View Full Version : Why is the Org so boring now?
I used to keep track of what is going on up there through the Org but nothing...
The site is dead ... no craik at all ...
A search for new posts brings up a string of rubbish from "newsbot."
I think that doesn't help.
the independence referendum arguments brought about a mass culling of members and they even made their own ".org group" so probably still there
riggerboy
24-Apr-18, 13:42
this used to a great place full of life and great folk, the banter used to be brilliant, (even tho I got suspended a few times) I don't hold that against the dark controllers,
many a happy night on here,
I think the explosion of social networking has been the demise of what was once a great community page,
North Korean style censorship has killed the board I’m afraid.
What could be done to make it more popular?
Neil Howie
30-Apr-18, 20:24
facebooking and snapchatting, everyones got their own internet platform now!
orkneycadian
01-May-18, 21:57
The word has gotten across 'e watter that this place is needing livening up again. Sheesh, you turn your back for 4 years and it all goes to pot...... Right, where to start of stirring e' Weekers up again.....
orkneycadian
01-May-18, 23:06
Jeez, I see what you mean - This place is dead now. Going to take some serious livening up.
riggerboy
04-May-18, 08:34
Lol time to get the old timers back,
shhhhhhhhh they are all sleeping
maybe everyone is bored with the moans and groans,so sleeping would be a better choice,it used to be fun,and full of wit.
Kevin Milkins
06-May-18, 12:21
[para] Who said that?[para]
orkneycadian
06-May-18, 14:16
Not enough sisters.
Well, if you bring yours sisters along, I'll bring the fine white wine - Well, maybe a bit pink - Its the year before lasts rhubarb - Should liven the place up nicely!
Do you have a safe place for us to park our broomsticks?
orkneycadian
06-May-18, 17:02
Given the ABV of the year before lasts rhubarb wine, I would recommend staying off the broomsticks for a few days.
We’ll need long stay broomstick storage in that case!
cullbucket
07-May-18, 13:11
Yaaawn aye that was a long sleep
The Org has been boring for about four years:
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?226509-Rubbish
That’s a long time. :(
Did it become boring because Orkneycadian stopped posting and no other reason? ;)
Since he is back, why not others? Spread the word!
Like so many other things , a certain group move in and the locals move out . Happens all to often .
orkneycadian
10-May-18, 17:15
Did it become boring because Orkneycadian stopped posting and no other reason? ;)
Nowt to do with me! Over censorship 4 years ago drove a lot of folk away. I only came back when some bribed me with the offer of some Old Pulteney in 'e Camps if I livened the place up a bit. So far, thats been a bigger challenge than expected. :confused
I know the story. Well some of it.
I hope whoever bribed you in ’e Camps has joined arms in trying to liven up the place.
orkneycadian
10-May-18, 18:43
I think we are on a hiding to nothing here Crayola. Seems to be past livening up. Looks like I won't be getting that Old Pulteney after all. :(
This isn’t the first time I’ve tried. :(
There are always plenty folkies reading the General forum mind. Who would have thought once proud outspoken Caithnessians would one day turn into en-masse passive consumers of the collective wit and wisdom of a witch and an Orkneycadian? :confused
orkneycadian
11-May-18, 09:22
Its not all lost - I have resisted the urge to post on the thread "Where is a good place to pick wilks (sic)" with the obvious answer of "the beach". Now someone has sprung out of the woodwork and posted something altogether more comprehensive. Not all you Caithnessians have lost the use of the "Reply to thread" button. Yet.....
orkneycadian
11-May-18, 14:22
Over censorship 4 years ago drove a lot of folk away.
And probably still is to this day - Theres a thread in the Recommendations section titled "Ghosts and paranormal" - In that, several posters describe a SB7 "spirit box". For the uninitiated, this is simply a bog standard AM/FM radio, but when you hit the search button, instead of stopping on a station it finds, it zips past it. Just like spinning the dial on an analogue radio. The result is chopped up bits of broadcast radio sounds. Rather than pay £10 in Tesco for a radio that stops properly on the stations, you can spend £70 online to buy a similar radio that zips past the stations. As a "ghosthunter" its then up to you to try and associate the sounds you hear, with what you want to hear.
