Word on the street with Westie Man

[westies man]

Okay it's time to come clean with everything so reply yes or no if you want me to spill the beans Seven Mile

Okay you had your chance and never took it Seven Mile so you can do your own homework now.

[beige]

I am presently drying my hair with this thread...

[The InnFORCEr]

I am presently drying my hair with this thread...

which also has the distinct smell of urine

[beige]

which also has the distinct smell of urine

That's why I'm drying it...

[Ken M]

After coming back from overseas and attending training at brothers, I was astounded to see sevenmile red carded.
Are we becoming that politically correct that the sanitisation of a rugby forum has taken to the extent of disposing of one of the characters on TWF?
I find his humor sometimes demeaning, but seems to be on the ball in a humorous way, IMO and to others who take this personally need to grow up.
After growing up in South Africa I find the remarks about ABOs on the NO RUGBY POST as demeaning and racist but taken out of context by one precious TWF member and considered a like by 2 others, to be uneducated in these matters is far worse than the missing capital or a full stop and an apology required.
I read between the lines and find that a lot of TWF members are not interested in community rugby, and that is there right but you must remember the foundations of the force were built on community rugby and as the base has eroded so has the force, and I am now reading the sea of blue are going to save the force, well it has taken 10 years to become pro active by asking TWF supporters to get together and brainstorm, well what have you been doing while the base has eroded over the past 10 years? club rugby has suffered at the detriment of the force, and has been alienated by those who now wish to save it. I really do hope something positive comes of it.
It would seem more pro-active if the board actually went to the clubs instead of asking them to come to RWA it might seem a bit more pro-active.

Now Westie, I have only been back in the country 48 hours and this is what happened.
A club has been filling out teams sheets incorrectly, not on one occasion but on many.
The players names have been left off the team sheet so they can qualify for the team below and play finals.
RWA are aware of this and by the sounds of it half the rugby community.
There are rules in place for a reason, but to blatantly break them is a crime.
Do you wish to tell TWF who has done this Westie?

[The InnFORCEr]

Why is everyone so scared to name who the tem or teams are, you all seem to know, so let us in on your not so secret..

[F Man]

Why is everyone so scared to name who the tem or teams are, you all seem to know, so let us in on your not so secret..

[GIGS20]

After coming back from overseas and attending training at brothers, I was astounded to see sevenmile red carded.
Are we becoming that politically correct that the sanitisation of a rugby forum has taken to the extent of disposing of one of the characters on TWF?
I find his humor sometimes demeaning, but seems to be on the ball in a humorous way, IMO and to others who take this personally need to grow up.
After growing up in South Africa I find the remarks about ABOs on the NO RUGBY POST as demeaning and racist but taken out of context by one precious TWF member and considered a like by 2 others, to be uneducated in these matters is far worse than the missing capital or a full stop and an apology required.
I read between the lines and find that a lot of TWF members are not interested in community rugby, and that is there right but you must remember the foundations of the force were built on community rugby and as the base has eroded so has the force,

Hi Ken, thanks for your extensive 5th post, can I make a couple of comments.

Regarding the "a lot of TWF members are not interested in community rugby" From my perspective, being squarely one who has been lumped into that category on several occasions, I am actually VERY interested in community rugby. I just don't have the time to attend. If you ask many of the community boys on here, my questions are an attempt for me to understand what's going on in the community game because I know that is the foundation for the Force.

Unfortunately, due to my tendency to qualify what I say with statements of what I don't know I set myself up as a target to be abused by every community rugby troll because I haven't been involved in community rugby and I should get my sanctimonious nose out of their business.

You can't have it both ways, either accept my interest, questions and comments or accept me to not be interested, don't tell me to piss off and then bitch when I do.

Secondly, the abo comments were my doing, one which I agonised over for some time before posting it and knowing how embarrassed AUSS would have been at that typo (because he is a very cosmopolitan guy, I had a dig.....probably not the most well advised dig, but it went out there. If I have offended, I truly apologize, as my intent wasn't to do that.

As for the red carding of sevenmile, I had nothing (that I'm aware of) to do with that. apart from possibly setting him off with a comment about one of his posts (again, probably not a great decision) I don't even know what he said that got him kicked off, as I've hit the ignore button on him and only read his posts when I need some context.

So by all means comment on this site. I welcome it and am not shy about defending my opinion, but make sure you have the whole story first!

[shasta]

Is spilling the beans like cutting the cheese?

Apparently not because it's been very quiet since said beans were mentioned yesterday.

[westies man]

What's all this about Seven Mile getting a red card

[catdog16]

^^

I can spot 4 (count them 4) capital letters in that one!

(admittedly two of them were mid-sentence and not for proper nouns, but at least the bloke's trying)

Gigs I'm an English teacher and from reading your posts quietly these past months you are in no position to be correcting peoples spelling and grammar..

Truly the definition of irony, if you'd like to arrange a tutoring session message me privately and I'd be more than happy to do so, although it'd be a joint session with my 8 year old son but I'm sure after a while I could get you up to speed with everything..

Lastly Gigs I have a definition here for you.. relevant: closely connected or appropriate to the matter in hand.

[valzc]

Is that meant to be people's or peoples?

[fulvio sammut]

Have you patented the double full stop?

Do you have a criterion for its use, and an explanation for its grammatical application?

Or are you just a smartarse English teacher seeking self aggrandisement at the expense of another?

Does it make you feel better?

Wanker.

[Insider]

Hi Ken, thanks for your extensive 5th post,
Do we count quality or quantity?

Secondly, the abo comments were my doing, one which I agonised over for some time before posting it and knowing how embarrassed AUSS would have been at that typo (because he is a very cosmopolitan guy, I had a dig.....probably not the most well advised dig, but it went out there. If I have offended, I truly apologize, as my intent wasn't to do that.

To say you were emotionally strained over this comment shows your ignorance towards the issue by still posting and covering your racist views with what could be construed as humor.


As for the red carding of sevenmile, I had nothing (that I'm aware of) to do with that. apart from possibly setting him off with a comment about one of his posts (again, probably not a great decision) I don't even know what he said that got him kicked off, as I've hit the ignore button on him and only read his posts when I need some context.

Probably your post about nothing?

So by all means comment on this site. I welcome it and am not shy about defending my opinion, but make sure you have the whole story first!

Do you have a criterion for its use

I look forward to your 15,140 post.
Hopefully people yet to post wont be put off as they feel intimidated by whether they have your blessing.

[Hohepa]

So to get back on topic ..... Westie Man are you going to divulge the details?
When? Which club? Which people?

Otherwise all this pedant crap will continue - I read text messages from my teenagers - If I can read that and interpret the message then the lack of punctuation here and there from posters and a few incorrectly spelt words is nothing.