Dave I don't think that you have been the cause of trouble , on this thread. There is a certain Brummie, who in his short time with us, has managed to offend almost everyone. Misogynism and animal cruelty being just two of his regular crimes.
My daughter in law’s brummie too, it’s only this one that’s and ignorant obnoxious twit, I can understand how you both feel though, it’s embarrassing when you think people could be tarring you all with the same brush.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Those of us who have been contributors to this forum for many years will, at one time or another, have managed to upset somebody in some way or another. Such is life.
Most of us are sufficiently mature and responsible to make a genuine apology if we have inadvertently made a poorly worded or clumsy post which has caused offence and take care not to do it again.
Similarly, we do the same if we've occasionally used the forum to vent our spleen and subjected other users to a tirade of stuff which nobody else really needed to hear.
What is not acceptable is for fairly new members (NOT you @dave56armstrong🙂) to wade in throwing both general and personal insults and to do it time and time again. Most of us also do not like being called 'love' or 'mate' by somebody we've never met.
This forum is unlike most because many members have built up genuine, supportive on-line friendships which go way beyond the general exchange of gardening info. Many of us exchange phone calls and emails in the 'real world' and a fair few have met up for garden visits and social events.
We have a bit of a bicker every now and again but that's what friends do. We don't get nasty and abusive. If people can't play by the unwritten rules of this friendly forum there are plenty of other places where they can go for a good shouting match.
Nobody should need to be told multiple times by multiple people that some (not all) of their posts or comments are unacceptable to the rest of us. To continue to make those sort of posts is bad mannered in the extreme.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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When you don't even know who's in the team
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Most of us are sufficiently mature and responsible to make a genuine apology if we have inadvertently made a poorly worded or clumsy post which has caused offence and take care not to do it again.
Similarly, we do the same if we've occasionally used the forum to vent our spleen and subjected other users to a tirade of stuff which nobody else really needed to hear.
What is not acceptable is for fairly new members (NOT you @dave56armstrong🙂) to wade in throwing both general and personal insults and to do it time and time again. Most of us also do not like being called 'love' or 'mate' by somebody we've never met.
This forum is unlike most because many members have built up genuine, supportive on-line friendships which go way beyond the general exchange of gardening info. Many of us exchange phone calls and emails in the 'real world' and a fair few have met up for garden visits and social events.
We have a bit of a bicker every now and again but that's what friends do. We don't get nasty and abusive. If people can't play by the unwritten rules of this friendly forum there are plenty of other places where they can go for a good shouting match.
Nobody should need to be told multiple times by multiple people that some (not all) of their posts or comments are unacceptable to the rest of us. To continue to make those sort of posts is bad mannered in the extreme.
Thank you.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.