The dark side.(honest John)

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Thu 12 May 2011 12:12
The dark side.(honest John) - Dutchie

I was going to make a other comment on the HJ topic.

The moderators stopped any more comments which is their right if it becomes a slanging match.I didn't know this other sight excisted I often wondered where the familiar names wondered off to.

I found the forum and a lot of people who used to come on this forum.Motoring topics similair to here except the general discussion is far more interesting and there is more involvement .

I do get used to regulars on a forum.It makes a forum in my opinion as long newcomers are treated with respect.

Haven't heard from Andy in Germany for a while hows things Andy?

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Thu 12 May 2011 16:21
The dark side.(honest John) - Collos25
I am still here, in Berlin/Bonn/Dresden at the moment doing some consultancy work for a chinese company interesting to say the least,hope to be back in the UK later this year to take a post advicing and lecturing if it comes off.Luckily I am still free from cancer and will probably work till I drop I have tried retirement and it does not work for me.
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Fri 13 May 2011 11:21
The dark side.(honest John) - Dutchie
Hello Andy
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Fri 13 May 2011 11:41
The dark side.(honest John) - Dutchie

Glad to hear you are still cancer free Andy.Iam seeing the surgeon in June a year and a halve now after the operation.Iam getting restless myself not easy always keeping busy.I miss the banter and working the Humber.Gone down from over 16 stone to 13 Iam starting to look like Twiggy.;)I might be going to Holland in July seeing my sister in Rotterdam and brother in Assen.Haven't been to my birth village for years Nieuweschans.near the border.

When in the UK pop round we live not far from Leeds you are always welcome.

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Sun 15 May 2011 13:09
The dark side.(honest John) - Ben 10

I see that you have introduced yourself on there.

I presume you have read the welcome posts. In particular I hope you get the gist of reply number 5. Bears my argument out on the thread here. The individual in question only locked horns for the fun of it and to get a reaction. Happens all the time there. Enjoy! ;-)

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Sun 15 May 2011 13:39
The dark side.(honest John) - Collos25

I have been on this forum since it started and have read many posts yours I do not understand.

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Mon 16 May 2011 21:46
The dark side.(honest John) - Max Headroom

I have been on this forum since it started and have read many posts yours I do not understand.

Hello Andy. I hope you recover fully soon.

You do not understand but the other site people keep referring to is another car forum where many original visitors to this site have gone of f to play. Former moderators Dynamic Dave posts as VxFan on that forum and Pugugly is still Pugugly over there. ChrisPeugeot and pda can also be found there.

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Sun 15 May 2011 16:24
The dark side.(honest John) - FP

Can't keep away, eh, Ben? I thought you had abandoned the site in question in disgust!.

Edited by ChrisPeugeot on 15/05/2011 at 16:24

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Sun 15 May 2011 22:22
The dark side.(honest John) - Dutchie

Hello Ben.

I don't want to get into a argument but I never new this other forum excisted.I was curious where all the regular personalities had dissapeared to but never looked for them .I found this forum and signed in and they have made me welcom which i appreciate.Iam intelligent enough to know that there are lots of people brighter than me on any forum .But I like to participate and have a small input.Why this happened and so many people left I don't know Ben.I do get used to people who have a input on a regular basis to me that does make a forum.I dont like anybody being bullied but on any forum you have to take things with a pinch of salt.We all have different opinions and with some people you have to be more carefull than others what you say thats live.There are some great personalities on the dark side:) and I must admit I had a good laugh at some of the comments on certain subjects.And Ben I want to have a chuckle what other people say with a good sense of humor.Life is to short I found that out last year when I didn't think I was going to make it.Hope this helps Ben.

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Mon 16 May 2011 05:09
The dark side.(honest John) - pda

Why so much animosity Ben?

Whatever happened to live and let live, freedom of choice etc?

Quite a few of us read both forums and comment on whatever we feel a need to, on both of them.

Do we really have to make a choice, swear our allegiance to one or the other in your eyes?

I'm with Dutchie on this, the world is a big place and life is far too short for petty squabbles, and that is what they are.

If you feel you were unfairly treated, that's fine, but deal with it and get over it.

Pat

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Mon 16 May 2011 10:29
The dark side.(honest John) - Ben 10

Hi Pat,

Its nothing to do with being unfairly treated, and there's nothing to get over. If you read my posts you will see I was highlighting the fact that the "other" place had a tendancy to have a go at the content of this forum, and I just thought maybe some of the niggles I had observed over there needed a reciprical reply. I have no squabble with anyone just an opinion that you see as a freedom and one that I feel I should have been able to voice.

As you say, you can comment on both forums. Well I commented on that place, and seemed to hit a nerve. Or just gave ammunition to the wind up merchants FoR the likes of Mr. French Car.

And just because I don't post on there anymore, I do have the freedom to read the content there. I've made my point. Just leave it at that.

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Mon 16 May 2011 23:04
The dark side.(honest John) - stunorthants26

Not wind up merchants chap, just people who find your hypocrisy worthy of challenging.

The only one making a fuss about this is you and for a second time you have jumped on a thread over here to have a second moan. I dont take you seriously because now your here doing the very thing which you complain happened at c4p. Nobodys talking about it there are they... :-)

Thanks for sending Dutchie over btw, im sure the site owners love you ;-)

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Tue 17 May 2011 02:36
The dark side.(honest John) - rtj70

Well said Stu. Ben what's his face has issues. And therefore his post above has been reported as offensive. Whether anything happens on this site now remains to be seen but he has aggressive posting tendancies.

He has a bee in his bonnet about the other site for sure.