Now, these spirits are very amenable it seems. Despite being able to do what they want, it seems that they choose to limit their communications with us to FM in the range 76 to 108 MHz and AM from 522 to 1710 kHz, which is very conveniently the same as standard broadcasting. OK, 76 is a bit lower, but matches a lot of the radio chips coming out of China that find their way into low cost walki talkies...
The spooks even know to use FM on the 76 to 108 MHz band, and AM on the 522 to 1710 kHz band!
So, that aside, my suggestions on this in the thread in the Recommendations section do not appear to have made it past the site moderator. Meanwhile, more poor technophobes could end up spending 7 times more cash on a radio that doesn't work properly, i.e. in search/seek mode, it doesn't stop on the stations it finds. Meanwhile, you are led to believe that any sounds you hear are not snippets of broadcast transmissions, but ghosties from the other side speaking to you. You couldn't make it up.....:confused
So - Since recommendations are censored in the recommendations section, my recommendation is to save £60 and buy your radio from Tesco. It'll work a lot better and you'll be able to hear Caithness FM in its entirety - Not just a snippet of sound every 30 seconds.
Maybe some of those banned because of political bias 4 years ago could be persuaded to return if they were asked nicely?
wavy davy
11-May-18, 23:29
Now, these spirits are very amenable it seems. Despite being able to do what they want, it seems that they choose to limit their communications with us to FM in the range 76 to 108 MHz and AM from 522 to 1710 kHz, which is very conveniently the same as standard broadcasting. ..... buy your radio from Tesco. It'll work a lot better and you'll be able to hear Caithness FM in its entirety - Not just a snippet of sound every 30 seconds.
Ghosties were once people who had radios and knew the bands used in broadcasting. Why would they waste their time using frequencies which no-one could hear? They micht be deid but they're no glaikit. And why would anyone want to listen to Caithness FM in its entirety? You're making no sense man.
orkneycadian
12-May-18, 09:26
If the departed were as savvy at broadcasting as suggested, then they might keep their words on one frequency. Make themselves a lot easier to be heard.
And listening to Caithness FM? The closest you can get to a near death experience, whilst still maintaining a pulse. Just.
Anyway, the point, censorship is still alive and kicking on 'e org. About the only thing that still is!
The ferries only have themselves to blame for their site bombing to oblivion.
What could be done to make it more popular?
What about a Rant Room (uncensored). Chance would be a fine thing.
wavy davy
13-May-18, 23:36
If the departed were as savvy at broadcasting as suggested, then they might keep their words on one frequency. Make themselves a lot easier to be heard.
Then only one of them could speak at a time. If they all tried on, say, 102.5 FM, all you would hear would be a garbled cacophony. Hmm, you might have a point.
orkneycadian
14-May-18, 07:24
Well, I thought I would give this ghosthunting a try. Being too miserable to shell out £70 on a broken radio from Amazon, I got the old Eddystone fired up the other night. Screwed it, and a wiper motor out of a Mk 1 Fiesta to the kitchen table, and joined tuning knob and the shaft of the wiper motor with a pair of the wifes tights. A quick squirt of belt dressing, the battery off the Dexta, a set of jump leads and it was good to go.
Initial tests were not too successful. The wiper motor shaft is pretty small, so the gearing was a bit low, and the radio scanned between about 104 and 105 MHz. All I heard was unintelligible gobbledygook, except one occasion where a spook said "helicopter".
One hosiery adjustment later, and it was scanning between about 102 and 103 MHz. Heres a transcript of what the Pye reel to reel captured......
Me: Hello? Is there anybody there?
Radio: Crackle, hiss, spit.
Me: Hello, can, you hear me?
