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tallbloke
2004-07-04 07:43:28 UTC
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Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at the moment, I may
as well get the ball rolling.

I've got a 1983 350i

How a bout you?

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tallbloke
Phil Wattis
2004-07-05 08:26:11 UTC
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Post by tallbloke
Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at the moment, I may
as well get the ball rolling.
I've got a 1983 350i
How a bout you?
I've never seen anything of any worth in this group - 2000 Tuscan.


Phil.
Nick
2004-07-05 17:09:00 UTC
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Post by Phil Wattis
Post by tallbloke
Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at the moment, I may
as well get the ball rolling.
I've got a 1983 350i
How a bout you?
I've never seen anything of any worth in this group - 2000 Tuscan.
Phil.
Their used to be many moons ago. Everyone has moved over to Pistonheads. The
Yahoo groups are just a dead.
A Bad Man
2004-07-09 01:28:28 UTC
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Post by Nick
Post by Phil Wattis
Post by tallbloke
Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at the moment, I
may
Post by Phil Wattis
Post by tallbloke
as well get the ball rolling.
I've got a 1983 350i
How a bout you?
I've never seen anything of any worth in this group - 2000 Tuscan.
Phil.
Their used to be many moons ago. Everyone has moved over to Pistonheads. The
Yahoo groups are just a dead.
And of course PH is a fantastic website - not only people but sensible,
great people who care passionately about their automotive thrills.

Oh, and mine's a '96 Griff 500
Rog
2004-07-23 12:06:11 UTC
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Post by A Bad Man
Post by Nick
Post by Phil Wattis
Post by tallbloke
Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at the moment, I
may
Post by Nick
Post by Phil Wattis
Post by tallbloke
as well get the ball rolling.
I've got a 1983 350i
How a bout you?
I've never seen anything of any worth in this group - 2000 Tuscan.
Phil.
Their used to be many moons ago. Everyone has moved over to Pistonheads.
The
Post by Nick
Yahoo groups are just a dead.
And of course PH is a fantastic website - not only people but sensible,
great people who care passionately about their automotive thrills.
Oh, and mine's a '96 Griff 500
http://www.pistonheads.com is a great site as you say, but there is a
reason for my posting here. A thread I started on PH has been censored
without explanation, and I'm a free speech kind of guy, so I'd like to
use this group to express my opinions on matters TVR secure in the
knowledge that mine and others opinions will not be arbitrarily
removed.

The thread was concerning a guy who came to a gathering of TVR wedge
series cars last weekend - The Big Bad Wedge Fest. He turned up in a
Chimaera, stuck flyers for his company on peoples windscreens, and
then made a c*nt of himself by wheelspinning out of control across the
carpark late at night, narrowly missing several people. He then
launched the car into the rear end of a Nissan Bluebird belonging to
one of the wedding party using the same venue, lifting the rear end
and shunting it into a Ford Ka.

The Chim was not a pretty sight afterwards
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Fortunately, no-one was hit and the other cars were still driveable
afterwards.

This sparked a lively debate on PH spanning several pages and around a
hundred replies which has now been removed. Since no reason has been
given for it's removal, we can only speculate. I wonder if the owner
of the PH website has been asked to remove the thread by someone
connected with the company the guy works at...
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tallbloke
A Bad Man
2004-07-23 22:29:12 UTC
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Post by Rog
Post by A Bad Man
Post by Nick
Post by Phil Wattis
Post by tallbloke
Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at the moment, I
may
Post by Nick
Post by Phil Wattis
Post by tallbloke
as well get the ball rolling.
I've got a 1983 350i
How a bout you?
I've never seen anything of any worth in this group - 2000 Tuscan.
Phil.
Their used to be many moons ago. Everyone has moved over to Pistonheads.
The
Post by Nick
Yahoo groups are just a dead.
And of course PH is a fantastic website - not only people but sensible,
great people who care passionately about their automotive thrills.
Oh, and mine's a '96 Griff 500
http://www.pistonheads.com is a great site as you say, but there is a
reason for my posting here. A thread I started on PH has been censored
without explanation, and I'm a free speech kind of guy, so I'd like to
use this group to express my opinions on matters TVR secure in the
knowledge that mine and others opinions will not be arbitrarily
removed.
The thread was concerning a guy who came to a gathering of TVR wedge
series cars last weekend - The Big Bad Wedge Fest. He turned up in a
Chimaera, stuck flyers for his company on peoples windscreens, and
then made a c*nt of himself by wheelspinning out of control across the
carpark late at night, narrowly missing several people. He then
launched the car into the rear end of a Nissan Bluebird belonging to
one of the wedding party using the same venue, lifting the rear end
and shunting it into a Ford Ka.
The Chim was not a pretty sight afterwards
http://www.tallbloke.net/chump1.jpg
Fortunately, no-one was hit and the other cars were still driveable
afterwards.
This sparked a lively debate on PH spanning several pages and around a
hundred replies which has now been removed. Since no reason has been
given for it's removal, we can only speculate. I wonder if the owner
of the PH website has been asked to remove the thread by someone
connected with the company the guy works at...
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tallbloke
I know that Petrol Ted is a careful kind of host and has been known to pull
dubious posts, but if what you say is true then the guy was way out of order
and probably deserves some public ridicule. Long threads get kind of boring
though - could PT censored through boredom?

