I agree. Tony is an absolute knobber. That's why I rarely frequent the
group.

I can only imagine what you are like in the real world Tony.

But I imagine your bio reads a little like this.

1980 - Forcibly removed from the BBC micro club after being involved in what
one member recalls as 'the most vituperative outburst' he had ever seen. The
incident apparently related to a single digit missing on another members
cross-stitched representation of the BBC Micros CPU's serial number.

1981 - Thrown out of the hornby train engine group after seven hour raging
argument on the obvious benefits of HO gauge. The 342 pages of documentation
supporting your argument literally bored three members to death. Becomes
first man to make his own wedding anniversary present to his wife on a dot
matrix printer.

1982 - Beaten savagely at the Star Trek convention after bitterly opposing
all theories to do with warp-drive technology other than his own.

1984 - Became first traffic warden to invoke a parking law that dated back
to 1294 stating that all vehicles had to have a feed bag tied to the front.
Booking a record 265 cars in one day.

1985 - Became first traffic warden to defend himself in court over charges
of being a complete anal retentive pedant, relating to parking fines issued
in 1984.

1986 - Was found guilty of pedantry from 1984 case.

1989 - Appeals decision of 1984 case even though was no longer working for
council. Loses appeal

1993 - Takes 1984 parking case to the high court. Is offered out of court
settlement but wants so much to be right that refuses. Eventually loses
after Hornby HO Gauge club president turns star witness and recounts seven
hour dissertation and accompanying documentation. Loses case. Sun newspaper
follows story and attains photographs of Tony sitting at home, alone and
depressed in a batman outfit playing trivial pursuit on his own.

1996 - Despite 3 attempts on his life by three separate funded hitmen, takes
case to the privy council. Case drags on for a further 2 years. Eventually
loses after being awarded Britain's most pedantic man award in 1999, swings
the case against him.


1998 - Gets first PC. Alienated all remaining friends by simply boring them
to death with his knowledge.

1999 - Wife gets operation to become hearing impaired. Refuses to learn lip
reading.

2000 - Second place at the national 'Sound of my own voice' arguing
championship. Attained infamy for arguing for a further 2 weeks by
correspondence over why he should have won the championship.

2001 Begins legal proceedings against the promoters of 'Sound of my own
voice' competition.

2002 - Wife leaves him. Has new career being studied at Oxford university to
hopefully discover the basis of human endurance.

2002 - Wins Britain's most pedantic man for second time. Smashes trophy in
after ceremony fit of pique after some 'idiot' had put pepper on this steak
when he had asked for 'peppercorns'. Gets waiter sacked after giving a 2
hour lecture on the importance of condiment selection.

2003 - Splits time between writing letters to the newspaper, the council and
to the pursuit of pompous dissemination of information over internet where
people are unable to physically punch him. Still wears batman outfit when
sad but is working on his own super hero character called 'knowledge man'
and how he attempts to educate the idiots of the world.

For those that want a friendly, helpful group where you can ask a question
without having to wade through endless pontificating by someone that is
probably only here because the even the trainspotters could not handle him
anymore - go here.

www.creativecow.net

It's got all the forums for all the software/hardware issues you could ever
want and the vibe is very helpful.



"sherlock" wrote in message
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Where have I read this subject header before???

There is a 'wee' man called Morgan
Who likes to prove he knows jargon
He tries very hard to prove he is dad
with his negative posts and technicalities too often

He's definitely a bore who knows nothing at all
his life must be a sad one
So here's a game I'll let him play
he's used to losing anyway

Add to this post what you want him to do
I'm sure you don't need it but I'll give you a clue
I'll phrase it polite, but try as I might
I'll not guarantee you'll be nice to the wee ****e

Translate with 2 words only and reply to group:
"GO AWAY"

sorry for wasting space here, but others must feel the same about his
arrogance?

"Steve Franklin" wrote in message
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snip

And what did you ever do in any of those groups?
Sit at the back and heckle?

What have you contributed to this group other than this waste of time?
Like most of the anti TM replies in in this thread - nothing.

Loz

Well. Actually no. My policy is a two for one where I can. For everyone one
I ask, I attempt to answer two.

Tony can't be faulted to how many he answers and the effort he puts in,
that's never been the point. The man puts the effort in - that is
undisputed.

I'm just not willing to deal with his pedantic churlishness and his
insatiable need to be right.

But hey...loz..you like him... and there's nothing wrong with that.

Enjoy yourselves.


For the others...see you on Creativecow!


"loz" wrote in message
...

"Steve Franklin" wrote in message
...
snip

And what did you ever do in any of those groups?
Sit at the back and heckle?

What have you contributed to this group other than this waste of time?
Like most of the anti TM replies in in this thread - nothing.

Loz

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:24:17 GMT, "Steve Franklin"
allegedly wrote:

But I imagine your bio reads a little like this.

You have far too much time on your hands!

For those that want a friendly, helpful group where you can ask a
question without having to wade through endless pontificating by
someone that is probably only here because the even the trainspotters
could not handle him anymore - go here.

No thanks. Web based forums are slow, irritating to use, and often
censored. I'll stick with Usenet, freedom of speech and even Tony.

- Dave.