davem?? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Fordim Hedgethistle · 11-30-2005, 08:25 AM

Hmmmmm....where's davem? He doesn't appear in the Member's List either sorted by rep or alphabetically....

Something like this happened to me last spring -- it felt like being wraithed -- but the admins were able to fix it.

Help the poor man! Bring him back!

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-30-2005, 08:28 AM

Who is this davem you speak of?

Gurthang · 11-30-2005, 09:03 AM

Strangities... perhaps Lal can help us out... or she might be in the dark just like us.

On the bright side, everyone behind him just jumped up a spot in the 'rep rankings!'*

And while we're on the subject of davem, I've always wondered if his name shouldn't be pronounced Dave M. Hmmm....

*Disclaimer: This comment is purely intended for humor and is not to be taken seriously in any way... at all... ever... no, not even now... and still not now. Thank you.

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-30-2005, 09:09 AM

Maybe he put on the One Internet Ring of Power...

Lalwendë · 11-30-2005, 09:56 AM

'Twas that Ring that I gave to him....

Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha.......

the guy who be short · 11-30-2005, 11:05 AM

I thought for a second that he had merged into the Super Lalwendavem we had been threatened with, but apparently he has returned.

Fordim Hedgethistle · 11-30-2005, 11:15 AM

Good to see him back, although it does mean that I am once again sixth in the rep list, rather than the far more lofty fifth that I was able to enjoy for a couple of hours this morning....

The Only Real Estel · 11-30-2005, 11:59 AM

Personally I'm beginning to wonder if it wasn't some briefly experimented with idea that the mods had based off of the movie Forgotten.

Perhaps they were trying to see if we'd forget that poor davem (however you prefer to pronounce it) ever existed?

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 11-30-2005, 12:28 PM

A same kind of a disappearing happened to me on the other day. It was a terrible experience, let me tell you; terrible! I thought that I had accidentally deleted my account! The option to send PMs disappeared along with all my PMs and I wasn't on the members list anymore. Then I realised that it was because I had updated my e-mail address and I had to activate the change before all came back to normal.

davem · 11-30-2005, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gurthang

And while we're on the subject of davem, I've always wondered if his name shouldn't be pronounced Dave M. Hmmm....

It should. I seem to remember that way back when I joined the Downs I saw some thread that I urgently wanted to respond to, so I just came up with the first name I could. My real name is David M*****

Mithalwen · 11-30-2005, 01:55 PM

Yet even though I have known this for some time.. I cannot alter my mental pronounciation of it... Da Vem sounds much more mysterious..... Oh well I am sure noone gets Mithalwen right

Fordim Hedgethistle · 11-30-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davem

It should. I seem to remember that way back when I joined the Downs I saw some thread that I urgently wanted to respond to, so I just came up with the first name I could. My real name is David M*****

For historical interest, I have found that first post.

I find it quite fitting.

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-30-2005, 02:13 PM

Hmmm, that topic sounds familiar - one of my old threads it is!

Lalwendë · 11-30-2005, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Yet even though I have known this for some time.. I cannot alter my mental pronounciation of it... Da Vem sounds much more mysterious..... Oh well I am sure noone gets Mithalwen right

davem is pronounced either dayvum or Oi! to me.

Mithalwen is mithul-wen to me, though dayvum pronounces it mith-arl-wen.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fordim

For historical interest, I have found that first post.

I find it quite fitting.

How the heck do you find early posts then? It only seems to bring up the last 500 or so when I look.

Mithalwen · 11-30-2005, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

davem is pronounced either dayvum or Oi! to me.

Mithalwen is mithul-wen to me, though dayvum pronounces it mith-arl-wen.

Well I guess that is your prerogative

.... but as for my moniker... well neither is the way I think it is.. but I am trying not to be too chuffed that it is pronounced by either of you since it could well be in the context of "oh no! Mithalwen has gone off on one again......"

Fordim Hedgethistle · 11-30-2005, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

davem is pronounced either dayvum or Oi! to me.

Mithalwen is mithul-wen to me, though dayvum pronounces it mith-arl-wen.

How the heck do you find early posts then? It only seems to bring up the last 500 or so when I look.

Ahhh...for that, m'dear, you need to possess two things:

1) a good working knowledge of your intended target, and

2) patience with the clunky search engine round here.

The key, as you have noted, is entering a search that returns less than 500 results.

To do this for the Downer in question, one must know first that he posted only to the Books forum for the first couple of years and limit the search to that.

