General Chat

Jax

sometimes I wished I'd bothered to sort out the emoticons.

The thread was abusive... reported & removed by GR

However its removal means that all those posts by members who agree that this constant hounding of John is out of order have also gone.

We all feel for Sandie's family & friends, but do not actually know them. At any one moment in time there are probably several other people on this site grieving for a loved one.

From her posts Sandie seemed to enjoy life, but always seemed to think about them before hitting 'post'.

Perhaps rather than carrying on this childish name calling by proxy, it is time an end was put to it.

I do not think that any of the words used... then edited by Sue...now being repeated... are those that should be used at all on this site by adults who should know better.

many posted on Johns thread last night with lots of :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D. and quips ,,,,,,and not one asked him if he would delete it in all of at least 6 pages.!.

Sues thread I last saw mid morning and was very reasonable.

:-(.

That's why I prefer Facebook....

1. It is Free

2. You can say what you like without someone 30 years younger, telling you what a naughty person you have been when they remove your post.

3. If you do not wish to see someone elses posts they can be blocked

I really admire you carol, you say what I dearly would love to say..I know from pm's that there are a LOT of Gr members who feel the same. Sparkling S would certainly have diapporoved of all the aggro on the boards...she seemed to have been a really nice, decent, well-balanced women, unlike a lot of the 'nasties' that post.....Sorry again, I really hate to say this, but, it is true that too many are hounding John.....

I did ask John to delete it as it was clearly causing a lot of friction

:-D :-D :-D Ann... that was really funny.

Are you saying that you are NOT one of the people who have told John he cannot post on your threads, & yet as soon as he puts up a new thread... there you are.

Hmmmm.......well I expect I may be in the minority here but I read John's thread and it actually made me laugh.....all the quips and wit made a change....I don't think anyone took him seriously and he didn't seem to mind being slaughtered for his wind up.

It seemed to be one of his better threads......but then.....that is just my opinion......I was hoping to be added to his list of those whose threads he wouldn't post on too :-D

Edit....if that is the thread we are speaking of, that is.

Carol and Claddagh I too agree with you both. I feel this hounding of one person by a number of other people amounts to bullying, one to one well then it's six of one half dozen of the other but for a group to descend on everything someone says .. well it beats me. I don't know John personally never really see much agro in his mail (maybe I'm dense) and by the looks of it he seems to manage to bear the full brunt of the agro OK but if that was someone else I think it would hurt a lot......If it was me I would be a hundred miles away by now , which may well turn out anyway lol! :-(

well im never going to be took of his list now its gone am i :-|

like you susan wiv, i took it for what it was, ;-) and did giggle,

StrayKitten,

I too thought your postings on the thread were amusing, the way you turned it around by bringing in Father Christmas's list was very funny :-D

Jo

Many were on Johns thread lst night, they never appear till then or at least have nothing to contrubitue elsewhere,
but maybe he appeals to their size of a cattle prod, who knows,

Wasnt Eldrick recived just the same.? a poster of these boards raised tempetures to boiling point at one time,yet is now a great buddy to some...things move on with the passage of times, it has to or life would still be in the past of hatred and stress and its a nasty thing to cope with..

l am one of those who asked John not to post on my threads (not sure about AnnC though)...and l will do it again if necessary.
l no doubt wind people up and he winds me up, end of!!
The last remark l saw him post today was in my opinion very unnecessary, crude even!!....and to me he often posts posts/threads that are rude, tasteless, condescending, taking the micky or what ever.

This was added to Sharron's thread!!

%3A-D I was also pleased to see that thread deleted, Sharron.

Have not yet got to stage of curlers and false teeth, and hope I never get to later stages.

Tampax appear to be so lovely from the ads. As cool as a mountain stream, perchance %3B-%29

jude

Carol - I have not told John he can't post on any of my threads - I would not presume to tell anyone what they can and can't do - not my place - glad you found it so funny

And no again - I tend to avoid his threads

I have an issue with him in that he was very rude to me and never apologised

It's Sandie by the way, not Sadie

IT WAS ME WHO DISAGREED WITH SUE'S THREAD AND HER WORDING,UNFORTUNATLY I WAS OUTSIDE ALL AFTERNOON AND FORGOT TO COPY IT SO IF ANYONE DID COPY IT THEY WILL SEE FROM MOST OF THE REPLYS ARE FED UP OF IT ALL,I HAD PM'S AGREEING WITH ME BUT ASKED ME NOT TO NAME THEM,,I AGREE JOHN IS A BIT ERRRRR !!!!! AT TIMES BUT HE IS HOUNDED WHENEVER HE POSTS,LAST NIGHTS I TREATED TONGUE IN CHEEK BUT A FEW OTHERS TOOK OFFENCE,BECAUSE OF A LOVELY MEMBERS DEATH AND THAT WE SHOULD OF HAD A SILENCE DAY

I saw John's thread last night

noted that I was on his list of people he had told to avoid

but I did not bother posting on it

but I did speed read most of it, and noted that most people were taking it in a joke-y way.

I also saw Sue's thread calling on him to delete it ............... and, to be honest, could not understand why.

I knew Sandie from the Welsh thread, and thoroughly enjoyed talking to her ................... but I quite honestly could not understand where Sue was coming from.

I did not see John's thread as being disrespectful to Sandie or to her friends in any way.

I even went back to John's thread and re-read part of it ....... and still did not understand.


Like Carol and Claddagh, I find the hounding of John by a group of people who deliberately post on every thread just to berate him, seemingly with the aim to drive him off the site to be downright bullying.

Some of us have 'Tena' moments :-0 :-D :-D :-D

i think john has a right to post
where he likes he has like the rest of us
paid his money
i think its rude to ask or tell somebody
where they can and cannot post
but i think people also have the right to disagree with each other
how boring would life be if we all agreed all the time

sorry
but i also think the board is big enough for us all to use :-D

As I explained on my thread, if people start sniping on my threads I normally pull them.

I think it is known that I do this and people generally don't use my threads to draw attention to themselves or make it a free for all so I chose to ignore the one, somewhat clumsy post, in the hope that others would too.

Because somebody has seen fit to RR my thread for reasons I don't understand, I no longer have the capability of pulling it if trouble does begin.

l don't hound John nor does he hound me, and hopefully l have never hounded people on here. l have asked him not to post on my threads and l will not post on his, whether l have the right or not, l have ! and we have both respected that wish:)

jude
:-)