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Joinerman Articulating
Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Odometer: 606
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:31 pm Post subject: I've got to say it
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Difflock is dying,
Since a certain member has gone & we all no who don't we it's not the same on here nowadays, i for one miss the old sod but he did liven things up on here & if your looking in mate well what more can i say.
So slag me off the rest of you if you want I've got broad shoulders & only saying what i think.
There said it now.
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teamidris Mud Obsessed
Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Odometer: 3372 Location: Staffordshire UK
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:58 pm Post subject:
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This explains the lack of contact over the drop-pin-fairlead. There was some thingy-compertition or other that needed prizes, and he asked for one, and I had a 'complete' available (One of 3, other 2 now gone on to better things).
Not that fussed, but can cross it off my "I wonder what happened with....." list
Unfortunately the; "I wonder what happened with" list is still noticably large
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teamidris Mud Obsessed
Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Odometer: 3372 Location: Staffordshire UK
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spannerman69 Mud Obsessed
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Odometer: 2807 Location: st.helens
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: I've got to say it
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Joinerman wrote: | Difflock is dying,
Since a certain member has gone & we all no who don't we it's not the same on here nowadays, i for one miss the old sod but he did liven things up on here & if your looking in mate well what more can i say.
So slag me off the rest of you if you want I've got broad shoulders & only saying what i think.
There said it now. |
i shall pass on your concerns next time i speak to him .
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ivorbiggin Mud Obsessed
Joined: 13 Dec 2009 Odometer: 2485 Location: PORTSMOUTH
1996 Ford Maverick
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: I've got to say it
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Joinerman wrote: | Difflock is dying,
Since a certain member has gone & we all no who don't we it's not the same on here nowadays, i for one miss the old sod but he did liven things up on here & if your looking in mate well what more can i say.
So slag me off the rest of you if you want I've got broad shoulders & only saying what i think.
There said it now. |
Its not just me then,
Its gone so quiet on here that i have started to visit the MOT testers forum more, as it seems to be more interesting these days
"Ive failed a rusty brake pipe today"
WOW.
I for one would like to see Ged, (oops i mean "a certain member") come back, plus a few others that seem to have stopped posting after he left.
I dont have broad shoulders, ive got sloping ones
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spannerman69 Mud Obsessed
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Odometer: 2807 Location: st.helens
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:17 pm Post subject:
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there are a few later thats thrown their hand in .
ged
barny
si [xrhino]
colin
i can`t say ive missed anyone else , thats not to so they don`t count because they do .
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ivorbiggin Mud Obsessed
Joined: 13 Dec 2009 Odometer: 2485 Location: PORTSMOUTH
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:31 pm Post subject:
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spannerman69 wrote: | there are a few later thats thrown their hand in .
ged
barny
si [xrhino]
colin
i can`t say ive missed anyone else , thats not to so they don`t count because they do . |
And there are others that dont post as frequently as they used to after the brown stuff hit the fan.
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muddyman Off-Road Guru
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Odometer: 1617 Location: Bedfordshire
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:32 pm Post subject:
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get the " certain member" back even I miss his post's
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DD Mud Obsessed
Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Odometer: 9761 Location: Aberdeenshire
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:33 pm Post subject:
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17,000 registered users and its dying because someon left?
You'd think he was the pope!!!
Ps, yes I did like his banter also........
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N.R.G97 Off-Road Guru
Joined: 09 Dec 2009 Odometer: 1502 Location: somerset.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:44 pm Post subject:
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I dont post much in the lounge/gallery area, however it has been so quiet recently I have visited difflock much less. You were nearly allways garunteed a laugh by looking in the social area, if not a laugh then there would be something of interest to see even if just pictures of a weekend offroading etc these posts are getting rarer and further apart.
Not only is the social side of the forum going down hill but it's had a knock on effect on the tech sections, most posts are new people asking for advice and a number of faces that are answering them, unfortunatly the questions tend to be simular and i think alot of people get bored of answering the same old questions. With the old faces at least there was more variety in questions and answers alike. Personally I think the custom builds is the most alive section on the forum which is great, but these builds which require huge commitment and capability in the workshop must scare off newbies which would filter into the social side once they are settled, losing the old faces is resulting in less newbies progressing, as it were, into the social area- a viscious cycle you might say.
I may be wrong but this is just my opinion.
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Joinerman Articulating
Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Odometer: 606
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:48 pm Post subject:
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You'd think he was the pope!!!
Perhaps that's where he is then.
Gone to Italy for an interview
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ivorbiggin Mud Obsessed
Joined: 13 Dec 2009 Odometer: 2485 Location: PORTSMOUTH
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:56 pm Post subject:
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DD wrote: | 17,000 registered users and its dying because someon left?
You'd think he was the pope!!!
Ps, yes I did like his banter also........ |
DD, i take it youve not heard then.
Black smoke has been emitted from the sistene chapel, by all accounts Ged has had the Musso fired up on diesel
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spannerman69 Mud Obsessed
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Odometer: 2807 Location: st.helens
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:00 pm Post subject:
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now that was too funny for this time of night . stolen and sent on .
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DD Mud Obsessed
Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Odometer: 9761 Location: Aberdeenshire
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:25 pm Post subject:
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Brilliant !!!
