Incidentally, on receiving the news of my admission to your sacred inner circle I was unclear just how to gain access to your clandestine online gatherings. But a little research on the Dark Web suggested that the normal routine is to stand with one's back to a webcam and drop one's trousers to reveal one's unique pattern of deforestation. (Apparently this is a failsafe identification routine pioneered at Hearst Castle in San Simian).
Grateful if you could confirm that is the approved procedure and advise whether transparent plastic sanitary pants can safely remain in place or whether they will impede the identification process.
"But a little research on the Dark Web suggested that the normal routine is to stand with one's back to a webcam and drop one's trousers to reveal one's unique pattern of deforestation. (Apparently this is a failsafe identification routine pioneered at Hearst Castle in San Simian)."
Thank you Graeme; this is exactly the type of "smart crack" (as it were) to which we, The Think Tanked Committee, can relate. Although it was offered in humor, your "deforestation" suggestion does indeed have some merit; as long as your lizard is not on view of course. After due consideration however, the majority of members feel that our meeting security is better served if you get a unique "GMT" scrotum tattoo for on line display purposes. This, combined with the user name of "Bagman" for computer identification purposes is, in our collective opinion, as good as security gets. No pain, no gain...as they say.
I am indebted as ever for the clarity of your advice and instructions, and am happy that the Committee has come up with a simple and practical means of logging in.
I had been trying to gain access "by the front door", so to speak, but have been repeatedly thwarted by the dreaded reCaptcha. Thank goodness that will no longer be necessary.
I am indebted as ever for the clarity of your advice and instructions, and am happy that the Committee has come up with a simple and practical means of logging in.
I had been trying to gain access "by the front door", so to speak, but have been repeatedly thwarted by the dreaded reCaptcha. Thank goodness that will no longer be necessary.
@graeme-ogg Thank you for these images Graeme. They are difficult to identify and serve as a perfect example of why we, The Think Tanked Committee, have made the right choice in insisting upon you getting the GMT scrotum tattoo requirement for maximum log in security.
We, The Think Tanked Committee, are of course not without sensitivity in appreciating that you may experience a certain level of discomfort during your tattoo procedure. Accordingly we have reduced our collective bartender tips at our recent apres meeting socialization hour(s) and with the money pooled have purchased and mailed to you a gift, which we trust will help you endure the process.
By the way, given the Committee's obsession with security, and indeed given that many of us Forumeers (while not wishing to attract accusations of elitism) would obviously feel more comfortable if persons below a certain level of intellectual capacity were to be discreetly excluded from our ranks, it did occur to me that perhaps one could come to some arrangement with the Recaptcha people to subtly raise the bar for registration and log-in by making the images a little more testing.
Just one or two examples of what I had in mind . . .
@graeme-ogg THESE ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE INDEED GRAEME. ONCE YOUR TATTOO IS COMPLETED AND VERIFIED AS AUTHENTIC BY A SELECTED COMMITTEE MEMBER (THE HOLDER OF THE SHORT STRAW OBVIOUSLY) I AM PREPARED TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU JOIN OUR SECURITY BRANCH.
I am overwhelmed. I will of course endeavour to maintain a casual air of "Aw, shucks!" modesty, so as not to traumatise those around me with soul-destroying feelings of inadequacy, but it's going to be hard.
