OK, own up time. Who's pulled a post ?

[Gumby]

Since it's humble pie night around here this evening, I'm wondering how many others have posted something they regretted, either straight away or maybe later. Have you deleted said post or left it there and faced the music ?

[Cliff Rogers]

There were 3 old posts down near my new shed that I didn't want so I used my old Landrover to delete them... the bull bar has a few bends in it & something under the Landrover sounds like my left knee now but, the posts are gone. :wink:

Does that count? :D

Apart from that, if somebody(s) else hadn't deleted so many of my posts, I'd be past 10000 now too. :p

[bitingmidge]

I may have said one or two mean things in my illustrious time round here, but don't mean any harm, so never regret saying them.

OK maybe Seppo Joe and I did get off on the wrong foot, but hey he didn't like my friend Sturdee either! :p

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

[Cliff Rogers]

Ooiu! Where's the 'rat's ring' option? :?

[pawnhead]

I've made a goose of myself on the net more than once. Sometimes if you don't say what's on your mind, and cop the flack, and listen to opinions, then you'll never learn anything and you might never say anything. I was incredibly shy and lonely as a kid, and I'd rather open my mouth and see the opinions on the garbage that comes out of it sometimes.

Make amends, get over it and move on, with a bit more wisdom under your belt.

[Gumby]

Ooiu! Where's the 'rat's ring' option? :?

Oh sorry cliff. i can't change it now either. maybe a real mod can, but not me, i'm just an apprentice mod :D

So, for Cliff's benefit, if you think he's a rat's ring, just say so at the bottom of your reply and we'll add them up :D

[jmk89]

Publish and be damned!




















And Cliff's a rat's ring







(is that some kind of spanner?)

[Cliff Rogers]

...And Cliff's a rat's ring

(is that some kind of spanner?)
More like some kind of spammer. :p

[Grunt]

I wanted a multiple choice poll so I could answer yes to all for options.

[Cliff Rogers]

Thank you Mr. Tooth Fairy for the extra button. :2tsup:

While you are at it, do you think you can add it to all the other polls as well? :D

[ozwinner]

S'oright....

Mr Tooth..:D

[Tex B]

I'm certain nothing I have ever posted has ever offended anybody












who didn't deserve to be offended. :U


Tex

[ss_11000]

wen i was a noob to the forum, i sed something that offended ppl....

since then i've tried to be nice:2tsup:

[Iain]

Mustapha:rolleyes:

[Cliff Rogers]

Mustapha:rolleyes:
He said "own up" not dob in. :cool:

[RufflyRustic]

Well, I reeeaaaalllly wanted to vote as the angel, but I thought I might get lonely, besides, it wouldn't be true, I'm definitely no angel :D

So I looked at the poll results and decided I'd be in good company anyway :D

[outback]

I may have upset people, usually I don't mean it, sometimes I do, but I am definetly in the rats ring camp.

[Cliff Rogers]

....I am definetly in the rats ring camp.

Bloody hell Outback, :rolleyes: the Tooth Fairy has made that ambiguous...
It is supposed to be 'Rat's ring' as in, I don't give a Rat's ring not the 'ring' where all the 'rats' go. :cool:

Can I take my vote back?
I don't want to be in here if Outback is. :p :p :p :p

[Grunt]

So we have a ring of camp rats?

[Cliff Rogers]

So we have a ring of camp rats?

Damn... where is that Tooth Fairy. :?

[Flowboy]

Methinks my reputation precedes me.
I have withdrawn posts, but only after I opened my mouth to change feet and then put both feet in at once. Only, and only then have I snivellingly taken back a post.:)

[chrisb691]

If I have offended anyone...they probably deserved it. :D

[echnidna]

Who gives a rats ring :D

[Cliff Rogers]

Who gives a rats ring :D
About???? :? :D

[watson]

Are these circus trained rats?????

How do you get them into a ring????

Jeez....there's so much to learn on this forum.

Does ringing work with antychinuseses????

