been pulled up once on a blog and Mike e-mailed me with a diplomatic alternative suggestion.
Sunny from Arran
I think maybe you're electricity is slow. Sometimes it thickens up in the cold, you know, and cannot travel as quickly. My Granny keeps plugs in the wall as she's frightened the leccie leaks out of the socket and stains the linoleum. Aye there's more to electrickery than meets the eye.
Hamish Volt from Old Folks Ohm Tarbert Harris
Electrickery? You mean I've got to have that stuff in the house? Will it hurt?
Herman from Orkney
If you are concerned about your blog possibly leaking into reality then go say hello to Graham, he's put in an appearance on Sunny's Blog on the Argyll and Clyde pages.
AC DC from Electrosexual
Electricity is one of those things that really is bizarre and I believe that no-one understands it.. a bit like fire (what is fire? no-one knows). You need a circuit for it to work, so where does it all go, don't the electrons all pile up.. Its all nonsense, but don't stop believing in it (like money, tv or love) else it will cease to function.
Used electrons from bemused
Graham? You mean, old Billy?! Come on, Madlamb, let's have some new posting.
mjc from NM,USA
Thanks Sunny for being a constant presence on my blog comments - it does help an old ewe to feel that the trip to the Meat Mart is not imminent - thought all the talk of meat slicers on "Life on Harris" has brought a shiver down my spine. I'd love to send a profile for your fank, but I feel somewhat ovewhelmed by the energy and organisation of those currently involved. Is there any room for new blood (an unfortunate phrase)? I may be lonely, but not unattached not particularly looking for new attention. Is there any chance of expanding it to a pen-pal level? Could this be a side-line?
Mad Lamb from The end of the line
MJC - I don't want to blag a fellow blogger, but us folk in the isle don't have much of a life, so reporting that the dog, cat and rat are involved in some feeding frenzy is rather exciting. It's great that there's cross-blogging going on between the isle groups, it makes you feel you're not totally alone - not altogether sane, but at least not alone in our madness. The good thing about blogs is that if you don't like it, don't read it. Of course the main question is ... how do we know that inter-breed cannabalism isn't only a feature of island life? As we don't get out much - is the USA a big place? and is NM the name of your house?
Mad but Keen from Westray
New Mexico (NM), the Land of Enchantment, is a State, not me hoose (or whatever)!! USA is not a big place(people used to go up and down it in Conestega wagons, after all). It would have been bigger if our early presidents had had the foresight of annexing the rest of (old) Mexico and the land north of us!! Too late now (thank heavens!). Personally, I don't think cannibalism is all it's cracked up to be: after all, it is just one bite at a time (yuck!). Cannibalism in the islands, eh?, particularly in Westray? Good to know (I expect I'll miss the ferry! ... kidding).
mjc from NM,USA
New Mexico (NM), the Land of Enchantment, is a State, not me hoose (or whatever)!! USA is not a big place(people used to go up and down it in Conestoga wagons, after all). It would have been bigger if our early presidents had had the foresight of annexing the rest of (old) Mexico and the land north of us!! Too late now (thank heavens!). Personally, I don't think cannibalism is all it's cracked up to be: after all, it is just one bite at a time (yuck!). Cannibalism in the islands, eh?, particularly in Westray? Good to know (I expect I'll miss the ferry! ... kidding).
mjc from NM,USA
For crying out loud, two identical contributions (for the price of one). Blame Graham (someone has to take the rap!), or perhaps I am competing with Herman from Orkney (when he "doubled up" on another blog he blamed a Firewall software glitch).
mjc from NM,USA
Looking at anything passing my way.
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