Mrsmelly - is he OK?

[haggis]

I just realised that I hadn't seen any posts from MRSmelly for a while and looking at his profile his last post was in December.. I know he didn't enjoy good health but does anyone know if he is OK? Hopefully he is just taking a break from the forum and will be back soon

[Gybe Ho]

I thought Mrs. Melly was cohabiting with Mr. Smelly. Maybe they split up because he could not be bothered to fix the shower on NB Noeaudorous

[ditchcrawler]

Are you there @mrsmelly

[Graham Davis]

I understand he decided to take a break from here, at the same time as Phil left.

[junior]

I had always assumed that MrsM was Mrsmelly, no?

[haggis]

27 minutes ago, junior said:

I had always assumed that MrsM was Mrsmelly, no?

Don't think so ! Is Mrs M not from the Lincoln area while Mr smelly now lives in Wales 

[Wanderer Vagabond]

I think @peterboat can probably fill in details of where Mrsmelly now is. My understanding (which may well be incorrect) is that he objected to having 'warning points' applied, so decamped (willing to be corrected).

Edited March 7 by Wanderer Vagabond

[tree monkey]

I've been wondering where he has got to, I know he has been a bit poorly, hope he is OK

 

3 hours ago, Graham Davis said:

the same time as Phil left.

Has Phil left?

[Graham Davis]

3 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

Has Phil left?

 

That is a question I asked particularly in relation to another member who posts in a very similar style, but was assured it wasn't him.

[MrsM]

1 hour ago, junior said:

I had always assumed that MrsM was Mrsmelly, no?

No connection. To be honest I'm flattered as Smelly spoke a lot of sense built on decades of experience as far as I could tell, whereas I just blunder around the forum in almost total ignorance. Never been sure whether it was 'Mr Smelly' or 'Mrs Melly' given the stated gender as female, but that could have just been japes. Hope (s)he is ok.

[BilgePump]

^^^ As she said

 

Hoping he's okay and just downtiming from the forum. Never met IRL and politics not the same but an appreciated, friendly, knowledgeable and funny member here. Even if he has become a landubber.

[Victor Vectis]

We met him a long while back when he was running the cafe at Heyford.

Polar opposite on politics but a nice man.

Yes, I hope he and his are OK.

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, Victor Vectis said:

We met him a long while back when he was running the cafe at Heyford.

Polar opposite on politics but a nice man.

Yes, I hope he and his are OK.

Same here, he even gave me a free BWB key

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:

I think @peterboat can probably fill in details of where Mrsmelly now is. My understanding (which may well be incorrect) is that he objected to having 'warning points' applied, so decamped (willing to be corrected).

Totally correct, he has also had a kidney transplant so is fairly poorly. 

 

2 hours ago, MrsM said:

No connection. To be honest I'm flattered as Smelly spoke a lot of sense built on decades of experience as far as I could tell, whereas I just blunder around the forum in almost total ignorance. Never been sure whether it was 'Mr Smelly' or 'Mrs Melly' given the stated gender as female, but that could have just been japes. Hope (s)he is ok.

He objected to the way the forum was heading and refused warning points, he also has had a kidney transplant so is fairly poorly, I will pason your regards

6 hours ago, haggis said:

I just realised that I hadn't seen any posts from MRSmelly for a while and looking at his profile his last post was in December.. I know he didn't enjoy good health but does anyone know if he is OK? Hopefully he is just taking a break from the forum and will be back soon

He wouldn't except warning points as he didn't like the way the forum was heading, he has also had a kidney transplant so is fairly poorly, I will pass on regards to him

[matty40s]

My personal mobile number for Tim comes back as not known unfortunately.

[alan_fincher]

2 minutes ago, matty40s said:

My personal mobile number for Tim comes back as not known unfortunately.

 

I'm genuinely surprised that he was prepared to enter the 21st century to the extent of having a mobile!

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, matty40s said:

My personal mobile number for Tim comes back as not known unfortunately.

He is poorly but OK Matty

[Graham Davis]

3 minutes ago, peterboat said:

He is poorly but OK Matty

Give him my regards please Peter.

[ditchcrawler]

3 minutes ago, Graham Davis said:

Give him my regards please Peter.

I think that goes for all of us. A true gent (in real life)

[Ange]

3 minutes ago, Graham Davis said:

Give him my regards please Peter.

Ditto. I knew he was waiting for a transplant but didn't realise it had happened.

Dave and I wish him well.

[Wanderer Vagabond]

47 minutes ago, peterboat said:

Totally correct, he has also had a kidney transplant so is fairly poorly. 

 

He objected to the way the forum was heading and refused warning points, he also has had a kidney transplant so is fairly poorly, I will pason your regards

He wouldn't except warning points as he didn't like the way the forum was heading, he has also had a kidney transplant so is fairly poorly, I will pass on regards to him

We rarely agreed on anything, although there was one area that we certainly aligned on and that was the ridiculous price of houses. I don't know what his 'warning points' were supposed to be for, I make a point of not complaining about anybody because none of it is that important. Perhaps he'll view the 'warning points' in the same light and consider a return .

 

Hope that he mends well, is that his first kidney transplant? I  thought he had a previous one following his incident when he was in the Police

[Ange]

If I remember correctly from when I've overstepped the mark and received a warning you have to press a button acknowledging and accepting the warning before you can post again. It's my understanding that Tim refuses to do this.

Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.

[Gybe Ho]

7 minutes ago, Ange said:

If I remember correctly from when I've overstepped the mark and received a warning you have to press a button acknowledging and accepting the warning before you can post again. It's my understanding that Tim refuses to do this.

Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.

 

The system is faulty. It is like the police expecting a person to plead guilty to a crime before being told what the crime is. 

[Ange]

12 minutes ago, Gybe Ho said:

 

The system is faulty. It is like the police expecting a person to plead guilty to a crime before being told what the crime is. 

Well I was told what my transgression was and I accepted that I was playing in someone else's playground and I had to accept their rules. This is a privately owned and run forum, the decisions may seem arbitrary at times but I either accept them or leave. Tim has chosen to leave, I chose differently.

 

I was a member of the moderating team at one time and I know how difficult their job is and the balance they have to reach between freedom of speech and abiding by the forum rules and guidelines.

[DandV]

1 hour ago, Ange said:

 

 

I was a member of the moderating team at one time and I know how difficult their job is and the balance they have to reach between freedom of speech and abiding by the forum rules and guidelines.

I take my hat off to the moderators. An ongoing and largely thank-less task, with always a chance of copping abuse.

 

And I wish mrsmelly all the best in his current challenges.