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Post by Gorf on Sept 19, 2006 17:07:11 GMT -5
I think we should set an example for our current administration and admit we made a mistake, and get out. I gotta tell you, I hate the pirate talk, it seemed like a good idea, but it should be scrapped. Much to your chagrin Davey Jones appears to be stayin the course.
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Post by BearClause on Sept 19, 2006 19:20:14 GMT -5
Anyone want to know what it means to be keel hauled? Or do ye know? I know! I know! Since I didn't see a response, I looked it up. It means to receive punishment by dragging along the underside of a ship by a rope. The implication being that the punishee is likely to be slammed into the rudder, underside, keel, etc. while simultaneously underwater. The best part was that most ships had barnacles (ouch!). This was apparently first made popular by the Dutch Navy and later informally adopted by the British Navy as well as pirates.
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Post by UCSBVball on Sept 19, 2006 19:37:47 GMT -5
What do you do with a drunken poster early in the morning – put him in bed with the …… untill he gets lice all over. Whoops censored Aye mate for the pirates life, good rum, and wenches.
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Post by Chance on Sept 19, 2006 21:19:13 GMT -5
i dont really mind except for "translating" the positions. It's pretty easy to mentally swap "tteeaamm" and crew, but OOuuttside HHiitter and "scurvy dog"?
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Post by Mr. Wednesday on Sept 20, 2006 21:33:31 GMT -5
Since I didn't see a response, I looked it up. It means to receive punishment by dragging along the underside of a ship by a rope. The implication being that the punishee is likely to be slammed into the rudder, underside, keel, etc. while simultaneously underwater. The best part was that most ships had barnacles (ouch!). This was apparently first made popular by the Dutch Navy and later informally adopted by the British Navy as well as pirates. I would imagine that the dragging along the barnicles (in salt water) would be the main point. It seems to me it would be excrutiating.
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Post by Odin on Sept 20, 2006 23:07:49 GMT -5
I've disabled the automatic translations, much to my sadness.
I have received more compliments in form of PMs and emails than negatives. But, noticed that the lurkers on this forum have dropped off by over 50% in the past two days.
While, I tend to reward and listen to contributing members of Volley Talk significantly more than lurkers, I've decided to disable the automatic translation.
I still encourage the Pirate Talk through this week.
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Post by fightingminime on Sept 21, 2006 0:12:24 GMT -5
Since I didn't see a response, I looked it up. It means to receive punishment by dragging along the underside of a ship by a rope. The implication being that the punishee is likely to be slammed into the rudder, underside, keel, etc. while simultaneously underwater. The best part was that most ships had barnacles (ouch!). This was apparently first made popular by the Dutch Navy and later informally adopted by the British Navy as well as pirates. That is correct . . . and salt water in open wounds created by barnacles sounds like no kinds of fun to me.
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Post by hoosierman on Sept 21, 2006 0:19:13 GMT -5
SHIVER ME TIMBERS DA'EY! Alas, the wenches may have keel hauled us today, but their blubberin' will ne'er keep us from our bounty! Arrrrrrrrrrrgh! Avast Hoosiers!
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Post by SaltNPepper on Sept 21, 2006 10:46:03 GMT -5
I've disabled the automatic translations, much to my sadness. I have received more compliments in form of PMs and emails than negatives. But, noticed that the lurkers on this forum have dropped off by over 50% in the past two days. While, I tend to reward and listen to contributing members of Volley Talk significantly more than lurkers, I've decided to disable the automatic translation. I still encourage the Pirate Talk through this week. So what does that mean? That you drove away 50% of the non registered users who read the topics on this forum in only 2 days of screwing around with it? Great job! Wonder how long it will take to get them back? Or if they will come back.
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Post by Gorf on Sept 21, 2006 10:49:11 GMT -5
When does "talk like vbsamurai" week start?
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Post by hoosierman on Sept 21, 2006 11:23:27 GMT -5
I've disabled the automatic translations, much to my sadness. I have received more compliments in form of PMs and emails than negatives. But, noticed that the lurkers on this forum have dropped off by over 50% in the past two days. While, I tend to reward and listen to contributing members of Volley Talk significantly more than lurkers, I've decided to disable the automatic translation. I still encourage the Pirate Talk through this week. So what does that mean? That you drove away 50% of the non registered users who read the topics on this forum in only 2 days of screwing around with it? Great job! Wonder how long it will take to get them back? Or if they will come back. Seriously. Have these past three days ruined your life so much that you feel you need to say all that? Lurkers, as has been stated, do not add _anything_ to this forum. Disagree with it, fine. But it is really beyond me when people feel they need to start screaming and pointing when something that couldn't be more inconsequential occurs.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2006 11:40:46 GMT -5
Lurkers go out and buy the products we advertise here. I hear Preparation H's sales have dropped by 75% in only a week!