Google just tells me to rack off when I search "Rat's Ring"

Bugger
Noel

[echnidna]

About???? :? :D

Option 5 in the poll - what else? :wink:

[NewLou]

Heaps a times

I've stouched with members said stuff I've regretted made braindead comments without thinking n had to act like a politition backed into a corner makin admissions of guilt at the 11th hour to smooth things over.

Its always been fun for me n always taken with big grains of salt never with an intention of kicking up an ungodly stir luckily I have a thick hide n don't tend to take things on personally or care to much for what people say n think If I have something to say I say it.................. once its over its over.

What I do often find and observe though is some members seems to get away with it easily almost congratulated for it....................

while most get slammed by what I fondly refer to as the swarm the professional forum selfproclaimed heavyweights that just have to have their say n love trying to kick dogs while their down n gag positive contabutions outside the status quo

....................And then theres ..............oooooorrr yeah ................and

:p :doh:

Anywayz when its all said n done it all hopefully about practicing
consistancy

1. treating each other with respect
2. Having forum moderators that are role models that maintain a high standard and clean up as required

Humans make mistakes thats what we do well............ having the grace to own them makes some humans special................having the wisdom to know when enough is enough or when where not suited to a particular task job or role?................ well thats what makes some humans great!!!!

REgards Lou:;

[savage]

I voted "Rat's Ring", I have never regreted anything I have posted, Over the years I have regreted something's that I have said and once said you can say sorry but never take it back. Having said that I try to think before I post!...:2tsup:



Damd!..I regret saying that!...:doh: Ha!Ha!..:;

[Cliff Rogers]

...Google just tells me to rack off when I search "Rat's Ring"...
Huh? Go here, about half way down the page under ring.
http://charlierussell.tripod.com/dictionary.htm

:google3:

[Cliff Rogers]

Option 5 in the poll ...
It is now in the lead. :2tsup:

I like they way several people voted option 3 without reading option 4. :D :D :D

[watson]

G'day Cliff.
Instead of using a smiley, I can say that I'm smirking loudly!

Noel

[Wongo]

There is one post I did regret a little.

When I first joined the forum a few years ago. I had a little conversation with SilentC. It was about Triton (of course) and I got a little bit personal with him. The funny thing is we became pretty good mates because of that.:-

And 3 years on, he is still wronger than I am and Triton is still useless.:D

BTW you guys are all bastards.:D

Oops I have been misquoted and misinterpreted again.:o

[SPIRIT]

had to pick the 4th one mainly because im a wanker

[Sturdee]

I have never withdrawn a post I have made as I mean what I say when I say it. Even my remarks to Seppo Joe or Aeg20boat were intentional.

However later in hindsight, and after being called to task by others, I have regretted some of my outbursts and have publicly apologized in those circumstances.

Ofcourse some moderator has deleted some of my remarks.:D


Peter.

[craigb]

There's been a few times I've regretted, in the cold light of day, things I've posted.

Sometimes I've even deleted threads I've started.

I'd just like to state that it's never been my fault, it's allways been down to the red cordial. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :cool:

[SPIRIT]

are you a tosser if you have to edit
l have that dislexy thingy l dont see spelling mistakes to much later

[Honorary Bloke]

are you a tosser if you have to edit

No, a wanker. You were right in one. :D :D :wink:

[felixe]

:2tsup: Rats Ring!!:2tsup:

[RETIRED]

Never pulled one of mine.

On the other hand have done a lot of others over the last 7 years but I guess that doesn't count.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :wink: :D

[Gumby]

Never pulled one of mine.

maybe you should try it sometime. :wink:

[Honorary Bloke]

IOK maybe Seppo Joe and I did get off on the wrong foot

Midge,

How old were you before you learned Seppobas*ard were actually two words? :D :D :p

(Oops . .. may have to pull this one. :D:D)

[Bleedin Thumb]

EDIT I've decided to delete what I just typed so as not to offend myself.

[Cliff Rogers]

That is worse than talking to yourself. :p

[silentC]

I may have regretted the tone of some of mine but never the message. I've never deleted one.

Sometimes I'm just having a bit of fun with someone, you know, yanking their chain to get a rise. But sometimes I'm dead serious, like when people spout absolute crappola and wont back down in the face of hard evidence. My mission is to get them to admit they might be mistaken. But I try to restrict myself to challenging their words. In a couple of cases, there are so many things I could have said but held back because I really do try to keep personalities out of it.

