Well this was an interesting thread to read, I do wonder what was said in the few deleted posts though.
Apparently my gaybashing rant from several years back was bought up by the looks of it, although I didn't see a link to it.
I do regret what I said, I am damn ashamed of it actually, last motors meet and the one before I wanted to say to PM Keates that I was sorry (since embarrassingly for me Mr. Keates reminded everyone about it last year, I thought that had been forgotten and I know that bringing it back up allowed a lot of people that didn’t know about it to read it, which I was embarrassed about tbh) and to apologise for any offence that may have occurred, but the right moment never really came up ...well I suppose that's hardly the sort of moment that does. I can't defend what I said, I did used to hold rather more 'extreme' views than I do now, I have travelled a lot, met a lot of people and basically had much more contact out of my own little bubble since I said all that ...my views have changed accordingly, not to mention I have just gotten older and really couldn't care less what sexuality someone has.
As for what Pete said about me seeming a little 'awkward' when I found out he liked men ..well I wouldn't put it like that exactly, I just had no idea (call me naive if you like) ...I've never been all that great at spotting this sort of thing and I did feel a bit awkward when I asked him if Oly was related to him or something like that since he was a fully paid up driver of Pete's car ...which is a little odd for just a 'friend' ...I did not know what everyone else apparently knew and at that moment, which was 2 RR's ago iirc, I did feel a bit awkward, especially as I knew they likely knew what I had said several years prior as it had recently been brought back up by PM Keates ...thus I sure did feel awkward, but not for the reasons some may imagine, I just felt embarrassed and rather ashamed ...since I like PM Keates, Pete and Oly ...and really didn't want them to think I was looking at them differently because of this or for them to look at me differently ...as an intolerant bigot. I have changed my thinking on all this and I am sorry, I apologise for what I said years ago. And with that I would really like to lay that 'issue' to rest, although I think me and PM Keates had laid it to rest ...sort of, since he seemed to accept my earlier attempt at an apology.
Anyway ...where have I been? ...well doing other stuff, and I also didn't quite know how to come back and start posting after I started down another one of my silly ranting pseudo philosophical bs roads ...it was nothing to do with cars or homosexuality though, something about dyeing in glorious battle to defend your family and home etc, I actually forget the specifics now but I think it was about what you would do if someone broke into your house and tried to take your stuff ...anyway, I said some silly things I figured I wasn't going to get out of without looking like a fool ...which is something I admit, I hate. Still, this is the internet and my foolishness doesn't even begin to compare to some that you can find out there. But in essence I mostly stopped reading OcUK for months after that thread ...as I didn't even want to see the responses to my last post where iirc I was trying to explain my viewpoint, albeit probably not very well, I just knew it was going to nosedive and I had no way to get out without looking like an idiot I guess, and I didn't want to read that and think about it to be honest.
I have been reading a lot more again of late and frankly, I kind of miss OcUK motors and I'm trying to catch up on what's happaned over the months.
Also, I have not moved to Canada, but I will be going for a 3 week visit on July 1st, spending more time there this time so I can really work some stuff out and make sure I really do want to live there.
I have not "sunk my balls" into anything Canadian, although Diamond Mark's wishes are appreciated
...I have however broken up with my girlfriend of nearly 4 years though, it was mutual and we remain friends and no I'm not going to talk about that since no-one cares and I don't care to talk about it anyway ...never have liked that kind of talk on the internet with strangers ...cars and computers or politics though, sure!
Errr that's more or less it I suppose, and yes my Jag has problems ...and yes I was rather embarrassed to have once again made a mistake, but I have had my sisters Audi since before I came to the last RR, so I have mostly been using that and avoiding the Jag ...saved myself a fortune in petrol too I might add, I've probably put 1k miles on the Jag since though tbh ...if that. I said I would keep it a year though and in August ...it will be a year and I am inclined to change it soon, my sister is back from Aus at the end of July anyway so I will lose the A4 then, which has been great really.
I am going to stop overstepping my own income braket with cars though and also I want to save more money for the future, so that when I do finally go to Canada, probably in several years, I will need money anyway and I'd really rather not plough so much into failing old cars. So when I do get something it'll be much newer and rather lower down the scale but a lot cheaper to run and hopefully problem free. Something like a Mk4 Mondeo ...I've had my eye on those lately, they have really grown on me ...but that's a discussion for another thread and when I get back from Canada ...or more likely when I am in Canada and want something to talk about.
Finally, I wonder why Robbie G said I was a massive cry baby, along with Iaind ? …I would tend to disagree with that actually, whatever else I may have said around here, I don’t think I am a cry baby. Anyway it would seem he got suspended for some reason, so I really don’t care
That’s about it, bit of an essay I know, but it’s been a long time. I am kind of …well touched I suppose that someone would make a thread asking where I was, I didn't think people took much notice of me
Apparently my gaybashing rant from several years back was bought up by the looks of it, although I didn't see a link to it.
