So yeah, thats pretty much my question... Do they AT in SC?

Nope, thanes do not auto-train in any skill.

48 stormcalling
42 shield
39 hammer
15 (I think it is) parry with the left over pts

Is not a bad spec, I think thanes will (like archers) find it heavy going on 1.65 Uth - I remember back in the day they did tend to be the whipping boys in RvR - neither a caster nor a tank really. Jack of all trades and master of none, which before their luv patches began, meant they were not that great at anything.

And then there is the whole no determination thing.....

Which is a shame as it has always been one of my fav toons

Lag hammas of doom - can you imagine what that would be like with the current population? I would like to see it!