Yes, I wouldn't plough through all 47 pages of some of the longer threads, but if you go to the last two or three pages, they are generally fairly current.

I do agree that it would be kind to put some of the longer threads out of their misery. Possibly in future anyone posting something new on bars or massage venues could start a new thread for that month ... e.g. Bar Reports June 2009.

Of course I also realize that attempting to bring systemic order to a board such as this is like trying to herd cats . Some activities are contrary to the innate nature of the participants ... and of course that's why cats look down on dogs and we look down on lesser people.

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Lovely, ain't it? This thread went off track by the 2nd or 3rd post

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It was never on track, at least not the track hoped for by the original poster who asked a question which obviously wasn't going to be answered here.

I pointed out to him where the information could be found and others suggested tactics for obtaining useful information, all of which were intended to help the OP find what he wanted now and in future.

Yours seems to be the only totally irrelevant message.

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-- Are 'to herd.' the correct words applicable to cats? Cattle, maybe.
- The two collective nouns for domestic cats are 'Dout.' and 'Nuisance.'*; although trying to make a verb out of either might be difficult. ;-)
- * source: search-engine Google.
-- Bibi. --

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Perhaps if you had used Google to look up the phrase "trying to herd cats" you would have found that one of the references is to Senator Trent Lott's autobiography "Herding Cats: a life in politics". It is a widely-used expression, denoting something that is extremely difficult if not impossible.

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Any nude shows? is the title of the thread.

The last few posts are about cats and ultimately about an Yank politican and his autobiography.

Amazing how communicatins gets side tracked.

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-- Thank you, I stand corrected.
- But I can't write that I've ever heard of that phrase before now; but I shall check-around with some of my American acquaintances to see how wide-spread its use may be.
-- Bibi. --

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Quite widespread, I'd say.

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Who cares?

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Looks as if trying to keep a thread from wandering is what's like trying to herd cats.

May be better just to relax and enjoy the serendipity.

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"herd" used as a verb, is not specific to any animal species and can be applied, informally, to people as well.

A shepherd herds sheep. [Assuming you've ever read the Bible, the Shepherd appearing in the New Testament is not all that involved with actual sheep]. A goatherd herds goats. A tour guide may herd her flock of tourist.

Considering your somewhat bizarre & incomprehensible use of abbreviations to cloak, though not completely, your inability to spell properly, it is odd that you would choose to correct (inappropriately) someone else's English.

If you like, I can make note of your nonstandard usage and spelling errors. It would be a full-time occupation, but if you found it useful and instructive ...

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So now we have English lessons.

Maybe I'm on the wrong site.

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