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Smiffy, although I have only ghosted in and out of here for the past few months I will miss your words of wisdom as your osts were a few of the thousands of outstanding threads I read back. Keep the faith fella.

Andy
 
There sure is a lot of tosh on this thread. If you want to say a few words of goodbye to Smiffy then do it , if you're here to waffle a load of inflammatory remarks then bugger off somewhere else.

Rob , you were one of the first blokes I met from this forum and since that day you've made me chuckle more times than I can remember. A true gent with a wicked and sharp sense of humour. Always organising days out for those of us too lazy to do it ourselves.

Rob , take care and I hope through the many friends you've made on this forum that we can all somehow stay in touch with you in a long distance relationship sort of way.
 
Tommo21 said:
I thought the OP said cheerio and because you got the item you think we should move on. It's posts like yours that keeps it going.
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Hang on a sec while I hand you your toys back. Almost 130 posts, but it's mine that keep this thread going is it. Do you really think that this thread has been limited to people saying a polite cheerio to a forum stalwart. It descended into a pointless argument pretty early. Get a grip FFS.
 
On the general issue of moderation, I think in these internet fora moderation should be applied cautiously and in the minimum dose needed for keeping things stable. Excessive and injudicious moderation put people off posting and eventually crash the forum. Some fora start to resemble the Stanford Experiment*, when positions of power are given to people and they soon start to abuse them. That hasn't happened here yet, but it should always be guarded against.

in Smiffy's case, I would have thought that the matter should have been dealt with 'in equity' to use the golfing expression. Send him a PM saying pics were needed by teatime, 8 o'clock or whatever and all would have been well. The idea would be for the Mod to consider how they would like to be treated and act accordingly. 'Rules is rules' is rarely a satisfactory or adequate explanation for action.




* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
 
FWIW, Smiffy you have been one of the most welcoming, funny and trustworthy souls on this forum, your exit will be a loss.
Forums are supposed to be a community, in any community trust is earned through an individual's actions and character - not something you get with "rules is rules" approach.
And that's even when "rules is rules" is enforced. You only need to take a glance across the current boards to see that this is clearly not the case at all. If rules are bent or ignored for any one reason or another and as soon as that happens you cannot expect adherence from anyone.
Language does not have to be "bad" to be offensive. I, personally, find some things that have been allowed to stand on threads (that mods have been involved in) to be appalling and a sad edict to the character if the individuals, also a poor reflection on GM, but that's subjective to my​ point of view on the matter.
But as has been stated, the rules are the rules, despite the ambiguity of some of those rules in their adherence.

Rob, hope you find the love of the game again enough to return to the fold. Hope the fishing treats you well in the meantime. :thup:
 
bluewolf said:
Hang on a sec while I hand you your toys back. Almost 130 posts, but it's mine that keep this thread going is it. Do you really think that this thread has been limited to people saying a polite cheerio to a forum stalwart. It descended into a pointless argument pretty early. Get a grip FFS.
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The run along bit was good enough for me to single your post out.
 
GreiginFife said:
FWIW, Smiffy you have been one of the most welcoming, funny and trustworthy souls on this forum, your exit will be a loss.
Forums are supposed to be a community, in any community trust is earned through an individual's actions and character - not something you get with "rules is rules" approach.
And that's even when "rules is rules" is enforced. You only need to take a glance across the current boards to see that this is clearly not the case at all. If rules are bent or ignored for any one reason or another and as soon as that happens you cannot expect adherence from anyone.
Language does not have to be "bad" to be offensive. I, personally, find some things that have been allowed to stand on threads (that mods have been involved in) to be appalling and a sad edict to the character if the individuals, also a poor reflection on GM, but that's subjective to my​ point of view on the matter.
But as has been stated, the rules are the rules, despite the ambiguity of some of those rules in their adherence.

Rob, hope you find the love of the game again enough to return to the fold. Hope the fishing treats you well in the meantime. :thup:
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I've never seen anything "appalling" on this forum. You need to calm down and broaden your mind if this forum constitutes items that appall you.
 
Tommo21 said:
The run along bit was good enough for me to single your post out.
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Holy carp, my irony meter has just exploded sending shards of glass everywhere. You are actually posting on a thread complaining about people posting on threads and prolonging the discussion. Fwiw, my post never said "run along". It said "move on please". A sentiment echoed by many on this thread. Yet you single out mine. Class. Now, as I asked before, is it not time for us all to move on please.
 
Snelly said:
I've never seen anything "appalling" on this forum. You need to calm down and broaden your mind if this forum constitutes items that appall you.
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As I said Snelly its subjective as to what we find offensive. My mind is broad thank you, I have seen and done many things in my short 34 years but there will be things thst offend you and not I and vice versa, its called being human.
I find needless sweeping derogatory statements appalling, you might not but each to there own hence I havent reported any one or any posts other than the usual obvious spammers.
 
Scouser said:
No.............

Oh and how dare you buy an item off a post without pictures ............its you fault we have threads like this.......!!!!!!!!!!1


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You are quite right of course. I accept full responsibility. I was just glad that I git in there before the post was pulled. :ears:

Anyway, you'll see what I bought at Caldy in a few weeks. It's amazing, and a real bargain. It might even change the way we all play golf in the future. I can definately see a 5 shot h/c reduction in the next week or so. :D
 
Well what can I say??? I'd just like to thank everybody for their support and kind words.
It wasn't my intention to start a 5 page discussion on this, honestly.
I was just cheesed off that my original post was removed within 10 minutes of it appearing without warning. I would have thought, like others have suggested, that I could have been given a gentle reminder (I didn't need one honestly) that a few hours grace would have been given to me so that I could have posted the missing picture up.
I know the forum rules, I wasn't trying to bend them. A couple of months ago I posted up about various clubs I was selling and promised that pictures would follow that evening which they did so as I say, I know the rules.
Thanks once again for your kind wishes. Can the thread be closed now????
Rob
 
Smiffy said:
Well what can I say??? I'd just like to thank everybody for their support and kind words.
It wasn't my intention to start a 5 page discussion on this, honestly.
I was just cheesed off that my original post was removed within 10 minutes of it appearing without warning. I would have thought, like others have suggested, that I could have been given a gentle reminder (I didn't need one honestly) that a few hours grace would have been given to me so that I could have posted the missing picture up.
I know the forum rules, I wasn't trying to bend them. A couple of months ago I posted up about various clubs I was selling and promised that pictures would follow that evening which they did so as I say, I know the rules.
Thanks once again for your kind wishes. Can the thread be closed now????
Rob
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW I ask him to come back and the next post hes back :thup:
 
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