Just a quick post to let all those nice peeps on the OM forum know that I'm NOT Urc Oxbig, nor am I his brother Mike. I'm sure that Jon Doran would be able to verify this by having his tech-team compare IP addresses, should anybody have need of such reassurances.
Hopefully the folk on OM know that if I'm going to have a pop at anybody, I'll use a recognised pseudonym, or even my proper name. Somebody did copy one of my pseudonyms a while back, to try to drop me in the shite, there was little that I could do about that except explain the situation to the affected parties.
BG! / Bearded Git
THE SMALL(ish) PRINT... (updated 23/07/2016)
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In what context, Duncan?
Context? I thought the emoticon labelled "twisted" said all I needed to say on a thread I saw at about post 5 and vowed to ignore.
I find it "twisted" that people prefer one form of virtual communication to another form of virtual communication with the vehemence of some people. I wonder if the world of calligraphy suffers such?
But I wasn't going to say any of that, as I'd get drawn into a war of semantics and defending every semi-colon. Without the tact of a Pascal editor.
So, I'll sum all that up thus:
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You'll find no wars here, my friend. Effective moderation has benefits.
I've only just got "Mike Oxbig".
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[quote comment="1563"]I've only just got "Mike Oxbig". 😆 [/quote]
Rumour has it that he's "teamed up" with Annie Norma Spare. 😯
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There was - genuinely - a guy at my primary school called Willie Inch. Poor soul. Good troll name though, eh?
He must have had cruel parents ❗
At this point, maybe I should mention that my wife has a brother named Richard and a cousin named Ivor. The surname's Payne... 😐