Great picture though - looks expensive!
tallbloke
2004-07-24 08:41:00 UTC
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Post by A Bad Man
Post by Rog
The Chim was not a pretty sight afterwards
http://www.tallbloke.net/chump1.jpg
Fortunately, no-one was hit and the other cars were still driveable
afterwards.
This sparked a lively debate on PH spanning several pages and around
a hundred replies which has now been removed. Since no reason has
been given for it's removal, we can only speculate. I wonder if the
owner of the PH website has been asked to remove the thread by
someone connected with the company the guy works at...
--
tallbloke
I know that Petrol Ted is a careful kind of host and has been known to
pull dubious posts, but if what you say is true then the guy was way
out of order and probably deserves some public ridicule. Long threads
get kind of boring though - could PT censored through boredom?
I've had mail since from one of the PH moderators who assures me they
were getting worried that names may be named and this is why the thread
was pulled. Fortunately usenet doesn't suffer the same kind of
commercial pressues as PH. After all, they depend on advertising revenue
from the dealers people sometimes want to slag off. This is why I'm
trying to encourage TVR PH'ers to use this newsgroup for debates which
are likely to upset Ted.
Post by A Bad Man
Great picture though - looks expensive!
Good job I didn't post the one which had the flyer the guy had been
handing out next to the gaping hole in the wing. ;-)
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tallbloke
Tasmin 350i
Huge
2004-07-24 09:38:57 UTC
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Post by A Bad Man
Great picture though - looks expensive!
Good job I didn't post the one which had the flyer the guy had been
handing out next to the gaping hole in the wing. ;-)
Is it true it wasn't his car?
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"The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
[email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk]
tallbloke
2004-07-25 07:39:59 UTC
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Post by A Bad Man
Great picture though - looks expensive!
Good job I didn't post the one which had the flyer the guy had been
handing out next to the gaping hole in the wing. ;-)
Is it true it wasn't his car?
Yes. He claimed that it belonged to a customer who was also 'a mate'.
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tallbloke
Tasmin 350i
Huge
2004-07-25 10:23:43 UTC
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Post by A Bad Man
Great picture though - looks expensive!
Good job I didn't post the one which had the flyer the guy had been
handing out next to the gaping hole in the wing. ;-)
Is it true it wasn't his car?
Yes.
Sheesh.
Post by tallbloke
He claimed that it belonged to a customer who was also 'a mate'.
Ex-customer. Ex-mate.

And I'd have punched his lights out, were it my car. And sacked him, were
it my firm.
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"The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
[email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk]
tallbloke
2004-07-25 15:35:37 UTC
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Post by A Bad Man
Great picture though - looks expensive!
Good job I didn't post the one which had the flyer the guy had been
handing out next to the gaping hole in the wing. ;-)
Is it true it wasn't his car?
Yes.
Sheesh.
Post by tallbloke
He claimed that it belonged to a customer who was also 'a mate'.
Ex-customer. Ex-mate.
And I'd have punched his lights out, were it my car. And sacked him, were
it my firm.
Amen to that. Apparently he claimed his 'mate' laughed when he heard the
news. - Yeah, *sure* he did :-)
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tallbloke
Tasmin 350i
Dave Chaplin
2004-08-06 17:12:10 UTC
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Post by A Bad Man
Great picture though - looks expensive!
Good job I didn't post the one which had the flyer the guy had been
handing out next to the gaping hole in the wing. ;-)
Is it true it wasn't his car?
Yes.
Sheesh.
Post by tallbloke
He claimed that it belonged to a customer who was also 'a mate'.
Ex-customer. Ex-mate.
And I'd have punched his lights out, were it my car. And sacked him, were
it my firm.
Amen to that. Apparently he claimed his 'mate' laughed when he heard the
news. - Yeah, *sure* he did :-)
I missed the PH thread b4 it got chopped. I wondered what exactly had
happened!

Is it a well known company? Not meaning to name names or anything, I'm just
nosey :)

cheers
Dave C
Huge
2004-08-06 17:22:20 UTC
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Post by Dave Chaplin
I missed the PH thread b4 it got chopped. I wondered what exactly had
happened!
Is it a well known company? Not meaning to name names or anything, I'm just
nosey :)
Hell, name names. This is Usenet.
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"The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
[email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk]
Mr John
2004-07-13 10:13:25 UTC
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2003 T350T in Crystal Topaz.
Post by tallbloke
Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at the moment, I
may
Post by tallbloke
as well get the ball rolling.
I've got a 1983 350i
How a bout you?
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tallbloke
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