tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post4867701051256611683..comments2024-03-23T20:59:24.568+00:00Comments on northern pies: Camping at KingussieMike Knipehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-21429563295387840472010-01-24T20:42:52.184+00:002010-01-24T20:42:52.184+00:00Thanks Shirley.
Sorry about the delay - I been for...Thanks Shirley.<br />Sorry about the delay - I been for a walk in the snow, see? Bruno is spark out....Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-43707677636709141352010-01-24T10:25:37.081+00:002010-01-24T10:25:37.081+00:00I meant people who've joined in with him in th...I meant people who've joined in with him in the past when he's had a go at people on the messageboard.Piglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792916494341421204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-74163200341479058712010-01-23T23:28:34.109+00:002010-01-23T23:28:34.109+00:00I'd quite like to hear from some cronies now.
...I'd quite like to hear from some cronies now.<br />I don't suppose they read this, though.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-41180016629257750172010-01-23T23:16:26.303+00:002010-01-23T23:16:26.303+00:00Howdy again.
I've not responded to what Derek...Howdy again.<br /><br />I've not responded to what Derek wrote because of his mind-bogglingly nasty remarks to me last year. I'd have responded in exactly the same way if I'd not been one of his many victims. Simplistic as it may sound, I really do believe that right = right and wrong = wrong, whether we've been personally involved in it or not.<br /><br />I don't see anything disproportionate in the criticisms that have been made in the last few days to Derek's latest bout of nastiness on the board (though I realise that some people disagree). I've tried to resist the temptation to fall into cliche by making reference to the well-known "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing" quote up to now, but that's actually precisely how I feel about it. I feel that bullies need to be stamped on.<br /><br />Yes, Tim got the wrong end of the stick. Does he normally do that on the messageboard, though? Not as far as I've seen. Derek wrote something calculated to wound. Does he normally do that on the messageboard? Yes. Regularly. That's why I see Tim's response as an out-of-character misjudgement but Derek's comment as yet more nastiness from a man who's become famous for it over there. He appears to revel in it.<br /><br /><i>It'll happen again.</i><br /><br />I'm sure you're right. It'll keep happening while the moderators allow it to happen. It'll only be Derek and a few of his pathetic cronies who'll be making the nasty remarks, though.Piglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792916494341421204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-48660484816247638772010-01-23T22:37:35.974+00:002010-01-23T22:37:35.974+00:00Didn't expect you to agree Shirley, I do remem...Didn't expect you to agree Shirley, I do remember the history of relations between your good self and Derek - for which he was duly bounced last year. And on that occasion, I took a full part in the bouncing.<br />Reactions to things have to be proportional and reasonable, though. Derek's comment wouldn't have bothered me much if it had been aimed at me. Tim's comment would have been more likley to elicit an ill-judged response, though, depending on vino-collapso levels in the bloodstream at the time.<br />It'll happen again.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-7624311094583873802010-01-23T21:40:48.507+00:002010-01-23T21:40:48.507+00:00p.s. Oops... soz! It's too late in the evening...p.s. Oops... soz! It's too late in the evening and I realised I forgot to say...<br /><br />...that IMO we should be clear about who = the 'pack' here. It's Derek and his nasty mateys (none of whom have appeared in the thread this time). Not the peeps who've spoken up to object to the tone of what he wrote. IMO again, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-64528464980859777662010-01-23T21:37:30.235+00:002010-01-23T21:37:30.235+00:00Well...
For once, I'm not totally in agreemen...Well...<br /><br />For once, I'm not totally in agreement.<br /><br />As I said to Alan in email, if anyone else had written what Derek wrote it would have sounded pretty bloody nasty, IMO. If it doesn't sound quite as bad this time then maybe that's only because he's been even nastier in the past. If the little sh*t who normally smashes all the car windows decides to stop at a headlight it's still not right, though. That's shouldn't be a cause for celebration.<br /><br />There's just no need or justification for nastiness on the Chally messageboard (or anywhere else, as far as I can see). Derek's a nasty man who seems to take pleasure in ripping chunks out of other peeps. It doesn't have to be a big chunk to hurt quite a lot. Think hangnail. I've shed real tears over Derek's malignancy in the past, and I'm sure other victims have suffered from it too.<br /><br />For some reason a few peeps are allowed to be really nasty on the Chally messageboard. As I said there, I have no idea why it's allowed. Some (not all) people can't crack a joke without being told off for wasting bandwidth, but some other people can make nasty personal attacks with impunity. If you can see any sense in that then please explain it to me, because I just don't get it.<br /><br />As I also said to Al in email--straws, camels, backs etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-51302812574240519532010-01-23T15:54:03.090+00:002010-01-23T15:54:03.090+00:00S.B.O Sir. S.B.O.
And Nan was a wonderful lady to...S.B.O Sir. S.B.O.<br /><br />And Nan was a wonderful lady too. <br /><br />(Word = "mytho"...)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-14826884146977923222010-01-23T15:34:34.557+00:002010-01-23T15:34:34.557+00:00Spot on, Mike.Spot on, Mike.Elpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736460104596022993noreply@blogger.com