Last I heard of him he was on a visit to UK but I'm assuming he's home now. There's no recent activity on his account.
Where's Oldcarman ?
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I thought the same just yesterday.
I think he got a ban before coming to the Uk, a fall out with HT, not sure how long it was for.
To put the story straight, he didn't get a ban before, during or following his visit. His travel plans entirely relied on turning up in the UK and pestering people to put him up.
He caused a huge amount of friction whilst he was here due to a lack of planning and continually cadging off people, then having a go at them on the forum because they didn't react how he expected them to. I should imagine he's too embarrassed to show his face for a while.
He caused a huge amount of friction whilst he was here due to a lack of planning and continually cadging off people, then having a go at them on the forum because they didn't react how he expected them to. I should imagine he's too embarrassed to show his face for a while.
He may have believed this was a nice community, didn't get that feeling when he made the effort to fly over from Canada and decided not to bother coming back to the forum .
#justsayin
#justsayin
This is likely to be a very devisive subject I think. Different opinions coming from different experiences. I do agree with Gary's comment about Jim's visit being ill planned and arranged (perhaps not entirely his own fault). However, all of us who met Jim at my local pub enjoyed the time we spent with him including me collecting him from his B&B a few miles away and giving him a tour of our local area.
What ever happened elsewhere is none of my business and I will not comment on it. A Moderator told me he knows what went on but would not tell me, fair enough, but I won't make someone a Pariah without knowing why.
Nothing more to say.
Tony.
What ever happened elsewhere is none of my business and I will not comment on it. A Moderator told me he knows what went on but would not tell me, fair enough, but I won't make someone a Pariah without knowing why.
Nothing more to say.
Tony.
Totally get ya on that Tony, and as far as I was concerned I’d rather it had gone without me having to intervene.
I don' think an open debate was what jack rat was asking though he seems to have gotten the answer, this happened to me end of last year, people notice when someone disappears from the forum, I like to think it' s just concern. I never met him so can't really comment other than we are a large comunity and we can't all be the same, what happened did crop up during a pm with another member, I just laughed it off thinking it was just someone letting off steam.
Yep I wholley agree with Tonys comments. I met him at Tonys and he was very pleasant and grateful we had made an effort to meet him.
He should NEVER have turned up though the way he did hoping for a bunk up etc. What else happened I don't know so am staying clear of that one.
I was just responding to the suggestion that the forum had banned him or otherwise got in the way of his visit. We did not.
The rest of the post was me venting my frustration for having to pick up the pieces again.
The rest of the post was me venting my frustration for having to pick up the pieces again.
Oh Dave, what have you said
It seems like whatever happened it was between the man himself and a small number of forum members. Not the whole forum or even others he met while over here.
And perhaps there’s a lesson here too for all of us that sometimes the tougher ‘take more responsibility yourself’ message is actually the kinder one.
If there is no ban in place then is there a reason we can’t make it clear he is welcome on here?
I don’t know anything about Jim really but for all I know this forum could be his lifeline. He certainly seemed to post messages of a very social rather than technical nature. And he could be sitting at home feeling desperately unhappy about what happened. He might have reflected on his approach and realised things could have been done differently. But is scared of posting or reaching out.
If what he did was that heinous I apologise for sticking my beak in. But can’t we accept falling outs happen and move on?
And perhaps there’s a lesson here too for all of us that sometimes the tougher ‘take more responsibility yourself’ message is actually the kinder one.
If there is no ban in place then is there a reason we can’t make it clear he is welcome on here?
I don’t know anything about Jim really but for all I know this forum could be his lifeline. He certainly seemed to post messages of a very social rather than technical nature. And he could be sitting at home feeling desperately unhappy about what happened. He might have reflected on his approach and realised things could have been done differently. But is scared of posting or reaching out.
If what he did was that heinous I apologise for sticking my beak in. But can’t we accept falling outs happen and move on?
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