So, can Fred/Elfin be allowed back now please?

It’s been ages since he was sent to Coventry and it feels horrible to think that someone is being excluded from the ‘gang’.

Is this place really missing anything without him?

Not really. It’s nice not having threads taken over by Elf all the time.

Which ‘gang’ is that then?

Oh and this thread will be pulled.

Thats the problem with these forums, “the gang”, its not a gang its a public forum for those with an interest in mountain biking.

ignoring whether the ban is justified or not, could someone who knows him let us know that he’s OK as it did sound like he wasn’t in a great place. ..

I have it on good authority he’s alive and well, and abusing Man U fayns on twitter.

He’s fine.

Surely if he’s that bothered about coming back he can/will in another guise?

How do you stop a person who wants to from signing up again when all you need is an email address which isn’t hard to come by 😕

I think he’ll be lurking somewhere biding his time 😯

IP spy stuff would spot him innit?

If you could unban him it would save me having to read all his regular email tirades
Why should I be on the receiving end of it, when you lot get off scot free!

Will somebody please think of the children!

Not really. It’s nice not having threads taken over by Elf all the time.

^^^^
THIS

Besides, he’s probably too busy figuring out some pseudo-urban way of spelling ‘narcissism’.

I’ve preferred the place without him to be honest.

cynic-al – Member
IP spy stuff would spot him innit?

Most folk have dynamic IP addresses

He didn’t take any of my threads over…

I don’t know why he affected that spelling thing, he is actually very clever. Um, he’s a really nice person too, kind, funny, thoughtful (ok, as well as sometimes being annoying).

I was always interested in people’s reaction to him, rather than upset by what he said.

Yes, I know it’s a forum open to everyone but some of us have met more than once for rides, including me, so I do feel a sense of group.

loverly around here at the moment. just the right amount of bickering and actual advice and debate.

I went out with him the other night – he does miss the forum, as I would. He’s generally ok though, it seems.

better you than me Binners 😉 I can sense some twitching in the deepest darkest depths of East London at this thread.

Folk thought the patios was him being serious, it was a wind-up – and clearly a very effective one, was not it, spacemonkey?

druidh – Member
Most folk have dynamic IP addresses

Mine must be pretty lazy, I always got found out when I created a new log in from a new email addy after a banning.

LOL @ binners, know how you feel! 😉

He’s a good bloke that tries a bit too hard to be the devils advocate at times, and his total “anti-establishment” attitude rubs many people up the wrong way. He’s as harmless as they come, a genuine nice bloke that would go out of his way to help others out, just that sometimes he forgets that sometimes if you do want to play in somebody else’s playground, with their toys, you have to abide by the rules or face the consequences! Much as many of us don’t agree with all sorts of things in life, we have a mutter of discontent then just get on with things in general and accept them. People like Elf in society are the ones that challenge the social status quo, the ones that will fight for things that they believe in and we need people like that otherwise we’d live in an autocracy.

BUT… He needs to remember this is a Mountain Bike forum, and it’s run and moderated by a group of guys with a Private Interest in it, and they not only pay for it but moderate it too. So basically, we have to abide by those rules or we aren’t allowed to play!

Get him back. It’s boring without Fred.

He’s probably ina good place because Liverpool are playing well.

He’s as harmless as they come

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!

I’d started to forget he existed. No big deal really as far as I am concerned.

It’s nice not having threads taken over by Elf all the time.

Agreed.

cynic-al – Member

Folk thought the patios was him being serious, it was a wind-up –

So have you been told where the bodies are buried?

I think folk would have taken him more seriously if he dropped the patois (struck me as a sign of immaturity). Undoubtedly an individual with some intelligence but bloody hell he did go on & on & on sometimes……

I imagine there’s a lot less of this going on in the world

Folk thought the patios was him being serious, it was a wind-up – and clearly a very effective one, was not it, spacemonkey?

I’m guessing you mean pathos? Either way, he liked the sound of his own voice too much IMO and became too absorbed in performing to an his audience. Having said that, I’ve no doubt he’s a sound bloke one-to-one and I’d happily saddle up with him on trails any time.

Sorry “patois”.

Which ‘gang’ is that then?

the big hitters.

Bit of a COCK, nae loss…

In the interest of balance

he is not the only thread-hijacker – no, almost all the threads get derailed, and by many different people

chiefgrooveguru – Member
“It’s nice not having threads taken over by Elf all the time.”
Agreed.

+12

it was a wind-up

No, it was f^&%ing annoying and just not necessary.

fred who?

the big hitters.

Ah….STW’s very own version of the Freemasons.

spacemonkey – Member
it was a wind-up
No, it was f^&%ing annoying and just not necessary.

LOL, see how well it worked? Get over it!

no, almost all the threads get derailed, and by many different people

Nail on head………….except others now get the chance. It’s called diversification or progression of discussion and IMO this place is considerably better for it.

I read a dreadful thread about casual sex the other day.

I mean, the OP actually said “no” to a willing female!

LOL, see how well it worked? Get over it!

Nothing to ‘get over’. Merely stating an opinion.