Then, say you want posts only from a year ago or older, and sort them in ascending order.

I would add in passing that in the first two years of davem's time here, he posted only 243 times. But with post number 244 -- to my own much-beloved Canonicity thread -- the pace picked up drastically....

Did I create two monsters....?

(Make sure you search only for posts, and for davem only, obviously.)

Glirdan · 11-30-2005, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancing spawn of ungoliant

A same kind of a disappearing happened to me on the other day. It was a terrible experience, let me tell you; terrible! I thought that I had accidentally deleted my account! The option to send PMs disappeared along with all my PMs and I wasn't on the members list anymore. Then I realised that it was because I had updated my e-mail address and I had to activate the change before all came back to normal.

OOO!!! I did the same thing when I changed my e-mail account as well!!! I can tell you I had quite a fright!!

While were (not so much anymore however) on the subject of name pronunciation, I've always wondered how to properly say Valesse's. It's been bugging me for quite some time.

Gurthang · 11-30-2005, 08:17 PM

Myth-ul-win

dav-em

Val-less-eh

That's how I think'em. (Don't say them too often, though.)

Lhunardawen · 12-01-2005, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fordim

Good to see him back, although it does mean that I am once again sixth in the rep list, rather than the far more lofty fifth that I was able to enjoy for a couple of hours this morning....

It was your fault, anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by davem

My real name is David M*****

Ah, but if you have memory like mine, you'll know where to look. Or better yet, you'll remember what M***** is...

Lush · 12-01-2005, 10:22 PM

For the briefest of moments I thought we were stuck in a chapter of 1984.

11-30-2005, 08:25 AM	#1
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	davem?? Hmmmmm....where's davem? He doesn't appear in the Member's List either sorted by rep or alphabetically.... Something like this happened to me last spring -- it felt like being wraithed -- but the admins were able to fix it. Help the poor man! Bring him back!

11-30-2005, 08:28 AM	#2
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Who is this davem you speak of? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

11-30-2005, 09:03 AM	#3
Gurthang Sword of Spirit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oh, I'm around. Posts: 1,401	Strangities... perhaps Lal can help us out... or she might be in the dark just like us. On the bright side, everyone behind him just jumped up a spot in the 'rep rankings!'* And while we're on the subject of davem, I've always wondered if his name shouldn't be pronounced Dave M. Hmmm.... *Disclaimer: This comment is purely intended for humor and is not to be taken seriously in any way... at all... ever... no, not even now... and still not now. Thank you. __________________ I'm on a Mission from God.

11-30-2005, 09:09 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Maybe he put on the One Internet Ring of Power... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

11-30-2005, 09:56 AM	#5
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	'Twas that Ring that I gave to him.... Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha....... __________________ Gordon's alive!

11-30-2005, 11:05 AM	#6
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	I thought for a second that he had merged into the Super Lalwendavem we had been threatened with, but apparently he has returned.

11-30-2005, 11:15 AM	#7
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Good to see him back, although it does mean that I am once again sixth in the rep list, rather than the far more lofty fifth that I was able to enjoy for a couple of hours this morning.... __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

11-30-2005, 11:59 AM	#8
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	Personally I'm beginning to wonder if it wasn't some briefly experimented with idea that the mods had based off of the movie Forgotten. Perhaps they were trying to see if we'd forget that poor davem (however you prefer to pronounce it) ever existed?

11-30-2005, 12:28 PM	#9
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	A same kind of a disappearing happened to me on the other day. It was a terrible experience, let me tell you; terrible! I thought that I had accidentally deleted my account! The option to send PMs disappeared along with all my PMs and I wasn't on the members list anymore. Then I realised that it was because I had updated my e-mail address and I had to activate the change before all came back to normal. __________________ Fenris Wolf

11-30-2005, 01:55 PM	#11
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Yet even though I have known this for some time.. I cannot alter my mental pronounciation of it... Da Vem sounds much more mysterious..... Oh well I am sure noone gets Mithalwen right __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-30-2005, 02:13 PM	#13
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Hmmm, that topic sounds familiar - one of my old threads it is! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

11-30-2005, 08:17 PM	#18
Gurthang Sword of Spirit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oh, I'm around. Posts: 1,401	Myth-ul-win dav-em Val-less-eh That's how I think'em. (Don't say them too often, though.) __________________ I'm on a Mission from God.

12-01-2005, 10:22 PM	#20
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	For the briefest of moments I thought we were stuck in a chapter of 1984. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~