Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: mersey dave on February 08, 2015, 10:36:27 am
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Hi all does anyone know if Neil is ok as he has not been on for a while......not like him do hope he is ok.
regards Dave.
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I think he's on a time out :police:
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I think he suffered from the Admin 'Big Red Pencil'.... :police:
Rich
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It's a shame if he has .......he will be missed. :((
Regards Dave
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I believe he is banned, however I'm not sure if this is permanent tho.
Maybe one of the mods could enlighten us :-))
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I believe he is banned, however I'm not sure if this is permanent tho.
Maybe one of the mods could enlighten us :-))
I hope not..........will be a great loss to the forum.
regards Dave.
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Neil's suspension has expired so hopefully he'll be back if and when he wishes. :-)
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Neil's suspension has expired so hopefully he'll be back if and when he wishes. :-)
NB:
Frustrations in life shouldn't be be vented on Mayhem.
Please don't:
Reopen locked or deleted topics,
Name, shame, Libel, slander anyone or anything or company on an open Forum!
Anything you feel 'must be said in public', PM me or one of the Modes First.
Martin - Admin.
Martin :-)
Thank you for the clarification :)
Hopefully he will be back soon....
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I feel sort of responsible for all this...I commented on one of Neil's posts (which had been locked) and it all kicked off again.
Martin...and everybody, especially Neil, if it was down to me, then I publicly apologise.
One day I'll learn to engage brain before hitting the keyboard.
Rich
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I have been in contact with Neil and he will return.
Bob
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He's in his workshop. Casting aspersions :-X :-X
Ned
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That's good news, Bob... pleased to hear that.
Rich
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He's in his workshop. Casting aspersions :-X :-X
Ned
I never knew that garden plants could be resin moulded {-)
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I never knew that garden plants could be resin moulded {-)
No white metal is more durable
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I have been in contact with Neil and he will return.
Bob
Good man Bob!
.... once a moderator.... ! :kiss:
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I spoke to Neil in the last couple of days and he will return when he FEELS like it so dont go blaming each otehr it will ONLY END IN TEARS O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0
Dave
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As Dave (Stavros) says Neil will be back when HE feels like it.No finger has been pointed at anyone who has tried to apologise on this thread,and will not be.He is a man who calls a spade a spade,and is not afraid of doing so,which has on occasions upset people.Anyone who wants to contact him can always send him a PM via this site.He is already missed even after 2 weeks,but dont hold your breath as they say!
Lets start a petition......
COME BACK NEIL,WE MISS YOU!
Mick F
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I awoke one night ....a few evenings back to hear the sounds of chains & keys gangling so thought :o..that's OK.....Neil is out of the brig
ok2...rumor has it that our OZ Primb Mynister has granted Neil a temporary Knighthood to match the one he gave Phil
So when he doth return to here......all of us mere mortals must refer to him as Sir Neil {-) .......Derek
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Looking forward to Neil's rehabilitation..................really miss his updates on the ferry build of his O0
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Rumour has it and I emphasise rumour, that he is starting afresh and cleaning up his "shed" so he may live up to his night hood O0 O0 %) %) %) %)
Us mere mortals tremble at the thought :o :o :o
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WoW, if he cleans up his shed he wont be able find anything, & we don't know what might be lurking in a dark corner. Be careful Neil we might never hear from you again, Mick B.
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I think he had a problem hiring a big enough skip in which to tip the er excess from his shed.Rumour has it when they found a landfill site big enough,and tipped it,Neil was seen the next day searching through it for his missing Chuck key!
Mick F
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He needs to watch out for the seagulls then....
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Sir Neil has found his missing chuck key and is just waiting patiently & viewing in the background O0 for the opportunity that is to wind someone up with it {-) ..... Derek
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Well folks,
I am back after serving my penal sentence of 30 days in Jankers, and am actually amazed at the amount of building work I have done on the model and housework I have too, lol.
Never knew how time consuming writing a build log was, and can now understand why some eminent members only ever post to contradict others,and don't get down to building anything themselves. Lol
With this in mind, this post will be the last on this thread that I will make as it would take me too long to write the catch ups from where I left off, to where I am now. However should anyone wish to read what has been done to the model in the last 30 days, then they can go to here.....
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1974468&page=16#post30550244
And here.....
http://www.thercmodelboatforum.com/t701p100-jupiter-a-caledonian-macbrayne-ferry#8937
And if they have anything they wish to ask me, they can either email or PM me on here or ask on the other two forums.
I am now going to slide into a life of obscurity.
However, I would just like to tell you all a little story and happening in my life, that happened a few years ago and which until now only very few of my closest friends have known.
I had written a good number of articles, both as reviews and freelance of scratch build models for model boating magazines, when an editor of one of them, rang me up one day and asked if it was true that I was out of work and looking for something different.It was also after I had helped Frank Hinchliffe develop and design his first 3 model kits for Mountfleet Models.
The answer of yes, prompted him to tell me that as yet not known in public circles he was going to retire within a period of time, and wondered, because of my style of writing, and my educated background and considerable knowledge of model boating, yachting ( because of where I lived in Fleetwood) and other such matters, whether I would like to be the next editor. of the magazine. I sadly had to decline as I told him that Hemmell Heampstead where the magazine was based at the time, was far too far from Fleetwood and I couldn't even consider re locating. Also I had never had anything in the way of editorial skills nor computer skills to do such a job.
He told me that he would be my mentor until and after his retirement, and it was a changing world in which I would probably be able to live at home and commute just once a week or fortnight to the "office".
Sadly at the time and my family circumstances I didn't feel brave enough to take the plunge into uncertainty and declined his offer.
I now think back and in hind site wonder where both I and others would be today, had I not taken that fresh leap into the unknown. I wonder for others what it feels like to know that they were second choice.
So the purpose of this little but true tale is.......If you get the chance to do something new, out of your comfort zone and completely alien to you,......TAKE IT...........you don't know how it will turn out and how you can influence your own and other's lives that you come into contact with along life's highway.
And finally I would just like you to ponder over a collection of 3 quotes that I have had in my mind for years after a debacle I had with some church goers once, many years ago.............
“Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence.”
― Christine de Pizan
And this one from Noel Coward......
“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
― Noël Coward
"A man cannot make comment to influence others if he has not firstly made sure his own life is in order and beyond scrutiny."
- Anon
All three of these quotes remind me of a word called Hypocrisy!
Happy modelling folks............I will be around occasionally.
And thanks for the support I have received from my friends on here.........you ALL know who you are.
Cheers.,
Neil.
TOPIC THREAD NOW CLOSED as far as I am concerned!
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You are a wise man Neil... :-))
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As far as I am concerned there are 2 members on here who should be quaking in their boots from now on as they both are seriously living on borrowed time,1 in particular who has posted things on here which any other member would have had a life ban for doing so.........i for one have been banned for LESS MMM from memory 1 of the members who caused Neil's ban was the person who had me banned DOUBLE STANDARD'S INDEED and before anyone says it I AM NOT ON A WICH HUNT FAR FROM IT
All we want on here is a LEVEL playing field which clearly does not happen....
Dave
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Gawd, the troops are revolting
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And Stop.
Hit the showers everyone.