Radio: Hello
Me: Wow, it works! Hello, what is your name?
Radio: Barbara
Me: Where are you Barbara
Radio: Country
Me: Which Country?
Radio: Western
Me: Right, so you are in a Western country. Which one?
Radio: Caithness
Me (thinks): Hmmm, this spook is not very spatially aware. Doesn't it realise Caithness is a county in the east, not a country in the west? Hmmm, maybe its the interference from the wiper motor.....
Me: How many spirits are there with you?
Radio: One Oh Two point Five
Me: OK, what are some of their names?
Radio: Shania, Travis, Dixie, Brad, McGraw
Me: Wow, this is truly amazing. Shame on me for doubting it.
At this point, we had a slight technical hitch - The cat jumped up on the table to investigate the strange noises. I think its been watching too many Whiskas adverts. It got its tail caught between the tights and tuning knob on the Eddystone and let out a tremendous yelp. On hearing the commotion, the missus dashed in and gave me merry hell and skelp on the lug for ruining her best tights. On finding that the wiper motor was screwed to the kitchen table, she got even more feisty. Its a good job the wifi reaches to the barn so you can read this.
I might try some more experiments later. I reckon with the sprocket off the dungspreader, I can up the gearing a bit to take in a wider sweep of radio spectrum, and hear even more ghosties!
Stay (un)tuned folkies!
Have you tried the wiper motor from a Mark 1 Escort with go faster stripes? They’re more attractive to long gone boy racers from my generation who may have a message for me.
Cleared_Hot
15-May-18, 08:25
Why is the Org boring ?? .. It never used to be but its all down to a change in society and the slow march to where we are now. Anyone today who has an online opinion you don't like must be crushed and, god forbid, anyone who claims to be offended must result in everyone stopping, kick in the tears and a tea candle, and giving them a cyber cuddle. If like me you have a sense of humour you cant post anywhere these days without someone firing up the outrage bus and handbrake turning it into your post in a cloud of outrage and tears.
I posted here a long time ago, a long time ago. I mean, I had hair back then. Back in a time when if someone had said that one day a guy would be prosecuted for making a dog do a Nazi salute in a video you would have been met with laughter. And then a small crowd who, having tracked you down in real life for your silliness, would follow you around pointing and haranguing you. But that is life today. I mean look at the front page of the forum and the thread titles, the NHS should prescribe this place for Insomniacs who don't respond to drugs. Even this thread, about why the Org is boring .. is boring. Talking to dead people and Mark 1 Escort wipers ?? .. Eh ?? .. has there been a sudden liking for necking Toilet Duck in Caithness over the past decade ?? .. because you need to stop drinking it people. Seriously.
Back then you had characters like Fred, a man who so believed everything he read on the internet if it told him he was dead he would nip outside and bury himself. Then there was Anfield who believed that every British serviceman or woman was a career criminal in the making and is probably now a professional griever with a share in a tea candle factory. They were, like lots of others, characters that made you smile for one reason or another. Joxville is another name that springs to mind. He was a good lad. And Golach too. And Northerner as well, he was class. I might not have agreed with them all the time but we did have some right laughs. Ultimately though we were all forced out because we pushed the limits a bit.
I haven't been home in years but if this forum is a sign of the place I am not encouraged to, there is more crack in a broken leg.
Oh and as I bet inquisitive minds are wondering who I was then allow me to demonstrate what the Org used to be like, this thread was one of mine .. http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?48721-The-Gentlemanly-art-of-quot-Blimping-quot&highlight=blimping
Would that be allowed today ?? .. Probably not.
Why is the Org boring ?? .. Because the world has changed and people have become boring because any attempt at standing out these days is met with that crowd who love labelling everyone with a tag ending in "ism", "ist" or "phobic" shouting the loudest.
Simples.
orkneycadian
15-May-18, 09:59
Yup, got it in one!
I look in on the Org every day. If it's so boring....does that mean I'm boring too?
