Is this a mad way to start?

Yawn, I'm off to rob a huge conglomerate, terrorise a small country, give sexual favours to fat cats in return for oodles of dosh and other assorted things, but I still refuse to post on Twitter. Thank goodness for some moral compass.

Oh and do you have to audition for Jeremy Kyle or just get pregnant to your third cousin's hamster?

Aitch! Yes come to the source, fair point. Here's a question and I think it extends further than just to you but I will direct it to you.

Why do you care what I write on a forum, what is it about this that makes you type when you left the site? I know it isn't about what people type in general because there's all sorts of bollocks on the Internet. That's why I don't Twitter, just pick up any newspaper and someone somewhere has been far worse than I could ever be.

My point is that somehow I seem to get too close to the bone and that's why a certain number of people react the way they do? I honestly don't know, but what I DO know is that if someone else said it rather than me, there wouldn't be this drama.

 

You say come to the source, well many people have done, theyve asked you to stop many times, you just ignore it!  Just like below, you never acknowledge peoples comments or one minute accept any accountability for how you treat people.

You ignore people so they report you to the mods.

A couple of years ago I went through a period of taking things to far, people complained directly to me and to the mods.  I changed my behavious as I realised it wasnt acceptable.

We went through all this last year, people asked you to stop, you ignored than, you got reported, you ignored that, you got banned.

All we then got was woe it me, this group of people are ganging up on me etc (you were challenged but provided no evidence)

If someone else behaved like you of course people would complain.  Its not about YOU, its the way you behave.  Youre not far off behaving like Zanzinger did (someone you apparently liked) despite him threating to kill you or similar.  Zanzinger was banned because of his agressive, rude behaviour.

Ikittenkat wrote (see)

And this isn't directed at you Aitch! But I do think that people who are predominantly lurkers these days and don't try to think of interesting topics or start new threads to have some commitment to the forums and keep them going, have a bloody cheek turning up out of the woodwork just to run to RW Towers with an attack of the vapours.

You're adults, read what you like and ignore what you want and realise that the important things in life aren't on the end of a keyboard. This is a distraction.

KK, you cant be ignored, not when youre posting on other threads which influence people.  Like I said last night (despite my terrible iphone typing) youve been on half a dozen threads in the last month effectively trolling or repeating the same points youve made many times before, in some cases being downright nasty.

Barley, I'm no angel, you're no angel. It did make me smile when you brought up RWUSA, you got banned too remember! Anyway this is about here not there. I've just been one their beta testers recently for a new forum platform, so no bad blood there.

Anyway, what I think you don't think about is why I feel the way I do at times. And no, people haven't approached me directly about how I feel properly, except one a while ago.

I don't ignore people, I'm not sure where you've got that from. Who have I ignored? You know whichever side is more to blame in any confrontation or unhappiness, it is never solely one side's fault. Again suggesting maybe trying to see it from my perspective, and me vica versa. Nothing gets solved by bringing the same tactics to the table again and again on either side and that's what we're doing. On the other hand some things aren't worth solving, there's always that as an option.

And in regards to this thread, I still post here because it has healthy lurker numbers so people read it. *shrug* I don't think it should be up to anyone other than RW to try and tell people how they should or shouldn't post.

I'm sure there are thousands of people on these forums. I don't actually think the very vast majority of them care in the slightest about this, which puts it all into perspective, even in Internet land which loses perspective on a daily basis.

Also zanzinger/windowcleaner/jokerman, I did like in a curious way. He was interesting and he was flawed and I think some people took him way too seriously. There were times when yes he was out of order but I do always wonder in a general human nature type way... The people who are 'nice' all the time, can't actually feel 'nice' when confronted with the multitude of situations thrown at us each day. I think that maybe, I don't know this is just flow of thoughts, that repressing true feelings and emotion ultimately is doing more harm than good?

Of course I'm not talking about posting on an Internet forum, more day to day 3D stuff.

Which is why 'nice' people suddenly go postal. Much better to say what you feel as you feel with and deal with it as it comes up, if it's not always in an appropriate way, that's ok because we're human. Just confront it rather than pretending it didn't happen and also realise when you're offsetting stuff rather than dealing with the real problem. I'm speaking very generally here and not about Internet communication specifically.

Bouncing Barlist wrote (see)

And since this thread has got little to do with tri any longer i dont see why it sits in the tri forum. Perhaps you can get it moved (pinned to the bottom of the page) its taking up space at the top of the page tri page.

Oh and that was bitchy... You've got to admit that! Threads sort themselves out and always have done.

But getting back to normal with people not posting but just watching...

If you're in the FB group you will see what happened to me in work today, which made me late home and then even more late because there was an accident which just made Paignton and Torquay grind to a standstill!

And for anyone who knows this part of Devon, we don't have the infrastructure to support the traffic even when the Grockles aren't around, and the way the land lies we never will do. Our road system is antiquated and there to respect all the land rights of the farmers etc.. Which I agree with but my commute is a bitch.

If I suddenly disappear btw, it's because of this:

Hi Kittenkat,

 We have recived a number of complaints about your comments in the physio webchat thread and we would like to send this meaage as a warning that if you continue to post in the forum in this manner we will have to ban you from posting as we do not tolerate comments of this nature. 

 We have had to delete your posts from this thread. 

I hope you take this message on board.

 Annie

Hopefully not but we'll see. I've apologised but I think that Barley et al might push for the thorn in their side to get removed, because it doesn't suit their sensibilities

So, have I missed anything?

Yeah, there was this debate about ipods and someone asked which shoes to wear. And I bought my girls heart marshmallow lollies for Valentine's day only to be met with... "I'm not a boy Mum!"

Oh and Barley wants me banned for life because this is super serious and I'm a bad person, but we always knew that right?

AND I'm off to expunge all my energy in Disneyland Paris on Monday. So excited that I might punch Mickey Mouse straight in the mouth.

I haven't been able to run this week due to work, D's shifts and childcare, but I can join my club for the mara group long run tomorrow, this makes kk happy. Will take fur face as usual.

Wow, not looked at this thread for a few years and hadn't seen BB on any threads for ages. Hadn't realised he had turned into such a cock.

Well hello!

Hell of a week in work and now one week off and Disneyland!

Have fun, it is great. The kids will love it. Try not to keep singing "It's a small world" too much once it's in your head it will take over and you will be assimulated

AndrewSmith wrote (see)

Have fun, it is great. The kids will love it. Try not to keep singing "It's a small world" too much once it's in your head it will take over and you will be assimulated

Everyone in work who has been with their kids recently are telling me how fantastic it is. The girls are 8 and 10 now and at that magical age where they are old enough to hold their own, but young enough to really want to be with us and enjoy a family holiday. It will be a good one, we all need a break.

Thanks mate, I WILL be the biggest kid, but we already know that.