chester: It looks like- with people going back to their jobs- the number of daily guests on the JT Forum has gone back down to the 500s range, instead of the 600s and even 700s. May 31, 2020 17:57:59 GMT

maddogfagin: Still a more than healthy number of visitors although it's difficult to know what percentage of google "bots" trawl forums doing whatever they do - anyone know what "bots" actually do ?

Jun 1, 2020 13:57:36 GMT

rredmond: I thought they gathered information for search engines? Jun 2, 2020 13:07:30 GMT

maddogfagin: Would that be general info or searches into users details, passwords etc ? Jun 3, 2020 7:06:57 GMT

rredmond: I think they just troll around the boards gathering public information. If you shut them down, then things like google searches will find the forums less. The more info you have out there the easier it is to be found... whether for good or for bad.

Jun 5, 2020 0:19:08 GMT

rredmond: So the Google will find any searches for Jethro Tull forums or proboards. But if someone searched to figure out what Barriemore Barlow's favorite Tull song is, it wouldn't have that information. So they wouldn't know it was Mouse Police.

Jun 5, 2020 0:22:38 GMT

rredmond: I help run a couple D&D forums, and when one of them stopped allowing the bots, his forum went from like page 1 of the searches, to way down in the pack. Jun 5, 2020 0:23:17 GMT

maddogfagin: I wonder how many of the so called bots are actually the tull trolls instead

Jun 7, 2020 7:04:47 GMT

futureshock: Here's wishing everyone persistent health! Times are getting more optimistic! Activism is UP, and fear of getting involved in important issues, is dropping faster than the Vegas odds on Trump being elected again. Cheers! Jun 7, 2020 23:10:01 GMT

maddogfagin: Thanks futureshock - hope you're ok likewise

Jun 8, 2020 15:01:16 GMT

stormsongs: Hi. Newbie, first time here as I have a question I can't get an answer to......I have a vivid memory of buying Lifes a Long Song in 71 and it had a gatefold sleeve....but I can't find any evidence of that or a copy with that sleeve... Jun 12, 2020 14:25:44 GMT

maddogfagin: Welcome to the JT Forum stormsongs. Not seen a UK Life is a long song gatefold sleeve but there's no doubting they may have been some overseas releases issued this way. Jun 13, 2020 6:14:41 GMT

futureshock: So, IF you are musical yourself, what are you doing with the CoronaCoda lockdown experience and maybe extra personal time available to find or create more music, or explore instrument playing? How has dealing with musicians changed? Gigs? Spinoff ideas? Jun 14, 2020 23:01:49 GMT

maddogfagin: Listening to a lot of concert recordings via CD and finding some great music on youtube which I've never heard before. My days of playing guitar are behind me these days due to my damn fingers not wanting to work properly. Jun 15, 2020 6:37:05 GMT

steelmonkey: Would you like to hear a perfectly constructed, note,rhythm,lyrical and atmosphere piece of Tull perfection? Yes? Try 'Saboteur' on 'Under Wraps'. Flawless. Jun 22, 2020 21:05:43 GMT

maddogfagin: Under Wraps is an often maligned album by a minority but to the majority it stands amongst the finest of their eighties output. A great album. Jun 28, 2020 6:43:28 GMT

steelmonkey: Under Wraps is sui generis. Strong everything. Something(s) about it amaze and astound with each listen. Jun 28, 2020 19:30:42 GMT

steelmonkey: Double work shifts in surging hospital to allow 2 week vacation soon...miss my friends in the Tull treehouse but back soon. Breaks at work have gone the way of the dinosaurs. Jul 8, 2020 3:29:26 GMT