euroanchor Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Over the past few days I have been subject to personal abuse from a certain member on this site, who believes nobody has the right to answer any of his posts, unless in total agreement with him. You all know which thread I refer to and the person I refer to. Even to the last, he has insisted that I have accused him of this that and the other, twisted his words etc etc. My replies in this thread merely point out that generalizations are unfair. That is my last word on the subject. However, reading one or two other threads, certain members also believe it "funny" or "clever" to keep bringing up the subject of "toys and prams", you know who you are, and I'll let other members find the posts, it shouldn't be too hard. Anyway, to get to the point, I have had enough of the "holier than thou" attitude that abounds on here, So get your party hats out because I am leaving this forum for good. This posting is not intended to raise sympathy, I haven't done it in the hope somebody might try to persuade me otherwise, I'm not running away, Nor, as I'm sure at least one person will believe, have I been beaten in any way. It's simply because I'm fed up,and realise there is more to life. Euroanchor
Basil Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Euroanchor, Nil carbrundum illigitimi! This forum is noted for its opinionated responders. I can understand your feelings, but hey ho you can always ignore them, sometimes it is better to turn the other cheek! Bas
Tony Jones Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 I'll be sorry if you leave too - but I can understand. As a relative newcomer, I've sometimes been surprised by the personal and hurtful things people sometimes say here. I've never got "into" any other forums or chatrooms, so I thought maybe it was the normal way people talk in cyberspace. But from what other people have written lately, it seems it isn't, which is good news. I hope you stick around, but whether you do or not maybe the rest of us can take the hint and try to make our points just as firmly but less aggressively. Also, please see my post on Michele's "Trading Words" thread. All the best either way! Tony
mark lambert Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Alas! i was expecting something like this to happen, but could we get some perspective here please. sticks and stones come to mind. here we are with someone getting to the point of feeling the need to leave a helpful forum, I know people have lots of problems/obstacles in their lives, michelle for instance has a very difficult time with her daughter, me, well i've just found out today that my nephew who is ten years younger than me at just 32yrs old ,has been diagnosed with cancer of the kidney. People/persons on this site are leaving because someone that they will very probably never get to meet, has written something they dont like, we are ALL entitled to our opinion and one must accept that.There is no need to get into an argument, just ignore and move on. Life is much too short to let diferences of opinion stop us from doing things we enjoy. I've never written anything like this before as i try to keep my opinions to myself unless asked. but after todays events i couldn't help myself No offence intended to anyone take care choppa ps: michelle, i hope you didn't mind me using you as an example of how a site like this can be a great escape from lifes up and downs, if you did mind ,i'm truly sorry!
mark lambert Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 I'm re-reading my previous post and am thinking,i wish i hadn't got involved, never mind, its to late now, its been sent
Dave Newell Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 For what its worth Choppa, I whole heartedly agree with you. On Monday morning I received a letter from the wife of a very good friend. The gist of the letter is that five months ago he fell down stairs and broke his neck. For the last five months he has been paralysed from the neck down and stuck in a hospital bed. Last Monday evening he died suddenly of pneumonia. He was the biggest (not physically at around 5'10" and 13 stone) and toughest man I've ever known and it was my priviledge to have worked with him. It does put your life and these little conflicts in to perspective. D.
mansell Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Cant agree more with that Dave we all have used up more time than we have left. [ dont waste it ]
MandyAndy Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Hi, sorry to go slightly off here but I have just been absolutely rolling with laughter in my kitchen. Andy was on the computor and I just said "Hey guess what Euroanchor has left the forum", well thats the first time I had said it out loud, sorry maybe Im thick but it was so funny, I wish I had seen my face. Really sorry to see you go!!!. all the best to you and hope we come across you one day. Mandy
Brian Kirby Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 MarkI just think that is very, very, sad, and hope that nothing I said contributed to your decision.If it did, I am truly sorry.
kelly58 Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Stick with it Euro and always remember there`s no rewind button in life live for the day life is too bloody short keep smiling ;-) Kelly
michele Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 No Choppa, That's fine it brings it all into perspective really . It's sad that we can't all say our peice and agree to disagree . But sometimes it is that people are not really contradicting each other or even disagreeing ? Its just picked up the wrong way . I must say I went to bed today to catch up on much needed sleep and with a slight distaste in my mouth . After reading that Euroanchor had choosen to do this and leave . I will be sad to see him go he has been very helpful. It is sad that in the adult world it has to come to this . Afterall if we could see each others faces & body language I am sure it wouldn't get that heated. I know myself that i don't always type with the perfectest of grammar and my post's have been read in the wrong way not the way I intended at all. Oh well keep taking the pills
rogerangie Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 GOOD GRIEF. This keeps happening on so many good forums. Just imagine we are all on a camp site and chatting with a few glasses of what does you good. Suddenly someone says something which offends the other person. What do you do? Get up and walk away?Thump him/her? Continue the argument? It depends how p......d you are of course, but normally it all ends ammicably, esecially the next morning when all is hangdog and shamefaced. Please lets all be friends and I do include you know who from telford. Roger
tonyishuk Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Anyone brave enough to suggest to Channel 4, Big Brother set in a motorhome ?? :-)
Dave Newell Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 rogerangie - 2007-01-17 6:51 PM GOOD GRIEF. This keeps happening on so many good forums. Just imagine we are all on a camp site and chatting with a few glasses of what does you good. Suddenly someone says something which offends the other person. What do you do? Get up and walk away?Thump him/her? Continue the argument? It depends how p......d you are of course, but normally it all ends ammicably, esecially the next morning when all is hangdog and shamefaced. Please lets all be friends and I do include you know who from telford. Roger Oi, wot you mean by that? (lol) D.
