[Closed] loving this place. (stw).

Amen to that Ton, this place is awesome.

Costs me a bloody fortune this place, between the classifieds, PSA's, and must have new shiney bits.

But yeh what ton said.

Ton,you're right,there's no place like it.The forum seems to cover a broad range of subjects besides bikes & only a few forumites come across as irritating.
I even ended up with a bunch of you on a Scottish weekend last year..

sometimes it's a little serious for me.... but mostly it's my 'go-to' forum

I agree, it's very 'entertaining' at times, informative usually, hilarious, exasperating, & eye rollingly good. Sometimes I hate it but can' stay away for long.

#NotWhatItUsedToBe #BringBack______

It both annoys and entertains in equal measure.

And I come back less and less these days.

wasnt it cougar who said

you come for the bikes and stay for the BS

sums it up really

It's alright innit. I've migrated across from bikeradar for the car advice alone.

I can take or leave the bike chat 😆

The bizarre happenings thread t'other day was worth the entry fee...

I can take or leave the bike chat

There's bike chat?? 😯

Loving it but not enough to pay for a Premier membership - and they call the Scots tight.

Or maybe you just like the ads... Russian Bride on the way?

Loving it but not enough to pay for a Premier membership - and they call the Scots tight.

us yorkshire blokes learnt you jocks all you know about thriftiness.

Speaking of fixing things, you still into burglar alarms?

only a few forumites come across as irritating

It worries me that I don't find anyone particularly irritating...

aye, very helpful and pretty entertaining too !

It worries me that I don't find anyone particularly irritating...

If you don't find anyone irritating, it means you're the....

Conversely, I find everyone irritating... 😡

I'm having a pot noodle moment...try it once a year and remember I love it!

but mostly it's my 'go-to' forum

Spoken as if there are other forums to choose from...

Anyway, I, for one, find STW to keep up to speed with the news. It's amazing what happens when you tune out for a few years.

Speaking of fixing things, you still into burglar alarms?

i do indeed mate

Conversely, I find everyone irritating...

Imagine that, Debz thinking it's all of us that are the issue?.... 😆

If I didn't have this place to argue and wind people up on (and occasionally go out riding bikes with them), I'd no doubt either be behind bars, a chronic alcoholic, dead from being killed by some psycho in a pub brawl. Or maybe some combination of the above. 😀

Apparently there's a magazine too. Who knew?

If you don't find anyone irritating, it means you're the....

Exactly! It's like the old "1 in every 6 people are gay".

If you have 5 straight friends then it is probably you.

The advice I was given on here re varnishing my floor just as I was about to create a monumental **** up has made me eternally grateful I found this place.

I'm just here for the banter!
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shamed into buying a new premier subscription by a hairy jock........i feel terrible now. 😆

...especially noballsinthepants!

[quote=ton ]shamed into buying a new premier subscription by a hairy jock........i feel terrible now. I'm on commission....

I wouldn't be riding my Stanton if it wasn't for this place suggesting it 🙂
Although I now want a long travel 29er to 'compliment' it in my bike stable

I also wouldn't have procured some very nice prints from Binners (my sister loves that london skyline one you did for her mate)

EDIT: there's also some lovely people on here (and some bellends)

If it wasn't for this place, I'd never have met Binners or Hora.

Make of that what you will.

wasnt it cougar who said

you come for the bikes and stay for the BS

I think it was "bollocks" but yeah. (-:

there's no place like it.

I used to use a BBS called [url= http://www.mono.org/ ]Mono[/url] back when the Internet was in black and white. The STW chat forum is exactly how Mono was in its heyday; we had the same mix of incredibly diverse knowledge ("is there anything Mono can't answer?" - sound familiar?), running gags, heated debates, flounces, meets, friendships, relationships, marriages. Amazingly it's actually still going, populated by a core group of die-hards.

For me, for all its flaws the STW chat forum is the only place on the web which has managed to come close to that level of community and knowledge. And bollocks.

Its amazing how much, sometimes, I look forward to a few quiet [s]hours[/s] minutes to get stuck in to a good STW session.

I'm just here for the banter!

Your hair's looking good today Perchy,new shampoo?

You mean there are 'others' out there? I thought the STW forum was a random word super computer!!!

Scarily, I've been posting here (and GoFar) for almost half my life. I think it must be unique as I don't use Alta Vista and Geocities so much these days...

Your hair's looking good today Perchy,new shampoo?

's a wig innit!

Bought it off Gary Numan.

I thought the STW forum was a random word super computer

Nah, you're thinking of Renton.

I do enjoy it, but agree it is a bit too serious, which is fine occasionally, but I'm here for entertainment and banter!

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I thought the STW forum was a random word super computer
Nah, you're thinking of Renton.
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Surely you're referring to that Chewkw.

To be honest, I was thinking of Hora, but I'd already mentioned him so was spreading the [s]slating[/s]love

It's been the one constant in my life for, what is it now - 15 years?

Thank you one and all 8)

If it wasn't for this place I wouldn't have met Ton in the 1st place.
Or I may have done out on the trails at some point. Who knows!

Oh god i've been on here for over 4 years now

I blame this place for my increasing misanthropy and levels of sarcasm, however the two threads that sum what this place is to me are Sudocrem Cat and Spongebob Squarepants both left me in tears for very different reasons