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I used to have 5 squaddies out of Colchester come down and work weekends for me, I had seven days, six nights work and needed reliable weekend drivers, haven’t got a bad word to say about them. I worked with quite a few ex squaddies over the years, all pretty decent lads, a couple of them were a bit thick, but I’ve met lots of thick people that were never in the army, so that means nothing.

I think ex military men make excellent lorry drivers, they are always on time, they always look presentable, they don’t get flustered and they’re used to being told what to do by idiots.

newmercman:
I used to have 5 squaddies out of Colchester come down and work weekends for me, I had seven days, six nights work and needed reliable weekend drivers, haven’t got a bad word to say about them. I worked with quite a few ex squaddies over the years, all pretty decent lads, a couple of them were a bit thick, but I’ve met lots of thick people that were never in the army, so that means nothing.

I think ex military men make excellent lorry drivers, they are always on time, they always look presentable, they don’t get flustered and they’re used to being told what to do by idiots.

Yeah, I got used to that when I worked a city council. :laughing:

newmercman:
I think ex military men make excellent lorry drivers, they are always on time, they always look presentable, they don’t get flustered and they’re used to being told what to do by idiots.

Well odd isn’t it how as soon as the usual numpty’s have had their general name calling and typical negative replies, it takes two pages to get to some decent replies and a debate on the merits what of ex army drivers can offer. The above reply highlights the average soldiers attention to appearance and a can do attitude which is lacking in your average civvy driver. I personally take a pride in my appearance and indeed my attitude, this stems from my military background. Also one of the biggest points I make here is the fact that soldiers in the army tend to work better as a team and help each other, good banter and comradeship, I think you can spot where this is sadly lacking in a lot of civilian drivers, it isn’t a prerequisite in civy street but is in the forces. Equally there are some dam fine drivers in civy street, however my bias is towards ex army for all of the above reasons. DEBATE your own opinions.

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Why’s that then?

yourhavingalarf:
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yourhavingalarf:
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Fat fingers and small phone :slight_smile: meant to edit it … first world issues :stuck_out_tongue:

Grumpy Dad:
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Where Rikki said he didn’t recognise any of the names that UKT said were at the reunion.

yourhavingalarf:

Grumpy Dad:
What post ?

The post…

Where Rikki said he didn’t recognise any of the names that UKT said were at the reunion.

No I didn’t… I said that, at the one I was at, I didn’t recognise any of the initials. not the same thing at all :unamused:

The army is a pretty big company, lots of reunions go on but as I stated those were a couple of the names that I know that recently had been to an Essex reunion. Rikki may well know some of the lads that I know, not reeling them all off but whatever difference does it make?

Rikki-UK:
No I didn’t… I said that, at the one I was at, I didn’t recognise any of the initials. not the same thing at all :unamused:

Pedancy…

You know very well that you contradicted UKT an then tried to cover it up by removing your post. :unamused:

Having read this thread fully, as well as the be the best one, am I the only one who thinks that if you don’t like a forum for whatever reason then just don’t come back and visit it anymore? I’ve been a member of many forums in the past where I got bored or didn’t see anything of value on them so I simply stopped logging on to them

Sorry GD, but starting a whole new thread about looking for the deactivate button is coming across as a bit of a flounce off and attention seeking tbh.
That’s just my opinion though

i always find it quite funny , as the vast majority of us nut jobs , fantasists , trolls etc are on pre mod and speaking personally what seems for ever & will be forever
So anything I post has to be passed by moderation , and as dennis said 99% of your posts go in the random crap bin , so any that appear on here are passed as ok by moderation !!! But are deemed that bad that some want to deactivate there accounts , and were called nut jobs !!!
Some of us cant win , we ask a question about pay slips , uproar , cpc , uproar , all I was after was some help , but you don’t want to help me ( some do) , but the same ones can’t help shouting the same thing , troll
I’ve had enough , I demand my account is deactivated for good , goodbye
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jakethesnake:
Can’t help thinking he resembles in posting style a certain Jake guy, who appers to regularly join in conversation with him…hmmmm. :wink:

There’s not really anything bothers me on this site but this.Who put that ridiculous idea in your head, need I ask.
I will tell you I have absolutely nothing to do with any other member on this forum and never have done. I have one account in the name of jake and that is it. 100% true.
For me the ones that make these false accusations (certainly in my case) are as bad as any so called troll. :imp:

Regular conversation■■? Where■■?

Rob is alright , but even he is becoming paranoid like a fair few on here , all they seem to come on here is to come up with conspiracy theories , and not good ones at that .
I’ve had 15 yrs at a guess of being at some point or other every nutcase that comes on here , I’ve only ever been ady1 , dozy on here but some lemming on here claims its true , so the rest come charging over the cliff shouting , it’s true , it must be true ,he’s robk , uk tramp etc even though they’ve not a shred of evidence to prove it , other than conspiracy theories & paranoia that seems to taken them over .
It wasn’t long ago I didn’t even have a lisense , I was a stobart spotter , van driver etc
The odd thing is the people who could put a end to all this crap are the mods , and they don’t say a word , I guess this crap about who is who or isn’t puts up the amount of people who visit this site , so they just leave it to run

yourhavingalarf:

Grumpy Dad:
What post ?

