It's a small world

[D M C]

TalkBass is a small world spread across a much larger one. It's usually difficult to determine what posters' nationality and continental home is unless you look into the crevaces. And I sometimes wonder about it after pondering why people post in flurries and then leave long gaps. I imagine that when I'm posting here in the US in the late evening, I might elicit a response from an Ozzie getting ready to go to work or a European who can't get to sleep in the wee hours. I might post something and not get a response for hours, which lets me imagine that someone is still asleep or at work, etc.

Anyhoo, do any of you wonder the same and would you mind letting others know how far-flung we TBers are? I'll start:

Columbus, Ohio, USA, North America, EST (-5 GMT, at least until next Sunday.)

 

[two fingers]

I do often wonder. And it makes me wonder even more why people don't completely fill out their profiles. It's not as though someone on TalkBass is going to come find you and do bad things to you.

Eastern NC USA North America EST

 

[rufus.K]

I do not wonder.

Polar Station Zeta, West Antarctica. GMT+15

 

[GKon]

I noticed it more when I lived in Greece, up until last June. Now I'm back in NY (where I was born and raised)
and most postings and responses tend to coincide with when I'm online and active.
When I lived in Greece, I did notice very little action on Sundays. Coincides with the song "Never On A Sunday", I guess.

So, formerly Athens, Greece GMT +2
Currently Queens, New York GMT - 5, Eastern Standard Time (EST)

 

[GKon]

I do not wonder.

Polar Station Zeta, West Antarctica. GMT+15

Really?!?!? What the heck are you doing there?

Did you answer the guys post about what to do about polar bears???

 

[rufus.K]

Really?!?!? What the heck are you doing there?

Did you answer the guys post about what to do about polar bears???

I did answer that post actually. I made an Octanauts reference.

 

[GKon]

I did answer that post actually. I made an Octanauts reference.

I didn't read through all of the responses. Glad that you had a chance to use your unique expertise to help him with his polar bear issue.

 

[rufus.K]

I didn't read through all of the responses. Glad that you had a chance to use your unique expertise to help him with his polar bear issue.

I'm worried cos we haven't heard back from him. The polar bears are on the other side of the globe from me. .. just microbes and an occasional penguin.

 

[GKon]

I'm worried cos we haven't heard back from him. The polar bears are on the other side of the globe from me. .. just microbes and an occasional penguin.

Was he serious??

Yeah, but c'mon, those microbes and penguins could morph into some crazy thing from another planet type situation, right???

 

[rufus.K]

Yeah, but c'mon, those microbes and penguins could morph into some crazy thing from another planet type situation, right???

We hope they do. We've always got our laser blasters handy.... it's gets real boring down here sometimes, and we've hunted all the Yeti to extinction for sport.

 

[GKon]

We hope they do. We've always got our laser blasters handy.... it's gets real boring down here sometimes, and we've hunted all the Yeti to extinction for sport.

I'm glad to know you've got plenty of interesting things like that to keep you busy! Just make sure you protect the Carlo Robelli, ok?

 

[Testing123]

The polar bears are on the other side of the globe from me...

I was gonna say...!

just microbes and an occasional penguin.

And reindeer, right? Or at least, that's what I've heard.
Or maybe it's just near Antarctica... like on South Georgia?

 

[rufus.K]

I was gonna say...!


And reindeer, right? Or at least, that's what I've heard.
Or maybe it's just near Antarctica... like on South Georgia?

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[Vince Klortho]

I do not wonder.

Polar Station Zeta, West Antarctica. GMT+15

I would imagine that the concept of time zones is really odd in Antarctica.

 

[Munjibunga]

I can't tell you where I am, except that I'm in San Diego when I'm not at the other place.

 

[D M C]

On the other hand, sometimes people just walk away.

 

[DavetheDude]

I find it interesting being around the forums here. I spend quite a fair amount of looking around, and I don't really know why lol

I'm from Hannover, Germany, +1 GMT. So most of the notifications come up overnight. The next morning I got some stuff to read normally I come back checking for new feed really, really, REALLY often when I'm at work haha

 

[pcake]

los angeles, california. GMT -8, i think.

 

[Gazman]

I do not wonder.

Polar Station Zeta, West Antarctica. GMT+15

My old (despotic) boss had the strange honor of having a lake named after him in Antartica.

Anyway, I'm on the far north coast of NSW, Australia, (+11 hrs) which makes my Polar Bear problem even more unusual.

 

[Photobassist]

I'm in Japan so my evening posts are read by you guys in the morning, and my morning posts in the evening. The only time I really notice a lull is around lunchtime... That's just a mellow time regardless of where you are in the world.