I admit I haven't posted for awhile. But that's because I was being stalked by some keyboard warrior who was creating mayhem across the Org at that time. I always imagined him (if it was a him) looking like Columbo and sitting at his computer 24/7 wearing a long crumpled raincoat waiting for someone to post and then pouncing on his prey!
No, I don't find the Org boring. Who has decided this? Where are the survey results? I haven't been accosted by Bill Fernie at the doors of Wick Tesco with a clipboard. Yet.
Love
Janey
orkneycadian
15-May-18, 21:01
Have you tried the wiper motor from a Mark 1 Escort with go faster stripes? They’re more attractive to long gone boy racers from my generation who may have a message for me.
No, but I like your thinking. So much so, that its got me thinking that the rear wiper motor off a car that does a 180 degree sweep will take in more MHz than the front wiper motor that sweeps little more than 90 degrees.
orkneycadian
15-May-18, 21:08
has there been a sudden liking for necking Toilet Duck in Caithness over the past decade ??
I actually find necking it quite difficult. That funny top on the bottle is hopeless. Swig it one way and you have to bend over backwards to get any out. The other way, you have the bottle pointing skywards, whilst the "nipple" is just coming up to a comfortable drinking angle. I find the best results are had by decanting it from the bottle into a jug, like you would home brew. Then you can pour it into a glass and swig as normal.
No, but I like your thinking. So much so, that its got me thinking that the rear wiper motor off a car that does a 180 degree sweep will take in more MHz than the front wiper motor that sweeps little more than 90 degrees.
Woollen tights should work best for gearing ratios. Especially ribbed ones.
orkneycadian
17-May-18, 10:36
Ooooh, ribbed wooly tights. Now theres a vision......
I remember cold winter mornings on the odd occasion I went to school. Ribbed woollen tights were fashion torture to a teenager but they stopped my legs turning bright red. :confused
orkneycadian
17-May-18, 22:15
Surely couldn't be any worse fashion torture than donning a long black costume/dress/habit/frock (what is the technical term for a witches attire?) and a pointy hat?
Indeedy. That’s one of the reasons for not conforming. :)
Our attire has more in common with an episode of Loose Women. [lol]
orkneycadian
18-May-18, 09:45
Ah, so not the stereotypical green and black striped leggings then?
Not unless we meet at Celtic Park. :)
Would be green, grey and pish stained in that case
orkneycadian
19-May-18, 16:55
Are you doubting Crayola's continence?
Ha ha probably sour grapes after today. :Razz
orkneycadian
21-May-18, 08:49
Not enough sisters.
Yup Crayola, I think you might be right and that the Old Pulteney is safe, as the deadness of this place seems to be beyond recovery. I've looked a lot of times over the last few weeks at the number of folk viewing the forum. The unregistered users runs to hundreds - Most are probably spam bots. But there can be a dozen or 2 logged in users. When you look at when they last posted, it was years ago.
Over this side o' 'e watter, there are quite a few organisations struggling with community engagement - Stromness Shopping Week being one example. Plenty folk who will attend the events, but no-one who wants to get involved in the organising of them. Still going ahead this year, but with dire warnings for the future if more do not step up to the plate. This place is the same - Plenty of "followers", but very few that seem willing to pitch anything in.
I fear the earlier prophecies are accurate. The place is doomed to a lingering death, punctuated only by folk logging in to see if there is any new "craic", only to log out again when they find there isn't.
Its starting to look like a weekend of sorcery apprenticeship at a remote, derelict Caithness hunting lodge might be more fun after all!