I do regret what I said, I am damn ashamed of it actually, last motors meet and the one before I wanted to say to PM Keates that I was sorry (since embarrassingly for me Mr. Keates reminded everyone about it last year, I thought that had been forgotten and I know that bringing it back up allowed a lot of people that didn’t know about it to read it, which I was embarrassed about tbh) and to apologise for any offence that may have occurred, but the right moment never really came up ...well I suppose that's hardly the sort of moment that does. I can't defend what I said, I did used to hold rather more 'extreme' views than I do now, I have travelled a lot, met a lot of people and basically had much more contact out of my own little bubble since I said all that ...my views have changed accordingly, not to mention I have just gotten older and really couldn't care less what sexuality someone has.
As for what Pete said about me seeming a little 'awkward' when I found out he liked men ..well I wouldn't put it like that exactly, I just had no idea (call me naive if you like) ...I've never been all that great at spotting this sort of thing and I did feel a bit awkward when I asked him if Oly was related to him or something like that since he was a fully paid up driver of Pete's car ...which is a little odd for just a 'friend' ...I did not know what everyone else apparently knew and at that moment, which was 2 RR's ago iirc, I did feel a bit awkward, especially as I knew they likely knew what I had said several years prior as it had recently been brought back up by PM Keates ...thus I sure did feel awkward, but not for the reasons some may imagine, I just felt embarrassed and rather ashamed ...since I like PM Keates, Pete and Oly ...and really didn't want them to think I was looking at them differently because of this or for them to look at me differently ...as an intolerant bigot. I have changed my thinking on all this and I am sorry, I apologise for what I said years ago. And with that I would really like to lay that 'issue' to rest, although I think me and PM Keates had laid it to rest ...sort of, since he seemed to accept my earlier attempt at an apology.
Anyway ...where have I been? ...well doing other stuff, and I also didn't quite know how to come back and start posting after I started down another one of my silly ranting pseudo philosophical bs roads ...it was nothing to do with cars or homosexuality though, something about dyeing in glorious battle to defend your family and home etc, I actually forget the specifics now but I think it was about what you would do if someone broke into your house and tried to take your stuff ...anyway, I said some silly things I figured I wasn't going to get out of without looking like a fool ...which is something I admit, I hate. Still, this is the internet and my foolishness doesn't even begin to compare to some that you can find out there. But in essence I mostly stopped reading OcUK for months after that thread ...as I didn't even want to see the responses to my last post where iirc I was trying to explain my viewpoint, albeit probably not very well, I just knew it was going to nosedive and I had no way to get out without looking like an idiot I guess, and I didn't want to read that and think about it to be honest.
I have been reading a lot more again of late and frankly, I kind of miss OcUK motors and I'm trying to catch up on what's happaned over the months.
Also, I have not moved to Canada, but I will be going for a 3 week visit on July 1st, spending more time there this time so I can really work some stuff out and make sure I really do want to live there.
I have not "sunk my balls" into anything Canadian, although Diamond Mark's wishes are appreciated
...I have however broken up with my girlfriend of nearly 4 years though, it was mutual and we remain friends and no I'm not going to talk about that since no-one cares and I don't care to talk about it anyway ...never have liked that kind of talk on the internet with strangers ...cars and computers or politics though, sure!Errr that's more or less it I suppose, and yes my Jag has problems ...and yes I was rather embarrassed to have once again made a mistake, but I have had my sisters Audi since before I came to the last RR, so I have mostly been using that and avoiding the Jag ...saved myself a fortune in petrol too I might add, I've probably put 1k miles on the Jag since though tbh ...if that. I said I would keep it a year though and in August ...it will be a year and I am inclined to change it soon, my sister is back from Aus at the end of July anyway so I will lose the A4 then, which has been great really.
I am going to stop overstepping my own income braket with cars though and also I want to save more money for the future, so that when I do finally go to Canada, probably in several years, I will need money anyway and I'd really rather not plough so much into failing old cars. So when I do get something it'll be much newer and rather lower down the scale but a lot cheaper to run and hopefully problem free. Something like a Mk4 Mondeo ...I've had my eye on those lately, they have really grown on me ...but that's a discussion for another thread and when I get back from Canada ...or more likely when I am in Canada and want something to talk about.
Finally, I wonder why Robbie G said I was a massive cry baby, along with Iaind ? …I would tend to disagree with that actually, whatever else I may have said around here, I don’t think I am a cry baby. Anyway it would seem he got suspended for some reason, so I really don’t care
That’s about it, bit of an essay I know, but it’s been a long time. I am kind of …well touched I suppose that someone would make a thread asking where I was, I didn't think people took much notice of me
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