Has it really been that long...

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...since I posted on WP?

I'm not really sure how long ago I started lurking again, but the fact that I was lurking yet wasn't quite sure how long I'd been lurking or not lurking, seems to have finally emerged into my consciousness. It seems that your magnetic attraction has pulled me back through the wormhole I disappeared down a few hours days weeks months ago!

So, hello! Nice to see you all again! (and apologies to anyone put out by my slinking off. I'm the same IRL - I always found goodbyes even harder than introductions, so I slowly make myself go invisible and hope that no-one will notice I've gone missing! )

No major events or crises to report here - I just went a bit too far down the "obsessively spending two hours tinkering with every post" rabbit-hole and needed to give my brain a change of scenery for a while (computer code and Lego counts as "scenery", yes? )
[I'm doing well so far - I've only clicked 'Preview' a couple of dozen times! ]

No idea if I'll be around long or posting much [who am I trying to kid!], but best wishes to you all.

WELCOME BACK, TROGGGGGG!! !

The Troggs did "Wild Thing!"

The Luddites were pretty wild, too!!

Indeed they were!

Yay! You're back!

Welcome back, Trogg ! I finally got to see Yorkshire for the first time a couple of months ago. your neck of the woods!

Oh, Globbits!

Thanks everyone for the lovely welcome back!

Trog done "Wild Thing" too! Back when I was still caving (spelunking*), we got enough musical cavers (spelunkers*) together to play a gig at one of the club dinners. Of course, as a bunch of troglodytes, we had to do a Troggs song; and watching very drunk people giving themselves hernias singing along to "Wild Thing" is always good for a laugh! You'll be glad to hear that I didn't break any international human rights treaties by inflicting my "singing" on anyone - I just played the drums (think Animal from the Muppet Show and you'd be about right!)

[* These may look like helpful translations for US readers - but really, I just think that "spelunking" is the most awesome, delicious word ever, and, although I'm rather ashamed that Yorkshire cavers didn't think of it first, I just can't resist using it wherever possible! It's even better when you say it out loud!]


Well, could have been "smeghead", I suppose; so I'll take that as a cordial welcome!

Delighted to see you again. I always look forward to your posts.

For some reason I had "Wild Thing" going through my brain a few days ago. I don't think it popped up in my brain since it was on the radio decades ago.

Welcome back to Wrong Planet!

I value your consistently interesting and thoughtful contributions

A signal that I'd started lurking, maybe? Spooky!


Thankyou; I feel the same about your presence here. It was a lovely surprise when I was catching up on posts to discover that you'd returned!

You have missed out loads of exciting topics to read and enjoy! Lots to read.

Saw these postings , saw name troglodite had to say hello , and yes am a newbie here . Love the name.

^ Hi Jakki. Thankyou - I used to do a lot of caving ("spelunking" on your side of the Atlantic) years ago, and I'm very often accused of living my life under a rock!

PS: And thanks for giving me the opportunity to use the word "spelunking" - it's one of my all-time favourites (I wish that was the British word for it!)