[Closed] Forum members are brilliant.

Stoner is lovely, as are most of the folks ive met from here...junky..though......

Actually junkyard is very nice in the real world and at no point did I get an urge to spilt his frontal lobes with a shovel, which was awkward, as I had to try and explain why I had a spade in my backpack

Stoner is lovely

For a shortarse midlander, that is. 😉

No one here is real.

No one here is real.

Until you meet them, at which point they pop into reality, apparently.

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I'm an arsehole

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I've only met a couple .....Tazz and his crew being some ..very friendly midland bunch....and some southern folk locally ....not many asshats I must say

A fair few members here have been really good to me over the last few years. It's been a difficult time on occasion and you've given me more support than you know.

Thank you.

Rachel x

+1

Some of you are absolutely amazing...

Thanks to all who've extended a hand to me in the form of advice and help.

Awwwww

Actually junkyard is very nice in the real world and at no point did I get an urge to spilt his frontal lobes with a shovel, which was awkward, as I had to try and explain why I had a spade in my backpack

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I've got to say, possibly the most brilliant forum member thing I've ever seen is Tang appearing in the middle of a STW Cotswold Massiv ride with a car boot full of flasks of tea and coffee, cakes and biscuits.

I have met Stoner once; tiny fella. He was alright I suppose.

Met "bullheart" once - he seemed relieved that instead of tippy-toeing around the subject, my opener was "Hi Mark, how's the cancer, then?"

Group hug?

probably met more than most...........everyone to a man and woman has been sound.
even fred. 8)

binners - Member
Group hug?

Steady. We're not ALL rugby players... 😉

[i]Group hug?

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I'm not falling for that twice...

Virtually everyone I've met has indeed been great, with a few slight pillocks. No different to any cross section of society frankly!

binners - Member
Group reach around?

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I've had the pleasure of meeting many, many forum users through the Pootles - and I've made some good friends as a result. I also know hora.

As above, there have been some pillocks, but that's humans for you.

Dont know if stoner will remember but we both used to live in WestHampstead. Met some great people, also met some great random people out on the trails too. Thats the good thing - when a man or a woman has a hobby they gain alittle spark, alittle something extra about them that when shared with another leads to happiness all round.

I also[i] know[/i] Hora

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when a man or a woman has a [i]yearning for procreation[/i] [s]hobby[/s] they gain a little spark, a little something extra about them that when shared with another leads to [i]a damp patch and mutual exchange of bodily fluids[/i] which leads to [s]happiness[/s] [i]misery and massive expenditure for the next 18 yrs[/i] all round.

ftfy

CaptainFlashheart - Member
Stoner is lovely
For a shortarse midlander, that is.

South midlander if you please, don't lob us North midlanders in with that riff raff

Dont know if stoner will remember but we both used to live in WestHampstead.

Just wait until JHJ reads that!

Just for the record, I'm the plug. Binners is the double wall socket

Dont know if stoner will remember but we both used to live in WestHampstead

Oh how could I forget. I have the benefit of [i]knowing[/i] hora is not a devious forum-trollbot sent from the Planet Binbins since I have laid mine own eyes upon his munificence.

On the other hand I have no recollection of meeting IHateNettles. Was I....a gentleman, IHN?

South midlander if you please, don't lob us North midlanders in with that riff raff

Pffft, you're all northerners. 😉

Rocketdog - you and I passed in the campsite at Mayhem 2013, but as you don't seem to keen on my online persona I thought better than to say "hey, I'm that bloke on the internet you don't like". It was about 5am too, and I was rushing to give my team mate a bottle.

As you were.

Still being new to this forum I have yet to meet anyone from here.
But meet memebers from other forums and find that anyone who spends time on them as a passion for that kind of thing and something about them. You already have a common interest so it does make it easy.

But there are always the odd idiot.

I have become life long friends with a few members from a car forum ( the forum is now dead and none of us drive that model of car) but we still meet up and at my wedding last year we had a table full of them and one was even the maid of honour

njee20 - Member
South midlander if you please, don't lob us North midlanders in with that riff raff
Pffft, you're all northerners.
Rocketdog - you and I passed in the campsite at Mayhem 2013, but as you don't seem to keen on my online persona I thought better than to say "hey, I'm that bloke on the internet you don't like". It was about 5am too, and I was rushing to give my team mate a bottle.
As you were.

The dislike is news to me!
It's a pity you didn't say hi as we were sponsored by tunnocks & had over 2000 caramel bars to give away that year

The dislike is news to me!
It's a pity you didn't say hi as we were sponsored by tunnocks & had over 2000 caramel bars to give away that year

Dammit, missed opportunity 😉

Next time I shall be sure to say hello, not just on the potential promise of snacks!

Forum members are brilliant. Binners introduced me to cheesy chips....it's been a slippery slope since.
Secret trips to Greggs, Rola Cola and an uncontrollable urge to go on the Jeremy Kyle show. 😀

Had the utter displeasure of meeting plenty off here now, the amount of horsecockery I have had to listen too is truly unreal.

If you think killing kittens is bad, try having a minor mechanical within earshot of one of these sods.

[i]On the other hand I have no recollection of meeting IHateNettles. Was I....a gentleman, IHN?

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Well, you never rang...

I think you may have met my evil twin.
I deny everything.

Yes that's right, "evil twin". Sounds plausible...