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Post by IdahoBoy on Sept 21, 2006 12:30:47 GMT -5
So what does that mean? That you drove away 50% of the non registered users who read the topics on this forum in only 2 days of screwing around with it? Great job! Wonder how long it will take to get them back? Or if they will come back. Seriously. Have these past three days ruined your life so much that you feel you need to say all that? Lurkers, as has been stated, do not add _anything_ to this forum. Disagree with it, fine. But it is really beyond me when people feel they need to start screaming and pointing when something that couldn't be more inconsequential occurs. Here. Here.
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Post by SaltNPepper on Sept 21, 2006 13:22:59 GMT -5
Seriously. Have these past three days ruined your life so much that you feel you need to say all that? Lurkers, as has been stated, do not add _anything_ to this forum. Disagree with it, fine. But it is really beyond me when people feel they need to start screaming and pointing when something that couldn't be more inconsequential occurs. Has "Pirate talk" ruined my life? Absolutely not. I'm still here and not one of those that have choosen to stay away for a while. So who are these evil lunkers that don't add anything to this forum? That's an interesting question. I'm sure many of them are just regular volleyball fans like most of us that have registered and post. But I also believe that a some of them just might be volleyball players, or coaches, or SID's or administrators or NCAA committee members or journalist & reportors looking for background & leads on a possible story or potential sponsors & advertisers. I believe that there are a lot of people that have an interest in volleyball including some of the topics discussed on this board that will never register or post on a forum of this type. Maybe they do not add anything to this forum, but that doesn't mean they don't add something to volleyball in some other way or another. So I just don't see why anyone would be worried that a lot of unregistered user would be lurking around and reading some of the stuff that is written on volleytalk. To the contrary, I would think it should be expected and encouraged. I have previously posted twice regarding this subject. I have not emailed or PM'ed the administrator about it. I figured that whatever I wanted to say could be said in public. Sorry if you felt that was "screaming". The first post was after about an hours frustration when I was trying to post a message, but all the words in the "Preview" weren't the same as I had just typed. At first I thought there was something in my personal preference settings that maybe got screwed up. Then I just figured that proboards had some kind of a problem that got volleytalk mixed up with some other forum and that our administrator would quickly get that straighten out. You see, I don't read all the topics on this board, only those that seem to catch my interest when I scan the listing page. I hadn't had a PM from the administrator saying "next week is Pirate Talk on Volleytalk & here's what's going to happen on the board". I posted that message when I realized that "Pirate Talk" was not an error, but something that our administrator did him/herself. I believe that the administrator/owner/moderator or whatever you want to call him/her has a resposibility to volleyball, besides just Volleytalk and that in this case (as is apparently evidenced by a 50% drop in "lurkers") he/she did not live up to the standards we should be able to expect of an administrator.
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Post by BearClause on Sept 21, 2006 13:41:38 GMT -5
Seriously. Have these past three days ruined your life so much that you feel you need to say all that? Lurkers, as has been stated, do not add _anything_ to this forum. Disagree with it, fine. But it is really beyond me when people feel they need to start screaming and pointing when something that couldn't be more inconsequential occurs. Has "Pirate talk" ruined my life? Absolutely not. I'm still here and not one of those that have choosen to stay away for a while. So who are these evil lunkers that don't add anything to this forum? That's an interesting question. I'm sure many of them are just regular volleyball fans like most of us that have registered and post. But I also believe that a some of them just might be volleyball players, or coaches, or SID's or administrators or NCAA committee members or journalist & reportors looking for background & leads on a possible story or potential sponsors & advertisers. I believe that there are a lot of people that have an interest in volleyball including some of the topics discussed on this board that will never register or post on a forum of this type. Maybe they do not add anything to this forum, but that doesn't mean they don't add something to volleyball in some other way or another. So I just don't see why anyone would be worried that a lot of unregistered user would be lurking around and reading some of the stuff that is written on volleytalk. To the contrary, I would think it should be expected and encouraged. I have previously posted twice regarding this subject. I have not emailed or PM'ed the administrator about it. I figured that whatever I wanted to say could be said in public. Sorry if you felt that was "screaming". The first post was after about an hours frustration when I was trying to post a message, but all the words in the "Preview" weren't the same as I had just typed. At first I thought there was something in my personal preference settings that maybe got screwed up. Then I just figured that proboards had some kind of a problem that got volleytalk mixed up with some other forum and that our administrator would quickly get that straighten out. You see, I don't read all the topics on this board, only those that seem to catch my interest when I scan the listing page. I hadn't had a PM from the administrator saying "next week is Pirate Talk on Volleytalk & here's what's going to happen on the board". I posted that message when I realized that "Pirate Talk" was not an error, but something that our administrator did him/herself. I believe that the administrator/owner/moderator or whatever you want to call him/her has a resposibility to volleyball, besides just Volleytalk and that in this case (as is apparently evidenced by a 50% drop in "lurkers") he/she did not live up to the standards we should be able to expect of an administrator. There were some simple ways around this. Some used [brackets] while others used *asterisks. This is a private forum and the administrators have the right to do whatever they want. They can change the color scheme to orange and black for Halloween even if it's an atrocious eyesore.
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