My Vehicular Activities

[worldofceri]

Wow. Not many garages would future-proof the shiny new bits they're nailing on, I bet. Good work!

[somewhatfoolish]

That subframe design is impressively shonky, even Izzygoonis didn't manage to incorporate rust traps as good as that.

[AMC Rebel]

I've been pulled over by the cops in a Maxi with less door flapping corrosion than that - their objection was C&U though so it may be OK for an MOT.  Coppers were more numerous and stricter then though.

[mercrocker]

Excellent thread,   Would dig up and read again in another 2 years time.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Question for you Michael; I realise it's going back a bit but how did you clean up the aluminium bike engine cover?

[Split_Pin]

Still loving this thread and with good pics of everything you are describing!

[mercrocker]

Lol at those stationary engines, like to see one or two of those amongst the Petters and Wolseleys at a steam show.....

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Not quite sure how I've missed this thread! Great work and spots along the way. Fingers crossed old Harry is ok. Haven't you got a landline number for the old fella? I assume he's got friends or family who have been keeping an eye on him?

[Heidel_Kakao]

How long do you have to it get roadworthy?

[Angrydicky]

Was that the vehicle you sent your Mrs in to my work to collect parts for? 

 

I overheard Nigel talking to you on the phone and saw the paperwork, put two and two together etc 

[worldofceri]

Sad to see this thread won't be getting added to any further. Yet more great old-car content lost to off topic bickering.

[alcyonecorporation]

Do I want to know what went on?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

[hairnet]

Handbags?

[alcyonecorporation]

 

I just wanted to know why he'd disappeared. Infer from that what you like. 

You seem to pipe up whenever I have a problem. This isn't the first time. 

 

Why? 

[Cleon-Fonte]

http://autoshite.com/topic/29145-michael1703/

[John F]

Cleon-Fonte, on 10 Aug 2017 - 4:04 PM, said:

http://autoshite.com/topic/29145-michael1703/

 

Yes, but that doesn't explain why he left.

 

Does anyone know?

[somewhatfoolish]

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[SiC]

I'm guessing it was from his last post: http://autoshite.com/topic/26892-grumpy-old-manpedant-threadplease-feel-free-to-add/page-2148?do=findComment&comment=1280275

 

Also read the posts after that for more context.

 

TL;DR something was said that really wasn't nice and very personal about someone. A mod deleted said post.

 

Now he's asked to be removed according to: http://autoshite.com/topic/29145-michael1703/

 

afaik.

[Slartibartfast]

SiC is correct.

[worldofceri]

For the record, I'm not interested in the whys and wherefores of preceding arguments.

 

I bumped this thread to draw attention to the fact that good members (and thus good content) are STILL being lost to irrelevant backbiting.

[Slartibartfast]

For the record, I'm not interested in the whys and wherefores of preceding arguments.

 

I bumped this thread to draw attention to the fact that good members (and thus good content) are STILL being lost to irrelevant backbiting.

While I very much agree that the backbiting is harming the content on the forum, it's not like he was an annoyed third party to someone else's argument. He was very much the instigator of the incident that caused him to leave, and he was the one who chose to leave rather than face up to the fact that his joke (if it was one) was very poorly received. There's not much we can do about that.

[somewhatfoolish]

[Alexg]

I've heard of people self excluding from the bookies but never an online forum.  Autoshite Aware

[alcyonecorporation]

FWIW, I didn't ask him to leave. I did report his comment against me, though. 

He was given a warning but not asked to leave. The forumxit was michael1703's choice. 

[SiC]

He may have his requested to leave for reason very different from above and his own reasons to choose that, to be fair. Maybe its worth the forum having a user state other than banned to be deactivated on request or no longer a member, etc?

[alcyonecorporation]

He may have his requested to leave for reason very different from above and his own reasons to choose that, to be fair. Maybe its worth the forum having a user state other than banned to be deactivated on request or no longer a member, etc?

 

 

The gist from the moderation team was that the latter two weren't possible. Hirst wasn't afforded either of those options. 

 

I didn't hear anything out of michael1703 after it happened. I'm not sorry for reporting him. I may have spats on here with people but I'm not in the habit of reporting people. 

He made a joke out of me when I was very fucking low indeed. That's why I reported him. You don't kick someone when they're down. 

 

So, mods - is deactivation by request possible or not? 

[HH-R]

I believe you can ask to have your account closed, but not the deletion of posts or threads.

[SiC]

Deletion of the posts and threads completely screws up any forum and its flow, so I can understand why the admins+mods are a bit loathed to do this. I was just thinking that having it marked as something else to banned would just look better for the mods - otherwise it looks like it was the mods choosing the ban, not that it was the user in question choice?

[Cavcraft]

As has been said to a few: if anyone wants to leave, nobody is stopping you. More than one person has asked to be removed, more than one person was refused, then more than one person (despite a tantrum in some cases) actually ended up staying.