Recently I was looking through the Downfall vids and came across this about STW rides. Dated 2009, 6yrs ago and still relevant:

****ing true the comment about me 'I'll be at the back all day having to listen to hora's nonsense'

😆 err and 😆

Stoner, it was only a brief introduction. You were talking to our mutual acquaintance Sheldonayatolla at Mayhem.

You did stare imploringly into my eyes, which I assumed was meant as 'take me', but I was too shy to reciprocate. Thinking about it, given that you were with Sheldon, it might have been 'save me...'

You did stare imploringly into my eyes...

Nah, he looks like that most of the time 😉

I must be an oddity - only people I have met who are on here I knew before STW. I have also briefly met a couple of The STW bods before STW existed - this was back in the 1990's.

I asked for Sheldon's autograph after spotting him at a London bike show, it seemed to freak him out a little 🙂

Fred stared at me once. I thought I was being stalked.

Ah. And how is the ol' wok-smuggla'?

I've met some great people off here.
I've been shown round some great locals trails by some great people off here.
I've shown some great people off here round stuff I know.
I've also avoided some not so great people off here.

yes they are 😀 http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/a-huge-thank-you-to-bearnecessities-

everyone I've met from here in real life has been fine, even the ones who act like knobs online, I always give them the benefit of the doubt, the loudest online always seem to be the quietest when you meet them for real though 🙂

Stoner is a gent. He did our club a right good turn.

Rocketdog once took an amazing photo of me flying in a fat suit at mayhem. That's the closest I've got to his presence, but for that fleeting glance I feel blessed 😀

I've bumped into a few forumites at other events, but its usually a cidery blurr so I apologise for not recalling details.

lol. As he is quite distinctive looking, seen rocket dog quite a bit out while out and about in the car. Even seen him in pub, tea room etc but he was either looked engrossed in conversation or I was struggling with the kids to say hello

Dave was quite a nice chap....

Scamper - Member
lol. As he is quite distinctive looking, seen rocket dog quite a bit out while out and about in the car. Even seen him in pub, tea room etc but he was either looked engrossed in conversation or I was struggling with the kids to say hello

Met a few folks from here on Pook's Pootles, everyone seemed quite normal with the exception of Hora (wet & misty btw Mark) met quite a few more since Rushupgate and made some good friends through the ensuing battle with DCC.
No asshats to report in those groups which makes me suspect that, because every group has one, it's probably me!!

Met a couple through the classifieds, & probably held up a few of you up at SSUK last year. Sincere apologies for that, won't happen again etc. Tazz looked too stressed to be bothered with autographs.

Taki- it was a hectic few days! Rest assured I'll give you a big kiss next time

I like people from here that I hosted the Single Track Southern Festival at my house which mutated into the Big Bike Bash. I only knew 3 of the 35 people who stayed that weekend but they were nice and at the BBB I have mEt loads of people and all good so far.

I met a few many years ago in what's gone down in history as the 'Convent Garden Massacre'. Beer Fuelled doesn't even get close 😉 Everyone knows Stoner, mainly as he hasn't got a proper job so has much free time for socialising!

Had some great rides being guided by people off here, and shown a few round as well. Don't remember meeting anyone with more than a few special needs 😉

Had a fantastic evening with hora, binners, nbt and Bregante a few years ago in Manchester. Even witnessed hora buying a round (and the hassle he caused when it came to it).

noteeth, BigDummy and Stoner and too many Southville Hops in No. 1 Harbourside, Brizzle.

Also, had the immense pleasure of destroying a good chunk of Stoner's port collection. 😀 (still not forgiven for that one...)

Had a ride with philconsequence, TSY (peace be upon his name) and iDave!

All top chaps.

My next target is to meet Jamie in the flesh.

I think I've met you DD. You came over to our house when it was basically in about a 1000 bits. I believe I engaged you in a riveting discussion on engineered oak floors 😉 It would have been 6 or 7 years ago. Blimey!

Last night I met DrP's wife in a dimly lit car park 😉

Ah yes Alex...blimey, that was ages ago. I wasn't a bit jealous of where you lived. Oh no, not me. Assume you're still in the same place?

Yeah still here. Floors down now 😉 Always welcome to come and have a ride in the Malverns or the FoD if you fancy it.

[quote=Alex dijo]I met a few many years ago in what's gone down in history as the 'Convent Garden Massacre'. Beer Fuelled doesn't even get close

RIP Pat Mustard.

Met loads of people. All have been ace.

Met and rode with loads of people from here... all been great folk.

Too many to mention here. All been nice and good mtbers. Even met Jamie on a Pook's Peak Pootle.

STWers always have a great sense of humour and make me laugh 🙂

Met a few of you whilst racing, and a lot of you at that shonky ssuk do last year.

Bunnyhop - Member

STWers always have a great sense of humour and make me laugh

If my sense of humour is lacking, should I just leave quietly...

i met WCA: he handed me his car keys 😯

I've also had the pleasure of meeting WCA when he was despatched to the north. We got absolutely mullered!!! On a school night too!! 😀

thomthumb - Member

i met WCA

pfft! hasn't everyone? 😉

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^^ I had to drive him home that weekend!!

DrP

Me too, *[b]and[/b]* we got mullered on a school night too.

He didn't give me his car keys. Mind you you'd be crackers to do so..

We got absolutely mullered!!!

How many pints of yoghurt did that take?

Rocketdog once took an amazing photo of me flying in a fat suit at mayhem.

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Mutual back slapping posts from Monday Night Pub Ride regulars are conspicuous by their absence...