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duke Mud Obsessed
Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Odometer: 2005 Location: Thatcham Newbury surf 2.4td
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: I've got to say it
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[quote="Joinerman"]Difflock is dying,
bold statement. maybe we should not sit here & let it happen
Pope Gedi the 1st.
got a certain dark ring to it.
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scrunt Articulating
Joined: 11 Jul 2012 Odometer: 985 Location: Tayside.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:12 am Post subject:
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I know nothing about his ring, dark or not.
If i had to kiss it, i hope it is just on the finger.
But missed for the banter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5K1HxEBCU
george
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vtrax Off-Road Guru
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Odometer: 1058 Location: Cambs
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:03 am Post subject:
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ivorbiggin - That is possibly the most disturbing picture I have ever seen
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. Difflock Royalty
Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Odometer: 40007 Location: Northern Ireland's Gold Coast
2009 Land Rover 110 CSW
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:59 am Post subject:
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Some observations.
Firstly, as far as I'm aware, GED left Difflock of his own accord. Secondly, Difflock has an average of 5 - 7 new members registering a day and, thirdly, this is a technical forum and the last time I can see that you made a helpful technical post was Fri Sep 02, 2011 at 7:25 pm.
As a final point, there are two sides to every story. Since GED left a lot of old members have returned to Difflock and started posting again.
Difflock is dead, long live Difflock
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. Difflock Royalty
Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Odometer: 40007 Location: Northern Ireland's Gold Coast
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:18 am Post subject:
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teamidris wrote: | There was some thingy-compertition or other that needed prizes, |
AFAIK the event was cancelled.
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Xpajun Mud Obsessed
Joined: 22 Sep 2008 Odometer: 3245
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:38 am Post subject:
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Ian - you and the other mods really need to have a look at the profiles of the new members that you get every day and don't post - a large amount of them are just spammers for SPAM sites
As for the old members that have started posting again...
Think they've stopped again...
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. Difflock Royalty
Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Odometer: 40007 Location: Northern Ireland's Gold Coast
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:07 pm Post subject:
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Xpajun wrote: | Ian - you and the other mods really need to have a look at the profiles of the new members that you get every day and don't post - a large amount of them are just spammers for SPAM sites |
I'm not counting those and I'm well aware of them as it's me who trawls through them daily to see what Admin need to remove before they get a chance to carry out their trolling activities.
As I said in my post, it was just my observations. I didn't say that I was right or wrong and it has absolutely no reflection on the person in question.
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???? the V8 90 CSW
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RichardD Marshall
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Odometer: 22856 Location: State of Confusion
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:09 pm Post subject:
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Forums ebb and flow and Difflock is bigger than one person.
When I took over 50% of the business and forum there were many who thought it would be dead within months. Both Founders have come and gone, many huge characters have come gone and returned.
Reports of Difflock's demise remain greatly exaggerated.
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TJ_in_Dubai Just got MTs
Joined: 24 Oct 2011 Odometer: 371 Location: Dubai, UAE
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:33 pm Post subject:
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Personally I don't think it is directly related to 'that certain someone', more rather all the bitchy chat that has been on here recently, all about the same yawny subject.
I, like the next man like a good bit of agro but even I'm bored of that chat now, especially as it seems to be negatively impacting on the site as a whole.
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Damian Mud Obsessed
Joined: 12 Jun 2002 Odometer: 8838 Location: Bolton, a town far, far away....
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:14 pm Post subject:
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Thanks for reminding me, I must give him a call later and catch up!
Who remembers the lad who dominated Difflock around 2003/4 who had a Lightweight and a Range Rover who called the Prom Queen? He posted around 100+ a day. I met home once at Parkwood Off Road with Simon and Peter and someone with an Ibex, 'twas a good day out.
My point is, as much as I like Gedi, people come and people go.
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DD Mud Obsessed
Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Odometer: 9761 Location: Aberdeenshire
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:33 pm Post subject:
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LTWT... Elwin
__________________________________ Disco 'DD' Don
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waveydave Mud Obsessed
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Odometer: 2740 Location: waveyvillie oop norf
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:03 pm Post subject:
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I remeber that name even if i dont remeber the guy him self.
Forms come and go up and down with the eb of the tide. We have had slow bitchy time like this in the past if any one remebers the dummy spitting compitition in 2001/2002.
No one man is indispencable and yes i like Ged, i know him personaly and im proud to know him. But he has left and the world still spins. For better or for worse thats every ones individual opinion. But whats realy hurting the flow on difflock is people saying its dieing.
If you dont like it leave. If you dont want to leave be positive with your contributions and make this site great again.
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RichardD Marshall
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Odometer: 22856 Location: State of Confusion
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:21 pm Post subject:
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Dummy spitting ...
Mr Culbert himself got docked a few posts back then
What about Mr Plop (iirc)
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waveydave Mud Obsessed
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Odometer: 2740 Location: waveyvillie oop norf
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:29 pm Post subject:
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I got into trouble a few times, i even left twice
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ivorbiggin Mud Obsessed
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:30 pm Post subject:
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News from the Vatican,
Pope ged I, has had the Merc ML popemobile modified.
Apparently this one runs on veg oil
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Nightbar Difflock Royalty
Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Odometer: 20799 Location: In a state of anticipation...
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:55 pm Post subject:
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RichardD wrote: |
What about Mr Plop (iirc) |
Ah yes:
http://archive.difflock.com/discus/messages/6/1865.html
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