Frankly it is Crayola and Orcadian that are keeping the place going. You could start your own site ... Moderation ... or lack of it has killed things stone dead.
riggerboy
22-May-18, 07:06
aye its a shame, I don't come on very often anymore as its the same slagging of the same subjects, the site needs a re-vamp, not sure how I could be done but it needs doing,
Ha ha probably sour grapes after today. :Razz
nah Im no fan of Motherwell
Goodfellers
22-May-18, 16:58
Not so boring in the 'Politics' section. Dozy is livening it up with a few random comments :-)
Yup Crayola, I think you might be right and that the Old Pulteney is safe, as the deadness of this place seems to be beyond recovery. I've looked a lot of times over the last few weeks at the number of folk viewing the forum. The unregistered users runs to hundreds - Most are probably spam bots. But there can be a dozen or 2 logged in users. When you look at when they last posted, it was years ago.
Over this side o' 'e watter, there are quite a few organisations struggling with community engagement - Stromness Shopping Week being one example. Plenty folk who will attend the events, but no-one who wants to get involved in the organising of them. Still going ahead this year, but with dire warnings for the future if more do not step up to the plate. This place is the same - Plenty of "followers", but very few that seem willing to pitch anything in.
I fear the earlier prophecies are accurate. The place is doomed to a lingering death, punctuated only by folk logging in to see if there is any new "craic", only to log out again when they find there isn't.
Its starting to look like a weekend of sorcery apprenticeship at a remote, derelict Caithness hunting lodge might be more fun after all!
Aye it’s deid. But necromancy is still alive. :)
orkneycadian
04-Jun-18, 21:45
Isn't necromancy the art of communicating with the dead ('e orgers) to divine the future (the total death of 'e org due to lack of use)?
Thank goodness it was necromancy. My mum read it as 'necrophilia'.
Urrgghh your mum has a very naughty mind!
Nagh. She is dyslexic ... really!
Ah ok then. Sorry her00026’s mum.
Getting back on topic, the Org is boring because virtually no-one posts here any more. Putting the blame on events of many a year ago is an excuse for being lazy. The Org is deid because folk don’t post. :roll:
People seemed to stop posting because a few trolled no matter what the topic and then the 'powers that be' closed the thread. Thus punishing all ....
Aye well aye well yeah maybe. But it’ll stay boring if folkies dinna post at a’. And that’s the way it is the now. If ye dinna post it’ll stay deid. And it’s recht deid ’e now. :(
orkneycadian
10-Jun-18, 15:04
Especially in the deid o' nicht! Another late night on the Pimms in the hot, hot, hot garden of Chez Cray?
orkneycadian
10-Jun-18, 15:35
People seemed to stop posting because a few trolled no matter what the topic and then the 'powers that be' closed the thread. Thus punishing all ....
Or you had the folk that posted a "Does anyone know......" type thread under a completely innocuous title. They could have named the thread title "Does anyone know when Tesco is open till tonight?" But instead, would post some cryptic title. Only when you had opened the thread, was its purpose revealed - Again.....
2little2late
11-Jun-18, 00:51
Or you had the folk that posted a "Does anyone know......" type thread under a completely innocuous title. They could have named the thread title "Does anyone know when Tesco is open till tonight?" But instead, would post some cryptic title. Only when you had opened the thread, was its purpose revealed - Again.....
Caithness is s"""e, hence C.org being s"""e. Needs no words really. You watch, I'll get a ban for this. Who cares?
I have a few ‘s’ words of my own for Caithness- both for the place and the people. ‘Stunning’, ‘stupendous’, ‘superb’ are three that will do for starters though I’m sure I could easily think of more.
I feel really sorry for you, 2little2late! Even your title says it all really. Maybe you just need to get out a bit more and open your eyes and look about you. I would suggest a trip up to Duncansby Head. Go and walk along the cliffs, look at the views, the birds, the fantastic wildflowers. Direct your gaze below the lighthouse and maybe you’ll see orca swimming below- they are about up there. As wildlife experiences go, it does not get any better than that and name me one other place (in Scotland or elsewhere) where you can reliably see something like that and not pay one penny for the privilege.
Ok, so maybe you’re not talking about landscape, wildlife or scenery but Caithness people. Open your eyes and ears and your closed mind! Buy a ‘Groat’ or a ‘Courier’ and you’ll find stories in there of remarkable people doing remarkable things, going the second mile for others and making a difference. Better than that, just speak to your neighbours and you may find that they are the people doing just that. Caithness is full of folk being kind and helpful to others- you just have to look.