Guest starspirit Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Nothing wrong with Telford - lovely place to come from - as long as you ain't gotta go back I suppose?
Mel B Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Euroanchor Just caught up with this thread after PMing you twice in response to your PM earlier today to me - I always read the forum from the bottom up - ie the older postings to the newer ones so that I keep up ... yes I know I'm weird! Don't you DARE leave us ... we NEED good forum members like you! (lol)
mark lambert Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Mel B - 2007-01-17 8:31 PM Euroanchor Just caught up with this thread after PMing you twice in response to your PM earlier today to me - I always read the forum from the bottom up - ie the older postings to the newer ones so that I keep up ... yes I know I'm weird! Don't you DARE leave us ... we NEED good forum members like you! (lol) here! here!
rogerangie Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 Dave , You silly s.d. Who else could be identified as a Telford address without a "G" in front and not as friendly as you. Knowledgble as you perhaps, but not so abrasive. GT is still alive and kicking on other sites.
Dave Newell Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 I'm not sure I understand you correctly Roger, are you really saying that I'm more abrasive than me old mucker GT? Life's too short for all this bickering. D.
Guest JudgeMental Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Mmm… where to start This forum is a reasonable and fast flowing source of info with some good people on board and it can't afford to loose any. However, where it fails is that there seems to be a hard core of self opinionated old duffers with to much time on their hands. They have an opinion on everything and delight in pontificating at great length. The worst of them veering of thread at every opportunity to communicate their long winded personal opinion. Furthermore, they are incapable of pressing the PM button when it is appropriate, preferring to disrupt or destroy a thread - because they MUST be heard! Also moderators seem incapable of pulling offensive posts Euroanchor – stand your ground And as for the young man, whose insurance post seems to of been pulled. What ever must you think of us! Please don’t be disheartened post again and you may have more luck. At 21 I had an old VW and travelled down to Greece .And yes it did breakdown and eventually died on us and we had to leave it on Crete… Best days of my life!
Mike Chapman Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Hello Judgemental, The post has not been pulled it can be found further down the Forum headed "Insurance for Young People" last posted to at 7:06pm yesterday. Your decision Euroanchor but perhaps what this forum needs is a Sin Bin controlled by the moderator and perhaps a three strike and out policy. The only question then is do both you and Frank get sin binned. I will be sorry if you do leave. Regards, Mike.
Guest Frank Wilkinson Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 JudgeMental - 2007-01-18 3:42 PM Mmm… where to start This forum is a reasonable and fast flowing source of info with some good people on board and it can't afford to loose any. However, where it fails is that there seems to be a hard core of self opinionated old duffers with to much time on their hands. They have an opinion on everything and delight in pontificating at great length. The worst of them veering of thread at every opportunity to communicate their long winded personal opinion. Furthermore, they are incapable of pressing the PM button when it is appropriate, preferring to disrupt or destroy a thread - because they MUST be heard! Also moderators seem incapable of pulling offensive posts Euroanchor – stand your ground And as for the young man, whose insurance post seems to of been pulled. What ever must you think of us! Please don’t be disheartened post again and you may have more luck. At 21 I had an old VW and travelled down to Greece .And yes it did breakdown and eventually died on us and we had to leave it on Crete… Best days of my life! I was going to let this drop but I regret that I simply must add something to this. First of all I apologise for not using the PM button. The simple answer to this is that I'm fairly new to this forum and it had simply not occurred to me. In future, if I think that I've been misrepresented I shall PM.In the meantime and if you consider yourself a fair person, please go back to the original thread and read my post where I pointed out that the age discrimination laws do not apply to insurance.Then read Euroanchor's response where he more or less accuses me of being unfair to sensible young drivers like Tomcamper and to over 55s, when I had made no mention of either subject!Then read my next posts which, as far as I am concerned, were extremely reasonable and tried to ask him why he was being so antagonistic towards me.Up until him posting the silly image about not giving a damn and me twisting his words, I was more than fair and please, tell me how I twisted his words, because he never did!I accept that after that it got silly. I was very annoyed with him and lost my rag somewhat, and again, I apologise sincerely for that. But it wasn't the first time that he'd decided that he doesn't like me and has had a go, as I mentioned about the claims about one of my drivers not being very bright.I accept some responsibility for this row, I am competitive and have strong views, I know that, but please do not tell me that Euroanchor does not share as much of the blame. That I will never accept.This will be my last word on this subject and in future, if I should find myself at odds with anyone, I shall use the PM method, which as I said earlier, I honestly had never thought of using.Once again, apologies for what has happened. PMs in future!
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