MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
It is with some sadness that I've decided to pull the plug on my account.
I've been associated with STW since 2005 /6 I guess, barring the great crash of 2008.
All in all its been a great experience with one or two exceptions. It particularly erks that a lot of people have left over the years but I guess that a lot of forums develop and, in the eyes of some, mature to the point approaching a police state. Sad really, it was the sites anarchic nature and devil-may-care attitude that drew a lot of us to STW and indeed the forum.
To all the great people I've met on here I say thanks and goodbye
Stay safe out there.
Thanks
TS
It particularly erks that
I think that you'll find that it is actually 'irks' and not 'erks'.
Bye
Toodlepip
Don't go yet I've only just got hear.
god what an attention whore
You don't say why you're leaving, but .. Bye Tankslapper
Bye TS. Always liked your humour.
Why not post up some really crazy shit and get a life ban? When I go that's what I'm doing. 🙂
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HERE 🙂
Don't go yet I've only just got hear.
it was the sites anarchic nature and devil-may-care attitude that drew a lot of us to STW and indeed the forum
wasn't it an interest in MTB'ing?
Ah, we haven't had a flounce for a while. 🙂
Pretty tame flounce.
Needs much more angst and general navel gazing, as though STW were somehow important.
3/10.
... Or is it just ennui?
Life is like a sewer, isn't it?
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What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
You have to be able to imagine "flounce" in a northern irish accent. I can't even begin to type it phonetically. 🙂
floynce ?
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Ba xx.
Why not start your own fora that are slightly anarchic with a devil may care attitude? Gandhi said be the change you wish to see!!
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
floynce ?
That's nearly it 🙂
As it's Pink Floyd Night:
[b][i]Goodbye, cruel world
I'm leaving you today
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, all you people
There's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind
Goodbye [/i][/b]
I guess that a lot of forums develop and, in the eyes of some, mature to the point approaching a police state. Sad really
Been here for the same time, longer in fact, and I can't say I've exactly noticed the rise of a "police state" much.
Oh well. Cheerio tankslapper
now that would be a pity, TS, you've always been a positive poster. Unlike some.
that is pretty sad that............. 🙁
i hoped another of the irish forumites was gonna call it a day........ 🙄
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Don't go out with a whimper, go with a bang! There must be some people on here that you'd like to tell what you think of them before you ask the mods to bozo your account.
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Simon ralli.... It was 'seek' not 'see'....but other than that, +1 for your sentiments.
Oh, and TS... I hope you stick around. There's a few Internet heroes that taint this site. **** 'em. If their lives revolve round being here 24/7 then good luck to them. Recent posts have made me realise they are sad ****s with **** all else going on I their lives. I like your style, and have enjoyed your presence round these parts, hope to see you stay.
( whilst being aware that my second post completely contradicts my first. I'm an enigma)
Threads like these are always funny.
Simon ralli.... It was 'seek' not 'see'.....
Actually I think you will find he Gandhi was a Hindu.
Lay eggs ( just to speed things up)
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AWESOME SURF MATT spoofed your account?
it is true, some of the best banter has been "meh, meh, sexist, racist, bully bully, we're running a massive public forum"ed out of the place
seems it's become so big that enough people take it sufficiently seriously ( 😯 ) to run to teacher or bring on the mighty flames of sanctimony
Then there's the big hitters... 🙄
but (sadly for you all) I'm not leaving (AFAIK)
I have seeked the quote on google but all I can see is many quotes with the word "see". Do you have the original quote sc-xc.
Not quibbling, but I can't find that version of it from a reputable source (apart from your good self of course!)
Has he gone yet?
Has he gone yet?
who?
@ shamanic simon, think about it...become the changes you seek. Not become the change you (already can) see. If you gooogle become...seek, you will get as many results. I can't link you to anything specific, just that I worked with a coach (that I know you would have loved) who first taught me about ghandi, and become ethe changes you seek (in the world)' was his big thing. Without wanting labour the point (phone is rubbish for typing on)...if you could see the change, where's the challenge? You should be seeking it.
Either way, I'm not gonna argue with you, you're one of the few genuinely ace people round these parts.
In a similar vein:
"It's not your fault the world is the way it is, it would only be your fault if it stayed that way."
Sc-xc
I think you are not reading the quote properly? (He says with gentle words!)
"be the change you seek" for me means the same thing as "be the change you wish to see", i.e. the change that you want to see in the future, not which you are seeing right now, otherwise the quote would be "be the change you are seeing" 😀
The reason I was after your version of the quote is that I am using it in a workshop on transition and change 🙂
I am using it in a workshop
Does this "workshop" contain spanners, hammers or any other tools*
If not, then stop calling it a workshop.
* Of course, it could be argued that anyone who uses the word "workshop" to describe a room full of people talking is a "tool" and therefore my point is irrelevant.
I'll ask my guy (Richard at yesindeed.com)
Either way is cool, like your style!