At the end of the day, you just get one crack at this life. If you want to go through it seeing nothing but badness, negativity and the ‘s’ word that you have applied then that is what you will no doubt find and maybe you are finding it so because you yourself are not bothering or giving anything back.
orkneycadian
11-Jun-18, 23:38
I would suggest a trip up to Duncansby Head. Go and walk along the cliffs, look at the views, the birds, the fantastic wildflowers. Direct your gaze below the lighthouse and maybe you’ll see orca swimming below- they are about up there. As wildlife experiences go, it does not get any better than that and name me one other place (in Scotland or elsewhere) where you can reliably see something like that and not pay one penny for the privilege.
Orkney?
Buy a ‘Groat’ or a ‘Courier’ and you’ll find stories in there of remarkable people doing remarkable things, going the second mile for others and making a difference.
According to this site, the latest news in 'e Coorier includes a story of a seagull that got stuck in a derelict building in Wick in July 2017. So they let it out. Yup, pretty remarkable, and pretty up to date news reporting by this site.
Caithness is full of folk being kind and helpful to others- you just have to look.
And if you find a stolen Scottish flag, Iain of Reay would love to hear from you.
Orkney? Yes and Shetland to when it comes to it. However, that was not the point. Such a pity you missed the point but trust you have enjoyed your moment of pointless point scoring. Gave me a laugh anyway.
orkneycadian
13-Jun-18, 22:37
Its about all there is to do on here these days.
I wouldn’t say the Org is boring, it’s just not as lively as it once was, perhaps Facebook and other social media are partly the cause of it. It’s so easy with the apps being readily accessible to post instant thoughts instead of having to log in to a website, and you’ll usually get instant replies too; it’s different strokes for different folks. I can’t remember the last time I looked in on the Org, it’s probably about 3 months ago, but it’s still handy if I want to find out what’s happening in the county. I see there’s a few hardy souls still trying to keep it upbeat, the former Mrs deW doing her best, and there’s a good supporting cast too so I wouldn’t write the site off just yet.
Its all Twatter and Facepuke these days.
The attention span of a gnat reigns supreme.
One day everyone will be famous for fifteen words.
orkneycadian
25-Aug-18, 13:19
Seems to have really gone to the dogs on here now. A place almost solely to ask for recommendations for tradespeople. :roll:
I've got 9 chicks free to a good home. No gone seems to be about in the 'for sale' dept, so, since this is the only active thread....... Etc, etc, etc..............
Your post got me to look but I don't want the chicks! Hope you find a good home for them.
Oh and as I bet inquisitive minds are wondering who I was then allow me to demonstrate what the Org used to be like, this thread was one of mine .. http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?48721-The-Gentlemanly-art-of-quot-Blimping-quot&highlight=blimping
Would that be allowed today ?? .. Probably not.
Why is the Org boring ?? .. Because the world has changed and people have become boring because any attempt at standing out these days is met with that crowd who love labelling everyone with a tag ending in "ism", "ist" or "phobic" shouting the loudest.
Simples.
Nearly died laughing when I read the blimping thread..... I'll let you into a secret.... Women blimp too.... possibly more than men cos who will believe THEY were letching?
Been married so long now the other half and I go blimping together, good harmless fun. Especially when we compare notes after. Found out the other half prefers red heads so how they ended up with me is anyone's guess.....
Goodfellers
25-Jan-19, 11:57
Just spent half an hour reading the 'blimping' thread...brilliant! I will never do it however, as my wife has that amazing ability to read my mind. I remember watching Mel Gibson in What women want, I think that was Hollywood warning men about powers that all females possess.
A Great thread i dont come in often but when I do I read a lot of back stuff.....
why do wifeys always assume that us Manies are always trying to side off...
thanks to all for the entertainment
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