So, gentle folks. I've been pretty much absent this last couple of weeks.
Due to work kicking off busy and shit like that. whilst i'm fair chuffed about all that something is bothering me...

is HSH deaded?

mock me not!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 3 May 2009, 18:46, 16 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

It is dead.
It was finally hounded from off-topic by some B3tans as they didn't like it regardless of others opinion.
( girlinthehole, Sun 3 May 2009, 18:48, Reply)

well i think we shall see about that!!!
THE KING IS DEAD.
LONG LIVE THE KING!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 3 May 2009, 18:51, Reply)

Yes, it has been killed off!
And that's awesome that you're getting busy - hope things are a little better for you!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sun 3 May 2009, 18:53, Reply)

It's not dead
It's just resting.

It had got a little stale, and some of the quickfire random posts have been entertaining in its absence. But how long before they get stale?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 3 May 2009, 19:06, Reply)

Perchance it is not dead but sleepeth
I think the denizens of "daytime", when the likes of me and thee have other things to do, have led it against a wall and thrown rocks at it.

That all pales into insignificance because my big hound, Mr Brown, has won his second "best-in-show" today and has another pot for his trophy cabinet.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 3 May 2009, 19:13, Reply)

What doesn't kill it
MAKES IT STRONGER!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 3 May 2009, 19:25, Reply)

Not sure about that.
The lamp-post in Chippenham didn't kill Gene Vincent but he's very dead now.

Fishbones didn't kill our dear Queen Mother and now she's dead and we've not received a noticeable gin-tax rebate either.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 3 May 2009, 19:32, Reply)

@ TD
You fucker, now i've got red wine down the front of my yellow tshirt! LOL

but oh, sweet gene vincent...cries a bit...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 3 May 2009, 19:49, Reply)

Young and old and gone
Got fascinated by Gene Vincent because of the second track on New Boots and Panties, but I currently have an employee who is absolutely obsessed with the man, and goes to Norfolk, VA, (GV's birthplace) every year for a Gene Vincent-fest.

I can still piss him off, though, because I've seen Jerry Lee Lewis LIVE! In Memphis, ten years ago last month.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 3 May 2009, 20:01, Reply)

Oh
I'm a little sad it's died.

Oh well. I'm not here much now anyways.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 3 May 2009, 20:39, Reply)

What Davros said basically
I think we've pressed the Big Giant Reset Button on QOTWOT recently, and we've ended up in a state where we have lots of smaller threads. While I miss the HSH, I do like many of the threads that have appeared recently. Whether this new status quo will maintain itself or whether the smaller threads will peter out remains to be seen, but I think HSH threads (or HSH-like chat-threads) will still pop up from time to time.

Anyway, about a week ago, I started a thread where we got to post about our memories of HSH threads past. The lack of enthusiasm in that thread lead me to believe that it was time to let nature take it's course on QOTWOT and see where we end up.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 3 May 2009, 21:37, Reply)

evening spazmo
how goes it?
aye, it must be said that all things must pass. for one, i was never a massively regular hsh-er but at my time of life i think sentimentality is perfectly valid.

ahem.

anyway, on with my point...

to kill something you dislike is simply fascism. or something like that.

i will fight to the death (?) to rescue, resurect and regenerate HSH.

if i can find the time that is, like on a sunday morning with VC and TD and then those lazy buggers who wander in later. we must preserve that which is valuable to us, aye?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 3 May 2009, 22:06, Reply)

Aye!
Here's to HSH threads.

* raises glass of Spunkchup *
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:39, Reply)

Well, you can't
make people post in HSH threads (that's just as much fascism)...

...but equally nobody can make them be dead, either. If people want to start them and post in them - whose going to stop them? And how...? be mean to them on the internet? Pffffft.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:49, Reply)

You know what?
I'm not stopping anyone from starting HSH threads, I have nothing against those who choose to post in them, they're just not for me anymore. I think they've served their purpose in adjusting people to the OT experience and now it's time for something new.

Having said that, if people want to start them and have long daily threads, far be it from me to say that they should or shouldn't be allowed. I and several others at least have enjoyed OT a lot more since the HSH threads ceased as there was more to talk about.

So by all means, resurrect them, but I won't be joining in as I find them repetitive. NOT the people, just what is said.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 3 May 2009, 23:22, Reply)

When the HSH threads ruled the earth
Everyone would post their questions and "I just did this" statements there and they would get some followup.

Now, after the Becky-Vipros Event wiped out the dinosaursHSH threads, there are lots of individual threads for those questions and statements. They get between 0 and 45 posts, typically. What I think is key is where there are two interesting threads now, both will get post whereas under HSH typically one would win out.

On balance I like lots of little threads.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 4 May 2009, 0:26, Reply)