Disconnected Ramblings

! really object to the suggestion that the thread should be closed - regardless of who started it.
Why? You don't object to me being slagged off but you want my work to stay? Do your own work and put your own thread up that's easy. Extract your own contributions and there you are. Don't be a user.
 
Let the thread go as a zombie thread. It will fall through the listing but those who want the material can still access. That's fair to me and others.
I'm out of here, standing around this forum makes me feel like Julius Caesar in his forum.
et tu Brute
 
Sadly, not the first time you have snapped at me - but I remember having defended you on more than a few occasions ; Catshamlet once got in touch to discuss the effect aussiefrogs has ...
As the child of a PhD Aus Hist , i thought correction ( Cortanze's wagon , etc. ? ) if only for posterity , must be welcomed.
Like most , i want you back again , but for good - if you can just rise above any swine that don't seem to appreciate pearls ...
 
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I am just a silly old bugger ,however Russells' researched contributions to this forum are an invaluable resource to this forum.
Thank you and i hope you stay and ignore those who just cant help themselves by sniping.

It reflects on them not you Russell.

What ever happened to the old Aussie respect, politeness, consideration and cooperation ?

The world seems to be seems to be on a crash course to oblivion IMHO .
 
It's well known behaviour on the internet called cyberbullying. Quite an art. Some sites and companies have policies against it. Silly old buggers don't put up with it but it poisons the air. People of our vintage did real things in real life but there is an online world where you can be something else again without leaving your bedroom. A member has kindly offered to help me set up my own site so that may be possible. But lamb marking and shearing are coming up and it's still too dry so busy times.
 
Here we go again!



This must be, maybe, the fourth time I have observed Russell taking umbrage and going off in a huff – all the while having folk tell him how sad that he is going, how much they value what he posts, etc. And then, after a while – like a moth to a flame – Russell is back again, but still as thin-skinned as ever, and the whole cycle repeats.


If he would listen (but I doubt he will, as he has decided that I am troll) I’d say three things to Russell:

  • This is an internet forum. One does not “own” a thread, thus one has to accept (ideally with grace and humour) comments from others, and even corrections regarding what one posts.
  • Russell you are a researcher, and you are proud of your research efforts. However, there are some key conventions in the process of research. and sharing one’s research. As has been correctly observed by Steven at post # 983, one of those is being open to corrections, another is citing one’s sources. You do not seem comfortable with either of these Russell.
  • You have suggested Russell, that you might set up you own internet site. Good idea! You can then own that, and set your own rules. Those who value your work can then follow that work there. I encourage you to do that.

Ian
 
Russell's contributions are gold and they are greatly missed.

Maybe his, this, thread should have been set up so that others could not post, like the cars for sale section.
 
Thank you Peter.
A confession of my sins. What I did was create an information source on early Peugeots unequalled on the Internet. Not only on Peugeot in Australia. Something people could view every day and find some pleasure and well researched information. Others thought so too with 60,000 views. I think people liked it. In life there are people who do things and make things better but there seem to be a greater number who sit on the edges criticising and carping over every fault they find. Every motoring writer makes mistakes and you'll find inaccuracies everywhere. Try it on with Tuckey or Kable and you'd be told properly. Creativity would be crushed if the carpers were listened to.
I stand by my research and writing on Peugeot in Australia. Called definitive by critics more important than here. One might have thought my posting on a Peugeot discussion group would be valued. An Australian author who is an expert on another make keeps good distance from the car clubs and never posts anywhere. I know why now. I don't mind saying enthusiasts were viewed askance at Heidelberg and kept at arms length.
Well here we are, I made it clear the terms I posted under, I put the time and research in and pedants were not welcome, but the whole thing had to be wrecked over a blasted ERRANT APOSTROPHE. This of course is the excuse for other losers who love a good pile on to chip in. (That means you Ian). I know how Julius Caesar felt now.
I'm sick of it, I'm sorry I ever posted here, it was my fault to try to do something creative that gave people pleasure. It's over, what I tried to create has been destroyed, let the thread die, creative work cannot coexist with the dead over watch of pedants, it was my misunderstanding of where I was. I really want to get away from it.
Good luck to all.
 
... Others thought so too with 60,000 views. ...
Indeed I'm one of those "others", but it's good to keep that figure in perspective. This thread has had nearly 1,000 comments to it, so there might only be 60 individuals avidly reading everything posted. I'm sure there are more than that, but would it be more than 300?

A couple of weeks ago Russell's own comment says that there had been 54,000 views. So 10% of the now 60,000 have mostly been watching Russell's meltdown. FWIW, I much preferred the posts about cars.

Have fun,

Rob.
 
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For completeness, re. EYU 9 , from Coachbuild forum ;

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by Michiel Mobiel » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:58 pm
Pourtout Peugeot 302 Darl'Mat Roadster. One of three Right Hand Drive examples.
Found in the UK through COACHBUILD.com.
I brokered the car to a restorer who is currently rebuilding it. ...'

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and thanks to Jon Marsh in the other place , for those who don’t do facebook but will come at YouTube ;
 

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