And just so there's no confusion, I expect anybody who sees me spouting similar crap to do the same. Sometimes you learn a lot more from what you don't know. It's hard to swallow the lump and say "yeah, I was wrong about that". You try to work out a way to slant your words so that it seems like you were right all along. Trouble is it's all there in black and white.

Nothing like a good argument anyway, people who don't like it should put something in their signature like "please don't argue with me, I'm a sensitive soul".

And yes, Lou, I know exactly who you were thinking about :wink:

[Honorary Bloke]

My mission is to get them to admit they might be mistaken. But I try to restrict myself to challenging their words. In a couple of cases, there are so many things I could have said but held back because I really do try to keep personalities out of it.

That's the key, isn't it? Sometimes it's tempting to attack people who are full of bullshyte, but it only provokes them and seldom changes their viewpoint. (Although I'll admit they can really get your back up.)

Of course, drivel is drivel, and that's alright. But when it's facts someone needs to know and they are giving misleading information, it is irritating and sometimes unsafe.

[Cliff Rogers]

... It's hard to swallow the lump and say "yeah, I was wrong about that". ...

Like your opinion of Queenslanders. :D

[silentC]

it only provokes them and seldom changes their viewpoint
That's right. I have been guilty of spouting things that I have later had to accept were incorrect or just plain crap. I've believed things with a firm conviction that have turned out to be wrong. But what I fear more than being wrong is being one of those people who continues to insist even when the evidence is overwhelming. It becomes personal and they wont admit they were wrong, because that would mean admitting the person they've had the stoush with was right and that can be a hard thing to do. There's a fine line between pride and looking like a fool. Don't I know it :o

:D

[silentC]

Like your opinion of Queenslanders. :D
Oh no, I think they are a fine example of early Australian architecture. It's the people who live in them that I'm not sure about :p

[Cliff Rogers]

...There's a fine line between pride and looking like a fool. Don't I know it ...
I know lots of proud fools & a few who are just proud to be a fool. :p

[echnidna]

I know lots of proud fools & a few who are just proud to be a fool. :p

I try to act respectfully towards others including the ignoramuses.
So I rarely need to edit my comments.

from a fool who doesn't give a rats ring about being a fool :doh:

[Wongo]

Apart from calling you guys a bastard frequently, I am still the good guy here.:D

[Termite]

Apart from calling you guys a bastard frequently, I am still the good guy here.:D
Yeh, well if you really really want to prove you are a good guy you'd part with your secret cat recipe.:2tsup:

[pawnhead]

Apart from calling you guys a bastard frequently, I am still the good guy here.:DCalling someone a bastard is a term of endearment in Australia. However if you called someone a bit of a bastard, then that's an insult.

[silentC]

if you called someone a bit of a bastard, then that's an insult.
Depends on which bit of a bastard you're referring to...

[RETIRED]

I win. :D Be nice to each other. Keep it close to the topic.

[Cliff Rogers]

... Keep it close to the topic.

What was the topic?

Oooo I remember, pulled threads.... that is not what ended up being pulled. :rolleyes: :p

[tameriska]

Not sure what we are voting about, but I HAD to choose 'rat's ring' :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[NewLou]

YEr I've chosen rats ring too!

Was a very interesting experiment ................... the proof in the pudding being the posts that got pulled!

:p

[Gra]

"pulled a post" that isn't a euphemism is it??

[outback]

I win. :D Be nice to each other. Keep it close to the topic.

:q :q :q :q :q :q :q :q :q :q
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
When yer perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
Cos I git better lookin' each day
:q :q :q :q :q :q :q :q :q :q

[Rocker]

I pulled a post because I got confused about who was posting, and addressed a stupid comment to the wrong person. Sorry Teejay.

Rocker

[Toolin Around]

I know lots of proud fools & a few who are just proud to be a fool. :p


I unfortunately have to sit next to an idiot just like that nine hours a day.

[astrid]

pull it please
astrid

[Iain]

pull it please
astrid

not while anyones watching, far too freudian:wink: