I dunno. Johnnys a strange one. I've never met him, only "talked" to him in the virtual world. Recently he's been (IMHO) a bit of a wind up merchant, pushing the mods and stuff for nothing other than (again, IMO) infantile wind-up points. But is that the real Johnny? Some of you may remember this thread from a while back (probably not, but the links there just in case.). I guess now he's not here I can post what he did for me.
It was when my business was in the sh!t, back in March. I was posting a semi blog on here about the trials and tribulations of trying to get money out of the banks, and how crap they were being, how stressed I was and all that sort of stuff. I was at a really low point thinking that the whole world was against me. Out of the blue I got a PM from him (and I know that posting PMs is normally verboten, but I think it's fine in this case) :
Feck me if it didn't have me in tears. He doesn't know me from Adam, but here he is offering me a few thousand quid to help me out! Nothing flashy, nothing in public, just a straightforward "you're in trouble, can I help?" type of thought. What can you say about a man like that? So no matter how he appears in public on this forum I'll always raise a glass to him. And hopefully I'll one day raise a glass with him.
Good job you put a smiley on that
Johnny may have overstepped the mark quite a few times recently but it wasn't all of his own doing.. he had help...at least you know where you stood with him.. some may not have liked it but at least he had the balls to say what he thought... unlike quite a few on here
He did far far more good for the site than bad.. he made it interesting and fun,
Both him and Tash really went out of their way to show real hospitality when I and others visited Skye... who else would get carry outs and make breakfast for over 20 bikers. he also arranged lifts too and from the cèilidh and paid for it out of his own pocket.
Johnny has always been there when people have genuinely need help...when any of us has done as much then we can criticise.. but if you've put feck all in and do very little other than moan.. STFU I say.
I'm happy to have Johnny for mate and sad to see him go but it's his choice and hopefully the right one for him.
We're just another step closer to pulling out clip boards and safety officers.. we're becoming more the BMW perceived boring stereotype of middle class, middle aged,middle of the road politically correct mindless numpty everyday.. you have to only look at some of the inane ramblings and hand holding needed to see how far we've sunk....
We need more fun... does anyone still remember Fun?
Good job you put a smiley on that
Johnny may have overstepped the mark quite a few times recently but it wasn't all of his own doing.. he had help...at least you know where you stood with him.. some may not have liked it but at least he had the balls to say what he thought... unlike quite a few on here
He did far far more good for the site than bad.. he made it interesting and fun,
Both him and Tash really went out of their way to show real hospitality when I and others visited Skye... who else would get carry outs and make breakfast for over 20 bikers. he also arranged lifts too and from the cèilidh and paid for it out of his own pocket.
Johnny has always been there when people have genuinely need help...when any of us has done as much then we can criticise.. but if you've put feck all in and do very little other than moan.. STFU I say.
I'm happy to have Johnny for mate and sad to see him go but it's his choice and hopefully the right one for him.
We're just another step closer to pulling out clip boards and safety officers.. we're becoming more the BMW perceived boring stereotype of middle class, middle aged,middle of the road politically correct mindless numpty everyday.. you have to only look at some of the inane ramblings and hand holding needed to see how far we've sunk....
We need more fun... does anyone still remember Fun?
100% in agreement with this, well said Tuned
As for the boring whining twats, well your all just that. You'll end up with what you want, people like you always do. Others with more imagination and life will move on and do something else just to be rid of your kind
That's wonderful David
And also slightly insane if you ask me
The two together would probably make a good epitaph for the man.
We've got a musical tribute thread to Johnny, now you're planning his epitaph!!
Spam alert I think
