The Future of the Machine Nation ?

Ha!

BTW, I keep noticing that our membership seems to have settled at 48. Another two, and we would be the nifty fifty.
Would it be appropriate to issue one or two discreet invitations to potential persons?

cactus flower wrote:

BTW, I keep noticing that our membership seems to have settled at 48. Another two, and we would be the nifty fifty.
Would it be appropriate to issue one or two discreet invitations to potential persons?

I think, at the level we're at, that it's perfect. Personally, I'd love freedomlover and mr_anderson to come over here and become regular contributors. It would be an honour to moderate their comments.

Any more and the SP could invade. This is a nice, cosy and peronable community.

cactus flower wrote:

BTW, I keep noticing that our membership seems
to have settled at 48. Another two, and we would be the nifty fifty.
Would it be appropriate to issue one or two discreet invitations to potential persons?

How many of that 48 are active on here though? Maybe 20 ..? Not bad though. Riadach has stopped posting good irish games..aw

invite away

(is it only you who has the problem with the posting, cactus because I certainly haven't lost any. Maybe you need a new laptop. How's the sellotape?)

The SP ?

cactus flower wrote:

The SP ?

Auditor #9 2-1, Ard-Taoiseach 9-2 , KAte P 5-1 ibis 10-1 12-1 bar

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

The SP ?

Auditor #9 2-1, Ard-Taoiseach 9-2 , KAte P 5-1 ibis 10-1 12-1 bar

But back to SP??

And whats wrong with being the irate 48 ?

cactus flower wrote:

BTW, I keep noticing that our membership seems to have settled at 48. Another two, and we would be the nifty fifty.
Would it be appropriate to issue one or two discreet invitations to potential persons?

Squire Allworthy seems like a very nice chappie.

Irate 48, that sounds good. We could also all be US states on July the 4th. I bagsy New York, it's my cultural home in the States.

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

Irate 48, that sounds good. We could also all be US states on July the 4th. I bagsy New York, it's my cultural home in the States.

Who dares to speak of 48?

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

Irate 48, that sounds good. We could also all be US states on July the 4th. I bagsy New York, it's my cultural home in the States.

Who dares to speak of 48?

We're on 47, now that I checked.

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

Irate 48, that sounds good. We could also all be US states on July the 4th. I bagsy New York, it's my cultural home in the States.

Who dares to speak of 48?

We're on 47, now that I checked.

Well you know what we do with deserters...

There always seems to be a guest or two on here when I check so there seems to be a few readers as well. I feel that some of the posters elsewhere are spinmeisters rather than being interested in a dialogue. I was thinking about Squire because we have enjoyed talking about 3rd party possibilities here in the US which would be a fringe topic to most.

youngdan wrote:

There always seems to be a guest or two on here when I check so there seems to be a few readers as well. I feel that some of the posters elsewhere are spinmeisters rather than being interested in a dialogue. I was thinking about Squire because we have enjoyed talking about 3rd party possibilities here in the US which would be a fringe topic to most.

I certainly wouldn't want to see the sort of party-political slanging that goes on at p.ie replicated here...

ibis wrote:

youngdan wrote:

There always seems to be a guest or two on here when I check so there seems to be a few readers as well. I feel that some of the posters elsewhere are spinmeisters rather than being interested in a dialogue. I was thinking about Squire because we have enjoyed talking about 3rd party possibilities here in the US which would be a fringe topic to most.

I certainly wouldn't want to see the sort of party-political slanging that goes on at p.ie replicated here...

Tell us which party so that you may suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

ibis wrote:

youngdan wrote:

There always seems to be a guest or two on here when I check so there seems to be a few readers as well. I feel that some of the posters elsewhere are spinmeisters rather than being interested in a dialogue. I was thinking about Squire because we have enjoyed talking about 3rd party possibilities here in the US which would be a fringe topic to most.

I certainly wouldn't want to see the sort of party-political slanging that goes on at p.ie replicated here...

Tell us which party so that you may suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...

Nay thanks. I can go to p.ie for rough trade!

My meaning might be misconstrued as regards Squire. We both hoped for the emergence of a decent alternative whether they be the green socialist McKinney or a Constitution Party candidate which would be described by some here a right wing. I would not use that terminology though.

I've had a delightful jaunt back through memory lane on the "What p.ie characters would ye like to go for a jar with?" thread. Exactly 7/15ths of my rugby team of P.ieposters have added Machine Nation citizensip to their online identities.

I'll fvck off so - as you so kindly suggested.

I didn't post on that thread but I would have chosen some similar to you at the time: Coles; ibis + He3; cactus flower would be the only female I'd choose - she knows her compost; CM, riadach, notdevsson, Audi and merle I think. Maybe RoC if he gets the mudwrestling thing out of his head. Now obviously I'd add you and EVM at least to the rest and Seathrún too.

But it would be tea we'd all be going for here, not pints...

Tell me - would you post poetry on p.ie?

ibis wrote:

Tell me - would you post poetry on p.ie?

I have done - bits and pieces of Kavanagh or Mahon as appropriate to threads and posters present but it sinks faster than the Lusitania.

But does it feel right? Nah.

No reason not to do it though, and shake up the left-brainers a bit.

Was I not on Ard-T's list in that thread ? Was I on anyone's list ?

Put poetry on P.ie
Put spuds in the trough
Hear the savagery
As they grunt and scoff.

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:

Was I not on Ard-T's list in that thread ? Was I on anyone's list ?

Put poetry on P.ie
Put spuds in the trough
Hear the savagery
As they grunt and scoff.

Nice! I particularly like the dual meaning of 'scoff' there.

I never put such a list up. I cherish them all, with the exception of the tiny handful on my Ignore list.

ibis wrote:

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:

Was I not on Ard-T's list in that thread ? Was I on anyone's list ?

Put poetry on P.ie
Put spuds in the trough
Hear the savagery
As they grunt and scoff.

Nice! I particularly like the dual meaning of 'scoff' there.

I never put such a list up. I cherish them all, with the exception of the tiny handful on my Ignore list.

Thanks ibis, I had a bit of a gift for poems when i was in school, then I wrote one to get back (destroy his reputation) a chap who was bullying me, he never bullied me again, and I stopped writing poems. It was all very upsetting at the time.

Did you get the animal in the image ?