It IS a workshop! 🙂
Integral Thinking - From Biology to Buisiness
Come on cfh, don't fall into the trap of being a prick just becAuse it's easy. Not everyone is as jaded as you would like to believe you are. And I say that with respect.
No, Simon. It is a "seminar" or some such thing.
This man never attended a seminar in his life, but he did spend much time in workshops.
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A seminar is a presentation on a topic covering some facet of knowledge or skill. Seminars tend to be a blend of lecture and discussion. The program can be public or private and the presentation is often organized into modules. The speaker's goal is to impart knowledge of the topic, and he or she typically uses a combination of lecture, visual aids, interaction with participants, and exercises to get the job done. Due to the emphasis on theory and the imparting of information, a seminar is typically no more than half a day (three hours).A workshop is similar to a seminar but with a greater degree of attendee participation, interaction, and hands-on exercises, is usually a full day (six hours) where participants learn and practice the knowledge and skills that is the workshop's focus.
In day two there are interactive sessions giving participants the opportunity to develop strategies and find solutions based on the teaching and group discussions in day 1! So more a workshop than seminar! I had a meeting about it today where we were looking at how to develop the activities and build them in to the various teaching sessions.
Bye.
I don't really blame you.
unmoderated forums are always the best ones........
i hoped another of the irish forumites was gonna call it a day........
As ever, I think the done thing is to start a belly (and a big one at that) rubbing thread on the bike forum about it. Go on, you know you need it.
You will be sadly missed.
I am having a beer a waiting for the cricket highlights on 5.
Has he gone?
Who was he anyway?
Godd to see the Dibmeister mentioned in this thread! 😀
To be honest the OP wasn't anywhere near as good a goodbye as this!!
@ simonralli2 - I'm crying LOFL
I was laughing a bit at his speech, but to be honest I finished the video wondering what on earth happened at the end!
mental
I quite liked his speech, right up until, "GNR, FGNNR, RRRRR, NERRR, NRRRRRRR!!!"
Very odd.
simonralli2 😯 🙂 😀 😆
simonralli2 - MemberI [s]have seeked[/s] [i]sought[/i] the quote on google
FIFY 🙂
Well, that's a pity. Hardly a surprise, but definitely a pity.
And now for a joke hopefully more PC than the one that started it all....
What do you call an illiterate mini-Hitler?
An STW moderator...
Zokes
No need to correct - that was a little joke of mine, a play on words if you will 🙂
I don't get 'leaving' a forum, it's not like it's any cost or effort to keep your username. Just don't post anymore..
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****!
OP you are a great guy.
Stick around and stick it to those who make you want to leave....in fact....make [i]them[/i] want to leave 😡
Has he gone?
Who was he anyway?
Obviously not one of the elite eh elfin? 😯
He'll still be here,just under a different username....
What's this 'I'm leaving' attention seeking all about? If you need to 'leave' why not just not post anymore instead of the 'look at me, look at me' post. Your a grown man and you've posted on the Internet about leaving a forum, get a grip. ' it is with some sadness', really, is that a joke or does a forum really mean that much to you?
Like I said before some people take the Internet way too seriously.
Gary_M - MemberWhat's this 'I'm leaving' attention seeking all about? If you need to 'leave' why not just not post anymore instead of the 'look at me, look at me' post. Your a grown man and you've posted on the Internet about leaving a forum, get a grip. ' it is with some sadness', really, is that a joke or does a forum really mean that much to you?
Like I said before [b]some people take the Internet way too seriously[/b].
Apparently.
Please don't go, we'll eat you up, we love you so, and Max said NO! 😀
btw what a typical response from the naked night prowler Elfin, geez he's like the one annoying kid at a party ruining it for everyone else
Happy slapping, tank
RIP tankslapper I'm sorry that life was so hard and difficult for you on this internet forum that you had to make the arduous decision to publicly cancel your account, the stress of the decision must have been immense... however take the positive away with you that you may well have helped millions who have to make the tough decision to walk away from internet forums daily, they now know that they can do it too, and that people really will care when they announce it publicly on the forum.
Personally I'd be sueing the owners of this god damn awful forum who ultimately fault it is for luring you here in the first place.
God be with you... or some thing..
btw what a typical response from the naked night prowler Elfin, geez he's like the one annoying kid at a party ruining it for everyone else
Sadly, this party has an increasing number of annoying kids. Either that, or all the good guys, OP included, have slowly left...
Best ask the big ($)hitters I suppose 🙄
Yeah but not all of them run around naked scaring innocent folk as they sleep
TTFN Tankslapper. Sorry to see [b]yet another[/b] longstanding forumite having had enough.
Shame it's not even possible to say goodbye without the predictable snide comments and accusations from the real attention whores.
Shame it's not even possible to say goodbye without the predictable snide comments and accusations from the real attention whores.
This^^^^^
the naked night prowler Elfin
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Where TF did that come from??
That's good, that is. I'll have to remember to use that one in future. 😀
What was this thread about again?
You, it was all about you. Good innit?
I left a forum once.
Should I go back and tell them I've left, I didn't think to mention it at the time ?