FloridaPhil wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:06 pm
It's got a lovely Porsche Design kind of vibe to it. I like it but not enough to buy one. Non-standard strap?
Agree with all of that, it is a decent looking watch.
Quite a tragic story of Kubica, I doubt he'll ever be back properly racing in F1 although he may well get a few cameo drives. Hopefully I am wrong.
I can see both sides of the joke in question, funny yet maybe not in the best taste. Sorry to see that Tyke has left the building, I don't think that was necessary and I hope he returns at some point.
Patrick
C60 Pro 300, C60 Sunrise, C63 Sealander Lucerne blue LE, C65 Dartmouth, W11 Amelia (wife), C63 Sealander (son)
I was brought up with black humour and the almost immediate comments doing the rounds following Louis Mountbatten's tragic murder being one case that comes immediately to mind. That was without social media.
Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 5:10 pmI was not the only forum user to feel aggrieved.
Apart from Bob and Guy nobody nobody has voiced disapproval on Forum so that can only have been done so privately by PM with those apparently not wishing to state it on Forum.
There is no way that Tyke set out to upset fellow members and he specifically said this:
Tyke wrote:Not gallows humour fans then? Please feel free to delete it if it offends.
I am not even going to quote the next bit but nobody chose to publicly chastise him on Forum.
All that has happened is that we have lost yet another free speaking, intelligent member and I don't think that we can afford to keep doing that.
scooter wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:41 pm
I was brought up with black humour and the almost immediate comments doing the rounds following Louis Mountbatten's tragic murder being one case that comes immediately to mind. That was without social media.
Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 5:10 pmI was not the only forum user to feel aggrieved.
Apart from Bob and Guy nobody nobody has voiced disapproval on Forum so that can only have been done so privately by PM with those apparently not wishing to state it on Forum.
There is no way that Tyke set out to upset fellow members and he specifically said this:
Tyke wrote:Not gallows humour fans then? Please feel free to delete it if it offends.
I am not even going to quote the next bit but nobody chose to publicly chastise him on Forum.
All that has happened is that we have lost yet another free speaking, intelligent member and I don't think that we can afford to keep doing that.
scooter
I said it was in bad taste and I stand by that. Did I think Tyke deliberately set out to upset anyone? No. Am I saddened that he may have left the forum because of what I said? Yes.
Time flies whether you're having fun or not. The choice is yours.
smegwina wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:24 pm
...as to the vilification of a user who spoke his mind,
...and who then went for the pitchforks.
Vilification & pitchforks?! There’s just a hint of hyperbole there, don’t you think? I don’t think the comments made even come close to approaching vilification and pitchforks.
I think if Tyke deleted his account over people saying they took offense to his comments, it was perhaps the proverbial straw in his view. From previous posts of his, I think he’s had some issues with the forum for awhile now.
scooter wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:41 pm
I was brought up with black humour and the almost immediate comments doing the rounds following Louis Mountbatten's tragic murder being one case that comes immediately to mind. That was without social media.
Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 5:10 pmI was not the only forum user to feel aggrieved.
Apart from Bob and Guy nobody nobody has voiced disapproval on Forum so that can only have been done so privately by PM with those apparently not wishing to state it on Forum.
There is no way that Tyke set out to upset fellow members and he specifically said this:
Tyke wrote:Not gallows humour fans then? Please feel free to delete it if it offends.
I am not even going to quote the next bit but nobody chose to publicly chastise him on Forum.
All that has happened is that we have lost yet another free speaking, intelligent member and I don't think that we can afford to keep doing that.
scooter
I said it was in bad taste and I stand by that. Did I think Tyke deliberately set out to upset anyone? No. Am I saddened that he may have left the forum because of what I said? Yes.
I don't think he decided to leave based on what you said Bob if I'm honest.
Fluffy cuddly kittens and little puppy dogs.......????
smegwina wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:24 pm
...as to the vilification of a user who spoke his mind,
...and who then went for the pitchforks.
Vilification & pitchforks?! There’s just a hint of hyperbole there, don’t you think? I don’t think the comments made even come close to approaching vilification and pitchforks.
I think if Tyke deleted his account over people saying they took offense to his comments, it was perhaps the proverbial straw in his view. From previous posts of his, I think he’s had some issues with the forum for awhile now.
Maybe a tad. I was referring to the public chastisement comment/request.
Tykes reasons for leaving are known to him, and I am not presuming to second guess them.
I also found Tyke's post to be in poor taste. If he has chosen to "leave the building" then that is his choice. As another poster has said this may well have been the last straw for him. I found many of his posts regarding the logo change to out of order but I bear Descartes in mind. I do not think that Guy acted in any way excessively or inappropriately. If you want the ability to say what you like you have to accept that others may disagree.
Mark
Bremont, Casio, Citizen, Christopher Ward, Chronotechna, Mido, Omega and Oris
Honestly, are people really feigning offence on behalf of Robert Kubica?
Is anyone on the forum a friend of his or family member?
Has anyone bothered to ask him if he's offended by it?
Having served my apprenticeship with a lad with one leg, I can assure you, he never once took the "going down the pub to get legless" jokes as offensive or in poor taste, nor did he let it restrict his life in any way , shape of form. (He was one of the top five footballers of the 70 lads there)
I currently work with someone that got his arm jammed in an escalator, who takes being compared to a "raggy doll" in very good humour.
The joke was bloody funny. I'm baffled why anyone would feel upset about something that has absolutely no bearing on their lives.
I wonder how you go about your daily lives if you are so easily offended?
Tyke's views and often downbeat comments (mainly about the logo) were a refreshing change on the forum and regularly make me smile (not sure if that was always the intention)
I echo other's views. The forum NEEDS members like Tyke. Personalities are a dying breed these days and the world is far worse for it.