An observation

[lorrieandjas]

Hey guys and gals - just an observation but I kinda feel the forum has turned into a Women's Weekly forum of late. This is not a bagging of AB, the moderators or members, but for gods sake - the over-sensitivity, minding our p's and q's and mindless bollocks that has been going on is doing my head in.

How about we get back to what this awesome forum was intended to be - not a place to file our fingernails but a place to discuss, brag, enjoy our Patrols, help a mate out, and just generally have a place to have fun.

Moderate me if you will - but remember - I've given a lot of my personal hours to help the forum out - and more so has AB and the mods - so for heavens sake - let's get back on track.

Please - no disrespect is intended to anyone - but if anyone does feel put out by this post - ask yourself why - and if the reason is because its interrupted your nail filing - well go figure it out!!

Jas

[93patrol]

Well jas you did interrupt my MANicure to read this post but I will forgive you because I agree. Lets have a bit of fun hey.


Now for my BCS waxing


Guns don't kill people, people with mustachios kill people

[Clunk]

But I've done over 14k of mindless bollox, no point changing now!!!!!!!

Don't slap it, tap it!!!!

[TPC]

If you are going to use crude language like "p's and q's" I am out of here, this is a family forum you know!
No place for racy sailor blushing language like that.

[lorrieandjas]

But I've done over 14k of mindless bollox, no point changing now!!!!!!!

Don't slap it, tap it!!!!

Yeah - but I like your mindless bollocks!

Jas

[NP99]

Hey guys and gals - just an observation but I kinda feel the forum has turned into a Women's Weekly forum of late. This is not a bagging of AB, the moderators or members, but for gods sake - the over-sensitivity, minding our p's and q's and mindless bollocks that has been going on is doing my head in.

How about we get back to what this awesome forum was intended to be - not a place to file our fingernails but a place to discuss, brag, enjoy our Patrols, help a mate out, and just generally have a place to have fun.

Moderate me if you will - but remember - I've given a lot of my personal hours to help the forum out - and more so has AB and the mods - so for heavens sake - let's get back on track.

Please - no disrespect is intended to anyone - but if anyone does feel put out by this post - ask yourself why - and if the reason is because its interrupted your nail filing - well go figure it out!!

Jas

At last......... Some sanity

[Clunk]

Yeah - but I like your mindless bollocks!

Jas

I like them too, I've grown very attached to them over the years and have helped me through the hard times

Don't slap it, tap it!!!!

[Avo]

If ya get offended by what i read so far(as in i haven't found myself offended yet)you would want to camp next to me then...i do enjoy a drink ....and tell a story.....and quite often get reminded by the wife.......even though were in the middle of bumpharknowhere.Oooppps...that i should quiten down a little.......i have kids too but there not over my shoulder reading this are they.They spill me feckin drink and spill me ashtray.

[AB]

How about we get back to what this awesome forum was intended to be - not a place to file our fingernails but a place to discuss, brag, enjoy our Patrols, help a mate out, and just generally have a place to have fun

This comment inspires me jas. whilst I haven't been on here lately due to personal issues I've seen some issues on here too but it seems to be getting back on track bud.

I think it's all good now and at the end of the day it's a bloody popular forum these days and we all can't agree on everything. We are individual people with our own mindsets so one thing I want to say to everyone is please just accept some things that may or may not happen on here in the future and if you have any concerns then just pm me.

Don't be pissed off if we do or do not action something you should feel that should or should not be done.

I started this forum with good intentions for a friendly atmosphere of patrol loving members and I believe I have succeeded but we all can't hold hands and agree on everything in life unfortunately.

Whilst I think we can be soft sometimes in our moderation decisions that has been set in place from the very start of the forum 3 years ago by me of course to try and build something "different" I do believe the forum can evolve but we all need to support each other that's all.

I'm really loving this place and its a great escape from some of the crap life throws at us so let's all work together and build it up to suit all of us.

[Cuppa]

Hi Jas,
I gotta admit I'm not really sure how you prefer to envisage the forum. From my perspective it seems that the stuff you want IS here & continues to be posted. We have the technical stuff, the bragging stuff, & the helping each other stuff. We also have the stuff in between that helps to keep the community strong. I don't know if that's what you think of as womens' weekly fingernail filing bollocks, but if so I suppose you could just not read it. I wouldn't want to lose any of it. Any online community, just like any other community is made up of a wide variety of folk with differing interests & needs, but generally with something in common to hold them together. I don't see this forum as any different. . By keeping this forum 'sensitive', by minding our p's & q's, it keeps it not just family friendly but everybody friendly.

Clearly you are feeling the forum is over sanitised & I'd agree that we wouldn't want things to get to the point of blandness, but I think this is unlikely to occur whilst we have the likes of Growlers Ghost Chilli thread, but when someone like ThreeDogs feels comfortable enough to share his distress at having to put his dog down it says that the community is working & supporting it's members. For folk like me (who live relatively isolated lives) forums such as this are our primary social contact, & as such need to have space for more than just that which brought us together. We do need to keep a balance, but I think that we need to also accept that that balance ebbs & flows over time. I can't see that we are at risk of losing any of the variety of aspects that we all value here.

I like to think of the forum as being like a virtual campfire. If I camped with you & others from here for a weekend I expect we'd talk a fair bit about Patrols, 4wd'ing & touring, it's what we have in common & it makes it easier to 'break the ice' but we'd talk about a hell of a lot more too. We might even have a couple of drinks! The better I got to know each other the more likely we'd be to share other aspects of our lives, We're all different.



Well that's how I see it anyway. Perhaps I should go back to filing my fingernails.