Perhaps it's just you Neil...
Colin
nope...
..not at all, Colin...
..I can get on with anyone who treats me with respect, and I will treat them with the same respect also
.what I do not like is the person who treats me with no respect or like an idiot, and then, like Stavros and a few others on here, I don't mince my words and give both barrels for that is all they deserve and understand.
only yesterday I had someone message me out of the blue on Facebook asking me if I would repair a model lifeboat for them because they knew nothing about model making......so, (obviously not from this site as we all have some general knowledge of the hobby) they were relying upon my great expertise built up over 58 years to solve their problem for them...
I told them that a simple repair was not always simple and sometimes, because of the way it was constructed and painted in the past by someone else, might end up as more than just a simple repair, and I sadly didn't "do repairs", but if they wanted to go ahead I could pass them on to someone who might do it...
so could they send me photos of the model and the damage...
...you wanna know what they said.....
quote...."thank you, we will
try to send you some photos in the
next few weeks"...
.now that is why I get grumpy and behave like an old bar steward to people that don't show respect.....so, I'm not grumpy unless someone makes me grumpy, and then I speak my mind...
..and if they don't like me being grumpy and can't take the truth......then treat me with respect in the first place...
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you, as a judge at the MEX would see one side of the coin with exhibitors, them knowing that they and their model needs to make a good impression whereas talking to some of the general public asking them what they might conceive as yet another inane question, is the other side.........and ignorance towards public viewers does exist amongst exhibitors, and even you cannot deny that.