I hesitated and considered long and hard before making a contribution to this thread, but ...
I am sure that John may be a nice guy deep down BUT he does seem to have a habit of rubbing people
up the wrong way - he has had numerous run-ins with people on this newsgroup before and on the
Moulton (Topica) bicycle board too - perhaps his (John's) enthusiasm, and availability of time, make
him a bit trigger happy on the keyboard - a variation on the old adage about putting your brain into
gear before your mouth - but in this case the fingers.
To my recollection John has "resigned" from newsgroups before ... having taken offence at responses,
and vowing not to participate ever again - but then reappears.
Perhaps he should make his mind up.
The moral is perhaps for John to consider his responses before hitting the "send" button - and for
the other newsgroup users to take the guy's enthusiasm in the spirit with which it was intended.
Without wishing to appear rude, if I spot posts from John on this or the Moulton group I simply
ignore them (although he does sometimes have some interesting stuff on ebay).
If you are not interested in what he has to say or wants to share then you don't have to look.
That way everyone can be happy.
RG
"Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:Richard Burton quoted:
Quoted message said:Just had the following personal email from the above:
Steady on Richard. I think I've mentioned to you before that it's considered extremely poor
netiquette to quote private e-mails in a public forum without permission. John's e-mail and
website seem harmless enough to me - is there really any reason for the personal attacks (going
both ways) both here and in the local cycling mailing lists?
Quoted message said:WE DO NOT HAVE A CAMPERVAN AS YOU WILL SEE IF YOU AGAIN VISIT MY PAGES.
You sold it then John?
I wouldn't get too irate about campervan jibes - you are *never* going to live that one down.
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