The post…

Where Rikki said he didn’t recognise any of the names that UKT said were at the reunion.

I wouldn’t bother with the politics larf my old pal. This Rikki chap will put you in naughty club if you stand up to him :wink:

As for deactivating an account, I think GD is asking the right question. Tolerating idiots is clearly something the man isn’t keen on and it’s all very well folk saying " just ignore", but money talks. People leaving the forum affects popularity which then affects advertising etc.

The forum has gone downhill over the last year or so and the admin lot have only themselves to blame. Got to go now (I’ve got a 2nd, 3rd and 4th account to create which is fine as long as all my other persona’s don’t break the rules :unamused: :laughing: )

I will tell it as it is on here, like it or not. This forum has more members than most, the odd few and they are regular posters on here suddenly believe that they are so important and that the forum could not possibly run without them, they would also like to believe that somehow without their content that the forum will never be the same. They want to keep it as a small group of “friends” who they don’t actually know. Anyone who has a differing opinion to them or tries to take away their imaginary friends are immediately excluded and targeted and branded as a troll or has multiple identities and make their imaginary friends believe that this is so. Doesn’t matter what I post on here these same group of people immediately go into a frenzy over every detail of the post and if they start to lose their momentum of anyone agreeing with them, thats when the insults start to fly, like spoilt children not getting their own way. The usual is to threaten the mods and accuse them of a cover up or threaten them that they are leaving and that the forum is going to the dogs. GROW UP. Get real and just disappear, then the final step is to set up a new account and start all over again. The worst trolls on here are those that constantly call others. Go start your own truckers forum and take your half a dozen friends with you, this forum will survive.

dozy:
Rob is alright , but even he is becoming paranoid

Cheers for that doze mate, but I aint paranoid at all.
It’s just that I know everybody on here is out to get me. :open_mouth:

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UKtramp:
I will tell it as it is on here, like it or not. This forum has more members than most, the odd few and they are regular posters on here suddenly believe that they are so important and that the forum could not possibly run without them, they would also like to believe that somehow without their content that the forum will never be the same. They want to keep it as a small group of “friends” who they don’t actually know. Anyone who has a differing opinion to them or tries to take away their imaginary friends are immediately excluded and targeted and branded as a troll or has multiple identities and make their imaginary friends believe that this is so. Doesn’t matter what I post on here these same group of people immediately go into a frenzy over every detail of the post and if they start to lose their momentum of anyone agreeing with them, thats when the insults start to fly, like spoilt children not getting their own way. The usual is to threaten the mods and accuse them of a cover up or threaten them that they are leaving and that the forum is going to the dogs. GROW UP. Get real and just disappear, then the final step is to set up a new account and start all over again. The worst trolls on here are those that constantly call others. Go start your own truckers forum and take your half a dozen friends with you, this forum will survive.

I’m curious mate about your post. Who are the group that you refer to? (The small group of friends)

UKtramp:
I will tell it as it is on here, like it or not. This forum has more members than most, the odd few and they are regular posters on here suddenly believe that they are so important and that the forum could not possibly run without them, they would also like to believe that somehow without their content that the forum will never be the same. They want to keep it as a small group of “friends” who they don’t actually know. Anyone who has a differing opinion to them or tries to take away their imaginary friends are immediately excluded and targeted and branded as a troll or has multiple identities and make their imaginary friends believe that this is so. Doesn’t matter what I post on here these same group of people immediately go into a frenzy over every detail of the post and if they start to lose their momentum of anyone agreeing with them, thats when the insults start to fly, like spoilt children not getting their own way. The usual is to threaten the mods and accuse them of a cover up or threaten them that they are leaving and that the forum is going to the dogs. GROW UP. Get real and just disappear, then the final step is to set up a new account and start all over again. The worst trolls on here are those that constantly call others. Go start your own truckers forum and take your half a dozen friends with you, this forum will survive.

