Plastic Scouser 0 Posted June 19, 2004 Pete/Vince/CeliaCan''t you offer Yankee a column a la "Birds Eye View"? That way he can keep his contentious ramblings in one place and the rest of the posters can avoid foaming at the mouth when he sets out to wind everyone up - again...Just thinking of saving some of the other posters sanity as they seem to fall for his wind-ups every time! Why not call it "Wind Up from America"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve White 24 Posted June 20, 2004 Plastic Scouser, I think just not printing his mails would be better. I know some people send in contencious mails as a wind - up or to get things going, but his ramblings are the work of a smug_____ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted June 20, 2004 Loathed as I am to defend old WC Steve, sorry YC, he is entitled to his views, as much as you or I, or indeed any other poster on these boards .Whilst I don''t always agree with his strange ramblings on City, I will always, always defend his right to say them!. Sorry.I have disagreed many times with him, but you don''t have to read his posts you know, its not compuslary, yet, savy!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 0 Posted June 20, 2004 Live and let live, theres a place for everyone one this message board, whether they are trying to be humerous or are serious.Some of the posts are written in an exasperating form of English or use bizarre spelling and syntax but all posters are entitled to post their views without getting worked up about it.Its about some time some people stopped being thin skinned, learned to take a joke or just read the posts before resorting to personal abuse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonzey 0 Posted June 21, 2004 Tsk tsk. Every board needs a good wind up merchant. And he''s entitled to his view.When I first joined this board a couple of months back I found his comments annoying, in a similar way to when somebody cuts you up on a roundabout or fails to indicate. But look at the amount of debate his comments trigger. I can picture him right now smiling smugly as we discuss this, the guy obviously intends to get reaction which is fine by me. By getting angry you''re simply playing into his hands. Long may Yankee continue to post his posts, I hope I get to meet him one day. He sounds interesting and I suspect in reality he is an ok bloke, I doubt he is as negative as he sounds on here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazzathegreat 0 Posted June 21, 2004 come on, what is going on here, poor old yankee!!he has disagreed with me many times, i with him, but if he were filtered to a distant outpost, where would we all get our fun from? If we all agreed this board would not exist, or if it did, it would be too boring to readto jonzey, i think when he comes over to england he will meet us all, we will take care of ityankee, good on yer mate, i know some of your ideas have been bizarre, and your views on our fine city sometimes less than favourable, but more than anything i hate censorship and dumbing down, so moderators, don''t get rid of him - we need the old whinger to brighten up our lives Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ca 1 Posted June 21, 2004 Yankee,I may be wrong but I got this mental picture of you today,a little old man in his 70''s with white hair and a white beard and you were rocking backwards and forwards in your chair,laughing uncontrollable and saying to yourself''I''ve done it,I''m so popular now on that pinkun board that they want to give me my own column,Am I right?cityangel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeCanary 0 Posted June 22, 2004 Well, I won''t comment upon the physical appearance cityangel, as I think that may be, in part, why there was such a thin turnout at the poster party...people prefer to leave to their imagination their impressions of what various posters look like/are like in the flesh. I must confess that I am concerned at seeing any thread where there seem to be as many positive inputs on me as there are negative ones. I may be forced to re-invent myself into a much more arrogant and critical individual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DumbleDelia is Magic 0 Posted June 22, 2004 If you''re right cityangel, I reckon YC culd be in the running for the next Bond villian!! You don''t have either 1) A white cat, 2) a gammy eye or 3) A strange fixation with world domination do you YC?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 0 Posted June 22, 2004 I sincerely hope you did not consider my post to be positive. I am sure you are an arrogant colonial, but you have the right to state your views as I have the right not to read them, which I shall be exercising from now on.There are other posters who I refuse to read this is primarily down to poor use of the English language, but yours I will not read because I do not want to listen to any of your cock eyed views on anything.That is my last word on the subject. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted June 22, 2004 Bloody Hell City Angel, you''ve just described me!. Although I''m an awful lot older than 70, more like 170, a dead ringer I''m told for Michael Douglas, watch it wiz he''ll sue!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NavMan 0 Posted June 22, 2004 Peter, calm down before you have a coronary. Nothing wrong with old Yankee. He gets a lot of response because he raises sometimes contentious views which draw out a lot of debate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ayrton Twigge 0 Posted June 22, 2004 Always a treat when YC''s name crops up in the thread.Talk about going off at a tangent - or getting vindictive. A bit like your old great uncle - who used to be thought provoking but who''s since lost ONE marble, but not the lot. Let this fine old gentleman have his say - reality and imagination are starting to merge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazzathegreat 0 Posted June 22, 2004 i am afraid you are only american yankeeyou cannot do arrogant as well as us english lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites