Nailing Our Colours To The Mast

[Dirk Diggler]

Originally posted by Mike Garside

Fine, so be it. I'll pipe down.

Anybody got a ladder Mike could borrow, he needs to get those bloody nails out!!!

[Jonny Fuller]

JW,

Oxford English Dictionary definition of Twat:.....contemptible person. I know it doesn't mention violence, but I was pushed for time!

[jwalker]

JF, you just missed an opportunity.

JW.

[Jonny Fuller]

Now, now Diggers, Mr Garside has posted a very humble statement, which I'm not sure I would have had the balls to do! so, lets cut him some slack, and get on with things!

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally posted by jwalker
JF, you just missed an opportunity.

JW.

To what?

[jwalker]

Oooooo. Mr Grumpy.

[Jonny Fuller]

I'm lost! wot ya talking about?

[Jonny Fuller]

Dom,
I would like to straighten something out here! In your posts on this subject, you talk as if I also said Alan Priddy was a 'twat', this is not the case! I mearly said I found his attitude/manner toward Bear Grylls, and others, offensive, and had grown tired of the 'trumpet blowing'!
So my only reference to 'twat, was in respect of Mike Garside's offer of a good hiding, bearing grudges, and so on.

I trust this will clarify things for anyone who didn't see the posts while they were still visible.

[DepSol]

John

this was your comment that started the provocation recently.

Dom, do you seriously think that saying 'I've been there, done that, and got the tee shirt' and everyone else is a twat, is the kind of 'banter' that atracts serious sponsorship?


Ok this time you werent calling someone a twat but you were basically saying that Alan is calling everyone else a twat. Between the two you get done for slander and liablous (sp).

you didnt have to put it that way as thats what got everyones back up. If you had taken a more tactful approach people may have taken you more seriously and this thread probably would never exist.

Dom

[Mike Garside]

Originally posted by Dirk Diggler
Anybody got a ladder Mike could borrow, he needs to get those bloody nails out!!!

Diggler, you are seriously mistaken if you think I have hauled down my colours. And Fuller....

[Mike Garside]

Originally posted by Jon Fuller
Mr Garside has posted a very humble statement...

...humility is not something I do. I am far too vindictive for that.

[Mike Garside]

Oh...and just to make it really clear...my ensuing silence is simply to avoid being provoked any further by you two wind-up merchants. I see no merit in a toothless exchange of insults that the security of this Forum affords. If you hear from me again it will be not be anything to do with RIBnet.

[Alan Priddy]

JF. I would like to straigten something out here as well!

I have never spoken ill of Bear or his attempt, in fact I have publicaly wished him well which I will continue to do so.
What I have done is point out a huge mistake in his publicity material which is very far from the truth.

If by mentioning that he is incorrect in his story makes me offensive and a "Twat" in your or others eyes then I am sorry but that is life.

If I am to be critised for telling the truth then again, sorry.
Jan Falkowski, Steve Lloyd and myself crossed the North Atlantic in a 7.4 metre rib in 1997 and that is a fact.
We crossed it again in 2001 and are presently the UIM world record holders for this crossing.

As an ex racer, you more than anyone should understand how riveraly works at a competitive level.

So, once again I will state. I have no problem with Bear's attempt and for the record I think he is a thourghy nice young guy, and if he the takes the Trans Atlantic trophy from us he will have deserved it because only his crew and mine will know how hard it was to get. I just wish he had got his facts right. Alan P

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally posted by Alan Priddy
If I am to be critised for telling the truth then again, sorry.

My sentiments exactly!

Now we know where we all stand:

Mike Garside still thinks violence is the answer, but not publicly on the forum, and Alan Priddy thinks he didn't belittle Bear and his team with his comments (such as 'the young pretenders')!

Now can we drop this rather boring subject.

P.S. Mike, my post re: 'humility' that you quote, was, it would appear, a very poor effort at smoothing things over by suggesting it took a real man to make such a statement, and that I would find it a hard pill to swallow! so I retract that statement, as you clearly aren't worthy of it!

[crazyhorse]

Evening folks,

Mike and JF

Maybe a little endurance pootle up the Irish sea in a f6+ might resolve a few of these little tecki points? Eh

[thewavehumper]

Please Jon give it a rest

Is your arragance and Petulance so great that you really have to get the last word in, everytime! . The name calling which we all seem to enjoy on Boatmad just hasn't got a home here (IMHO) You are busy rubishing two very respected members of our community and I for one don't appreciate it.

I met Alan a few times and find him to be a reasonable, even and fair guy justifiably upset about Bear ignoring his crews record setting achievements and claiming to be the first people to attempt the Atlantic Run.

As for your treatment of Mike G I can fully well understand why he is so hacked off I would be in his situation. Fortunately Cornwall is such a long way from our part of the coast so you'll probably be OK.

If this is Humour, a claim you often make when you wind people up, then it ain't working and at best second rate.

If it's a technical argument then it lost all creedence when it became personal.(be it your fault or not!)

[Jonny Fuller]

Do you know what wave, you're absolutely right, goodbye!

[Keith Hart]

Another good piece of advice I was given:

Do not confuse verbosity with being erudite and getting the last word in does not mean you have won the argument.



Keith Hart

[thewavehumper]

Erudite....what's this got to do with Glue quite a lot I guess

[narked]

I am rubber you are glue...

And yeah Stuart, another of your top notch jokes there!



Matt (beer!) Brown