[Closed] So, can Fred/Elfin be allowed back now please?

[i]Course its not f-in acceptable you eye rolling twonk [/i]

Apologies DezB, I read as though you were excusing it.. Eye rolling twonk deserved..

was looking for the trademark dancing ghost thingy of freds, but this encapsulates the whole issue better IMO:

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Cant say I miss him.

His arguments and the pattern they always took as soon as he was being proved wrong were tiresome. His art arguments were laughable and naive.

He even aliented himself from the (excellent) HTN event today to the point he wasnt welcome.

Seemed a bit of a bell end to me but hey ho, the worlds full of em.

Some posters on here seem to know everything about everything - or so they think.

He even aliented himself from the (excellent) HTN event today to the point he wasnt welcome.

Thought he was best mates with the organisers?

...or is that Big Bike Bash?

Thought he was best mates with the organisers?

after he flamed them on numerous occasions over his entry.... I dont think so.

Everyone is mates with the BBB organisers 🙂

His art arguments were laughable and naive.

If ever there was a compelling argument for keeping him banned this must surely be it.

How [b][i]dare[/i][/b] anyone come waltzing onto STW with laughable and naive "art arguments".

How dare anyone come waltzing onto STW with laughable and naive "art arguments"

Post of the week. 😆

I always thought this summed up the issue nicely...

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Anyway... isn't it about time a big hitter came along and de-railed this thread?

I think you'll find that this is the chat forum where anything goes the bike forum to get all geeky about which forks are best or whether these tyres will make you ride better, instead of actually riding is over here.
Perhaps you'd like the mods to give you some sub-forums and a nice blue background too?

Ooh, well that's me told

I think the point I was trying to make is that while this may be an "anything goes" forum, that does not mean that it has to become a tit for tat exchange or a continuous argument that lasts till the end of time - but then these arguments seem to go on forever because some posters on here obviously have nothing better to do with their lives than use this forum as a soapbox for their own views or hide behind a persona that they've made for themselves which they think gives them enough anonymity to say and do what they want while hovering over the report button every time someone has the audacity to challenge a "big hitter"

It's just so tiresome and boring to see these long winded arguments at the top of the chat forum every single day which only end when the name calling starts

Sticking my member into a hornets nest here, but who or what is/are a big hitter? Is it someone who posts all the time, or a combination of that and arguing the same issues?

Course its not f-in acceptable you eye rolling twonk

which only end when the name calling starts

Observation fail

His art arguments were laughable and naive

Serious business this art stuff

I found Elf's critique of post modern art to be particular naive if I was being honest
And his appraisal of any Chinese sculpture was truly laughable

And his appraisal of any Chinese sculpture was truly laughable

Well they do all look the same...

Sticking my member into a hornets nest here

I honestly don't know Jamie. Supposedly I'm one and I never argue about stuff, well not on the internet... what's the bloody point? Al coined the phrase to wind people up... maybe it's someone who winds someone up?

After a couple of recent semis, this thread has given me a proper, quivering, veiny stonk on

Sticking my member into a hornets nest here, but who or what is/are a big hitter? Is it someone who posts all the time, or a combination of that and arguing the same issues?

Isn't it someone who posts so frequently and verbosely, whilst revelling in arguing about anything, that they cause any normal person trying to contribute to STW to feel like they're attempting to converse in a room filled with megaphone wielding, ear defender wearing egotists?

Well they do all look the same...

Quite 🙂

Yossarian - did you get your screen name from the Meercat Manor TV series..?

I noticed an Uncle Yossarian on there this morning.. 🙂

Isn't it from Catch22?

That old trick.

ah well.. that's my cultural references well and truly laid bare for all to see... 😳

He'll claim it's from Catch 22 in an attempt to obtain some literatural style points, but I bet it's from the meerkats...

You bunch of ****ing paedoes!!!

Shit, sorry, but see how easy it is to accidentally say that? I feel like I understand a little better now.

Back to the burrow.

[i]Observation fail[/i]

I tried

Considering he was laways going on about art and had his own f'kin architechture thread its a valid point.

Dont know why I am justifying it ..

should have just typed "he comes across as a proper bell end".

He'd be proud of the way this thread has degenerated into a morass of pointless bickering.

His legacy lives on.

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Mods? Can you add *, *, ********, * and ** also maybe **** to the swear filter please?

The Southern Yeti - Member
Mods? Can you add *, *, ********, * and ** also maybe **** to the swear filter please?

They're good aren't they? Still surprised that effectively they've let a paging thread run for so long though.

Do you know anything about VO2 bikes by the way Druidh?

After a couple of recent semis, this thread has given me a proper, quivering, veiny stonk on

Stick it in a hornets nest

Margin Walker - Member

......... His art arguments were laughable and naive.

🙂

How dare any minnow belittle the inner circle of big hitters.

I'll belittle your inner circle in a minute, Al.

I'll be big in your inner circle.

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Margin Walker - Member

Considering he was laways going on about art and had his own f'kin architechture thread its a valid point.

Dont know why I am justifying it ..

It is a valid point if you think 'laughable and naive art arguments' is a valid reason to maintain a ban on someone, since that is the topic of this thread. Otherwise I can't see the point of the comment.

I suspect that for you it is a valid reason, and you only want punters who share your own personal opinions and preferences. As suggested by your dismissive reference to his [i]"f'kin architechture thread",[/i] a hugely popular weekly thread.

BTW there is no second "ch" in architecture, it just sounds as if there is. And I have say that sort of semiliterate classic error gets right on my tits. It's about time there was a clampdown, and those who drag STW down to shamefully low literary standards were banned.

Vo2? my neighbour stocks VO2 at his shop in Crystal Palace if you want to see one.

LOL at ernie, you are missing him aren't you; burning with passion!

Neil - does he? Have you had a look at them?

I've read some good reviews and the customised option makes them look really good.

@TSY

Stop trying to derail the thread. FFS.

This is you:

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You can argue the toss about whether he should have been banned, and as to whether he was a broadly positive or negative contributor here. I'd say yes - but for a few weeks, and yes - generally positive ...

But... The twitter storm and paedo stuff he threw when he was banned is enough to make sure he doesn't come back without a major grovelling apology. And rightly so.

I have seen one poster on another forum for whom posting was obviously not good for their mental well-being. Luckily they walked away. Perhaps this is just a more dramatic way of him doing the same?

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Ernie, are your pants too tight today?

Jamie - the thing with this fred and all the wibbling contained within is that everyone is wrong 'cept me innit? So it's time to start posting random pictures until everyone realises just how futile it is.

Plus I want a new roadbike.

Plus I want a new roadbike.

You will stick with what you have and be bloody grateful.

Now back to Ernie's tight strides...

I am getting a new road bike TSY. You'll be so jealous.

I'm getting some new trousers, ernie will be impressed..

Ernie, are your pants too tight today?

No not really, I always ensure that I buy 'comfort fit' jeans. Plus I appear to have lost a little weight recently.

Jamie - I'm an elite rider, I need carbon...

What are you getting iDave.

Well. I tried to keep it all on topic.

Screw the lot of you. I'm going home.

Sorry TSY - I don't know anything about them.

Prices don't look particularly appealing for what is a bog-standard, mass-buy carbon framed bike?