Pathetic :unamused:

You lost me at “ I will tell it like it is “

Re read your post, go through some of your history and then wonder why you get challenged. You made your bed, you lie in it.
I don’t do cliques, I don’t gang up, I do however look forward to reading through posts on here. Trouble is, when I see you start a subject I can only expect arguments and accusations and the funny thing is, it seems to always be you, and yet hear you are bleating that it’s all everyone else’s fault.
I couldn’t give a monkeys ■■■■ if you’ve been in the army, you’re on a boat or if your pulling litres of ■■■■ around the country, I treat all your posts and there intent with doubt and that’s down to yourself, not me.
You want things telling like it is, I don’t think you have multiple log ins, I think you post things in order to get a reaction, not for the good of a debate but because you know how to bait and you also know how to reply to the right posts to further the arguments and accusations whilst trying to appear innocent, and that’s why we are where we are.
I find you disruptive, dishonest and manipulative. However, I have no interest in using any kind of ignore button, I think, to be honest, that’s a bit of a snowflake option and if anything will only disrupt my own use of this site, I’d rather raise the question than run away.
If the mods are happy then so be it, let’s all just carry on.
However If you think, hand on heart, that all the grief you get is down to “groups of friends ganging up” or trolls and nothing whatsoever to do with you and your own actions then you’re in la la land.
My biggest disappointment in all of this is the reaction of some, including mods,who I thought had more in them, it’s all very well pressing ignore, but when the real trolls come on then they are given free reign, I expected a bit more. I must be mistaken in my view that if you don’t like it then challenge it, if the result doesn’t go your way then ■■■■ it up, move on and learn from it, don’t just ignore it and hope it goes away…
For those who think it’s just a few pixels etc etc, well yes it is. However for some it’s resource, it’s an escape and it’s also part of a lifestyle so maybe they do get attached to it a little and take an interest in its content ,as such they might like to enjoy it so what’s the problem with challenging an issue they have?
I’ll withdraw from this topic, I’ve made my point, if the mods are happy with things then crack on, I don’t expect anything will change as far as UKTramp goes, but that’s his problem to deal with when he posts…

This thing about the mods just letting things slide because we’re nervously watching site traffic/ad revenue figures or whatever this weeks conspiracy theory is, is complete and utter ■■■■■■■■!

Our hands are not tied by either the admins or the site owners, I have never once been told to back off, reverse a decision or let anything slide.

For those that remember me pre moderator badge will know that I couldn’t stand tramp then and guess what, I still can’t now! But that’s Reef the regular forum members personal point of view, Reef the moderators point of view has to be as unbiased to him as it is for every other forum member.

There have been posts that I have disallowed of his that to me were obvious baiting, and posts of his that I’ve approved as there was no justifiable reason regarding the forum rules not to.

But the same goes for any of the pre-mod crew, if it breaks the rules it gets disallowed regardless of my personal opinion of the author.

I will also say that there are posts by pre-mod members that have been approved by other moderators that I in all probability wouldn’t have, that’s where our individual weighing up of a post or topic will undoubtedly differ from one moderator to another.

Site traffic is far far heavier than the sum of regular posters, that’s not a slight on the regulars nor is it playing down the importance of the regular posters input, it’s just a fact of forum dynamics, ANY forum dynamics.

I don’t know how many different ways we can keep saying the same thing, if you don’t like a post or it’s author then skip the post or skip the thread or better still show YOUR level of intelligence by redirecting the thread into a positive and productive topic.

Be better by being better!

Tin hat on. :slight_smile:

Reef:
For those that remember me pre moderator badge will know that I couldn’t stand tramp then and guess what, I still can’t now! But that’s Reef the regular forum members personal point of view, Reef the moderators point of view has to be as unbiased to him as it is for every other forum member.
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There is a great example of being completely unbiased, to be fair it cuts both ways, I never used to like reef before he was a mod and guess what, I still don’t, I do have my favourite mod of course … NOT… That’s my whole point, I don’t know any of them personally (I don’t think) who knows I might actually know Rikki through the RCT or may know a few peeps he knows, matters not a jot, as that is in real life and not on here. I may know some of you on here, I do know of a few who use this site but I never let on that i use this site so you would never know who I am. Anyways regardless to who knows who, the members who consider themselves as important or in a clique are taking things way out of proportion and obviously have no real life so compensate their lack of real friends by being so suspicious and really uptight on here, why don’t I get upset on here and name call people ? Because I have a life and real friends, not imaginary or anonymous names on a computer. Therefore this site for me is pure and simple, a bit of banter with those that can take it and for learning and debating truck related topics, humorous and serious topics. That’s it in a nutshell, I feel for anyone who doesn’t fit in to a real life or doesn’t have many friends, I can honestly say that in real life I am, successful, popular with both my work mates and my friends and I would do anything for anyone if I can, on here I appear totally the opposite to all that, so really anything doesn’t affect me on here, can I understand others who take this so seriously? Not really but I tend not to insult or say anything nasty about anyone as I genuinely would not want to hurt anyone if this affects them to the point of them genuinely feeling bad. Feel free to insult me, say whatever you like as remember this important point, you are merely text on my screen and when I turn it off, you turn off with it. It is only you that carry the hatred and feelings towards me and not me. I am no troll or have any feelings one way or another for any text on my screen. Because that’s all it is. I like this site as much as anyone, it is a good resource, I get on with a fair amount of members on here who are sensible and unbiased, the ones who take it too far and insult people are insignificant to me as I should be to you.
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