General Chat

Ann, for someone who was on holiday with limited wifi you sure seem to be putting two and two together and making five. Best say nothing rather than make stuff up.

Why would anyone associate this thread to John being banned, there is no mention of John, and I think I'm right in saying that he was here when this thread was started?
I do wish instead of making assumptions, people would ask the poster what they mean, if they aren't sure I'm more than happy to say what any of my posts are about :-D

Maybe dragging up a thread from 5 days ago, then saying you're going away for 10 days doesn't help, and to bring John onto here telling the world he's been banned, I wouldn't of thought was a good idea, I thought the same as Island on the subject.

The thread isn't about John, no idea he had been banned until it was broadcast on here. Please, if you want to discuss John, start a thread about him yourself.

Island I am not on holiday now and am most certainly not making anything up I have heard from John and that is what he has said.

Sorry, Lynda, I only mentioned him because he'd already been mentioned.

Ann, several of us knew he was sailing close to the wind and told him so, I can't understand why he is confused about why he was banned. If you post the same contentious thing again and again and people keep reporting it then GR will take action.

Ann. GR do not ban a member on a whim. In fact I am sure I am not alone in being surprised that many more members haven't had 'a holiday' due to the number of RR's and subsequent post/thread removals by GR.

Let's not pretend that this members ban is down to one disagreement.
It appears to take A LOT more than that for GR to ban someone these days.

I will indeed post a thread re John's ban. Good idea. Thank you. Cx

John's faith is his faith and as such does not concern me, in defence of John I will say that, he can and has posted some very interesting threads and comments. OK he has a what I call a slightly warped sense of humour and I don't mind that, however he does appear to relish in winding certain people up, and John's problems is that when he starts doing that he does not know when - enough is enough.

Cyns - GR don't like members discussing the whys and wherefores about a banned person. Any stand-alone thread might get deleted.

Who knows? Even the posts on here might be RR'd!

It's rare for a ban on here to last longer than a good sleep
In fact many a person has been banned and not realised it so I wouldn't get too worked up

Hi Det,

Yes, I know that, but I do like to see fairness to both parties. :-)

Hi Tania, the ban is for 6 years. I have also known members be banned for life. :-(

I am reminded of the witty words of the satirist Samuel Butler, who died over 110 years ago:

"I believe that he was really sorry, that people would not believe he was sorry, that he was not more sorry."

Hang on a mo fairness to both parties, why is that comment on this thread?

Again, this thread is NOT about John, even though some would like to think it is.

Looks like even though apparently he "isn't here" some seem to like to add his name at every opportunity.

PM GR, tell them how unfair you think his ban is, they might interested.

Hang on a mo indeed Lynda.

In your opening comment, you make the statement....

"I'm asking because I have contacted GR to say that I feel that the chat board is being used to score points by some posters, and feel that because of that, it's not being used as much"


If therefore, you have contacted GR re 'some posters', I imagine names must have been mentioned, as I am sure they haven't picked John's name out of a hat at random.


I would also say that when John was on one of his soapboxes, life on this board picked up speed and became interesting again.

John's ban has nothing to do with this thread which is days old, Cynthia.

He was banned for posting the same thing again and again and again. Please don't accuse Lynda of something she was not responsible for.

And that is indeed what I said Cynthia, but did I mention John, no I didn't, assuming again, THAT is where these boards go haywire, assuming things YOU think are said, but in fact you have no idea.

Seeing as Sylvia brought up this post after 5 days, I'll assume that is why you replied to it, wonder why you didn't reply when I first posted, and why it is you now feel able to tell the world of John's ban, why not do it before now.

If you want to "blame" me for John being banned then feel free. I will be honest and say, I'm not bothered either way if he is here or not, I avoided John most of the time, couldn't be doing with his digs at people, rather than just saying what he meant, he's done it to me in the past, and I can't be bothered with folk like that.

Those who once banded his name on pm's telling all and sundry about John's private life, it seems are now his best friends, that's up to others how they conduct there lives, but me, I'm happy not fannying around being friends with someone when it suits, then when someone else is flavour of the month, turning on the first mate, to go with the second, until they do something I don't like. I don't do that in my private life, nor do I do it on here, if I don't like you I avoid you, that's it.

If you or others find that a strange way to conduct life, so be it, but at least you know with people like me, they say what they mean. I'd say that was a good thing, but if you think differently up to you, but DO NOT insinuate that I have said something I didn't. I'll await an apology.

Well said Lynda
Anybody who knows you well knows that if the thread was about john it would have johns a pain in the arse in the title
They would also know that if you reported him you would say so
You have always declared when you have rr and why
I don't know why this thread suddenly popped up the board either
But john was no wilting wall flower
He is a grown man
If he could not hold his tongue
Or his fingers in this case then so be it

If you have never complained about John to GR Lynda then, of course, I will apologise - unreservedly.



One thing I liked about John, was the fact that he usually said he was sorry if he knew he had gone over the top on something.


Reading through this thread you can tell that some posts have been removed because it doesn't flow, but there seems to have been a misunderstanding along the way - and it's one of the last, if not the last, threads John commented on.

Johns posts have gone off this thread but he did not say anything much in particular on it
Other posters are referring to another thread that he did go over board on
Can't say I saw it but sounds like it was the source of his current dilemmas

If there is anyone who wants the post ( from the other thread) that was reported I have it, in the confirmation from GR that it had been removed...I think it's fair to say that it was not so much what was said, but that it was posted repeatedly, John just didn't know when to quit...'terrier shaking a rat' syndrome, I suffer from it too so I know the signs!