Flyboy Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, The Happy Nomad said: ?? Wrong thread per chance? Thanks, I've moved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 hours ago, IanD said: You carefully didn't answer the question I asked -- are you a politician in your spare time? ? in what way? What answer did you want? 2 hours ago, matty40s said: So you are admitting that you used to be Phylis then..... Not sure there is anything to admit. The username was changed by the mods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandV Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 10 hours ago, bizzard said: I used to post heaps of rubbish on ere, but most of my fans seem to have gorn , It is quite boring now. Your posts are forum famous. There was even a word for describing being playfully mislead. You have been "bizzarded" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac of Cygnet Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Naughty Cal said: It is no better or worse than it has been for the last 12 years. Absolutely. There have been several of these hand-wringing, navel-gazing, self-flagellating threads over the years, but I haven't noticed much difference. May I point to an early 'This Forum is going to the dogs' example? https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/9923-why-is-this-forum-becoming-a-joke/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Indeed, I forgot how many times NBWillawaw flounced.....and he was even doing it before I joined officially!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Mac of Cygnet said: Absolutely. There have been several of these hand-wringing, navel-gazing, self-flagellating threads over the years, but I haven't noticed much difference. May I point to an early 'This Forum is going to the dogs' example? https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/9923-why-is-this-forum-becoming-a-joke/ Thanks for posting that link - reading through was like meeting old friends again. There's some much missed former forum regulars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Does anyone have any contact with Carlt? Last I heard he was very poorly. He's much missed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Ange said: Does anyone have any contact with Carlt? Last I heard he was very poorly. He's much missed I hadnt heard that hope hes OK, a very good poster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 38 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: I hadnt heard that hope hes OK, a very good poster. He has mentioned health problems in the last couple of years. Last appeared here in May as far as I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmck Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 People tell me I am odd! Must be really. I have nobody on any ignore list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frahkn Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Ange said: Thanks for posting that link - reading through was like meeting old friends again. There's some much missed former forum regulars. Indeed there are. It says something (I'm not sure what precisely) that the thread, asking for better behaviour, had to be closed due to the opposite. Things don't change a lot in 13 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 41 minutes ago, johnmck said: People tell me I am odd! Must be really. I have nobody on any ignore list... What's an ignore list? Only joking I know what one is but don't use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Todd Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 4 hours ago, mrsmelly said: I hadnt heard that hope hes OK, a very good poster. And to prove he is alive he has just posted (our times) on the thread about Foxton Boats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mike Todd said: And to prove he is alive he has just posted (our times) on the thread about Foxton Boats! You might want to check the dates of those posts....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Happy Nomad said: You might want to check the dates of those posts....... 14 years ago - doesn't time fly when you are having fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said: 14 years ago - doesn't time fly when you are having fun. Does this mean that we now have to prove that Mike Todd is alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Athy said: Does this mean that we now have to prove that Mike Todd is alive? Or a time traveller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Jerra said: What's an ignore list? Who said that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnmck Posted July 28, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) This thread has made me pause for thought. In my time as a member here, only one poster has truly irritated me. Quite irrational really, because I am sure that in person, we had much in common. But his posting style was combatative, his presence constant. An experten on All... Last heard he moved to the other place and bought a caravan. ?? Edited July 28, 2020 by johnmck 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bearwood Boster Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, johnmck said: This thread has made me pause for thought. In my time as a member here, only one poster has truly irritated me. Quite irrational really, because I am sure that in person, we had much in common. But his posting style was combatative, his presence constant. An experten on All... Last heard he moved to the other place and bought a caravan. ?? He's no longer around in the other place either ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmck Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 minute ago, The Bearwood Boster said: He's no longer around in the other place either ! Gawd help the caravan forums then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 38 minutes ago, johnmck said: This thread has made me pause for thought. In my time as a member here, only one poster has truly irritated me. Quite irrational really, because I am sure that in person, we had much in common. But his posting style was combatative, his presence constant. An experten on All... Last heard he moved to the other place and bought a caravan. ?? I have met him more than once and had beer with him and indeed in real life hes a fine chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 37 minutes ago, johnmck said: Gawd help the caravan forums then... I was told some time ago that a member of the other place once described him as a caravan utilising nomadic traveller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Flyboy said: I was told some time ago that a member of the other place once described him as a caravan utilising nomadic traveller. He will have fitted in well over there then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: He will have fitted in well over there then Indeed, and there are quite a few from over on the dark side that are on this forum too, Any guesses which ones ? A few are very obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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