I see the swear filter still deletes the site mentioned above 12 months later (sorry Ben and the guy in the hat): Sad really that they post links back here and this site blocks them the other way,

PS Hope the Mod(s) on here got their 12 bottles of wine for xmas like it used to happen. Not that all old mods gave their addresses to get the wine mind.... although I did get it twice :-) Very good Laithwaites wine.

Edited by BorisTheSpider on 17/05/2011 at 17:25

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Wed 8 Jun 2011 19:33
The dark side.(honest John) - Ben 10

"I dont have any secondary accounts that im aware of, nor can I see the point unless your called Ben." .........Are you sure Stu?

I can assure you old chap that I only have one account FoR me. ;-) My you do have a sort of vendetta going on. Chill.

Edited by Ben 10 on 08/06/2011 at 19:35

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Sun 22 May 2011 17:46
The dark side.(honest John) - madf

"

If you read my posts you will see I was highlighting the fact that the "other" place had a tendancy to have a go at the content of this forum, and I just thought maybe some of the niggles I had observed over there needed a reciprical reply.

"

You are either hypersensitive or I am am just plain dumb and don't see what you can.

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Sun 22 May 2011 19:31
The dark side.(honest John) - Collos25
No your not dumb I think that title belongs to... well we know don,t we.
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Thu 2 Jun 2011 19:07
The dark side.(honest John) - Ben 10

"You realise of course that Benny boy will now pipe up over there like that little kid who tells tales ' they ARE talking about you, see I said they were! ', wagging his little finger at us."

Tut tut. Wouldn't dream of such a thing. FoRtunately. )

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Thu 2 Jun 2011 19:55
The dark side.(honest John) - FP

You can't keep away! I thought you had long ago left the Dark Side , but it seems you've been lurking the whole time!

Edited by FocalPoint on 02/06/2011 at 20:04

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Thu 2 Jun 2011 19:56
The dark side.(honest John) - FP

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Edited by FocalPoint on 02/06/2011 at 20:02

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Thu 2 Jun 2011 20:06
The dark side.(honest John) - 1066

i find it enjoyable to be on both sites but under a different user names

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Fri 3 Jun 2011 01:04
The dark side.(honest John) - Leif

I kept getting email request from the other site to join, but stayed here out of loyalty. But when this site came back, I asked a couple of questions in the general questions forum, and got lots of really sarcastic replies. The atmosphere here changed, with lots of very conformist types. And I found the legal person on this forum too aggressive. Oh, and the moderation here became silly, with too many words filtered out. Oh well.

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Fri 3 Jun 2011 01:21
The dark side.(honest John) - Avant

Apologies for the swear filter, which errs on the side of caution but isn't controlled by us as moderators and predates the present moderators' appointment last year.

Do try us again and I will watch out for unhelpful replies!

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Fri 3 Jun 2011 23:43
The dark side.(honest John) - Leif

Apologies for the swear filter, which errs on the side of caution but isn't controlled by us as moderators and predates the present moderators' appointment last year.

Do try us again and I will watch out for unhelpful replies!

Thanks for responding. The fact that you allow this discussion is good. Although I must admit I find the sudden profusion of such threads odd. Live and let live.

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Thu 9 Jun 2011 02:56
The dark side.(honest John) - rtj70

Lief

I didn't think you posted here.... but your experience a while back suggests you were not welcomed?

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Thu 9 Jun 2011 16:51
The dark side.(honest John) - FP

He's called Leif and he doesn't like it when people spell it wrong.

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Thu 9 Jun 2011 20:20
The dark side.(honest John) - Ben 10

Yeah you tell 'em FokulPint.

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Tue 21 Jun 2011 11:35
The dark side.(honest John) - captain chaos

@ Max Headroom

And by the way, I wasn't Hobby in a previous life

You are captain chaos over there

Really?

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 14:54
The dark side.(honest John) - unthrottled

Does the other place have a dodgy name perchance? Think I'll stay put-even if the cashcow ads are intrusive.

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 16:43
The dark side.(honest John) - FP

Maybe the cheeky (= "dodgy") name ensures that those who are po-faced and disapproving will keep away.

Edited by FocalPoint on 22/06/2011 at 16:45

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 20:27
The dark side.(honest John) - Dynamic Dave

Does the other place have a dodgy name perchance?

Whereas this one doesn't?

Clue, the man wearing the hat isn't actually called John. I'll leave it to your imagination whether you think he's honest or not ;o)

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 22/06/2011 at 20:27

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Wed 22 Jun 2011 21:17
The dark side.(honest John) - jamie745
I heard the other place is building a death star
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Wed 22 Jun 2011 21:19
The dark side.(honest John) - Bobbin Threadbare

I hope it's fully manual and it has nice alloys.

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Thu 23 Jun 2011 01:53
The dark side.(honest John) - jamie745

I hope it has that planet killing laser so as i can finally make a trip to Runcorn worthwhile.

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Thu 23 Jun 2011 08:52
The dark side.(honest John) - Bobbin Threadbare

Shhh don't let unthrottled hear you say that...! That's his neck of the woods!

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Thu 23 Jun 2011 14:04
The dark side.(honest John) - jamie745

Oh..what a dreadful co-incidence *grins*

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Thu 23 Jun 2011 14:15
The dark side.(honest John) - unthrottled

Won't find me Runcorn!

4play is a rubbish pun. Sort of name that would attract blokes who want to talk about very large alloy wheels. Phwoar!

You mean there isn't a real man called John who has great integrity? I cancel my subscription henceforth.

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Thu 23 Jun 2011 14:20
The dark side.(honest John) - Dynamic Dave

4play is a rubbish pun. Sort of name that would attract blokes who want to talk about very large alloy wheels. Phwoar!

Hasn't done in the 16 months it's been going.

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Thu 23 Jun 2011 14:24
The dark side.(honest John) - jamie745

I wonder if unthrottled had a specific bloke in mind with that comment.

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