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how such an innocent thread can turn into such madness.
BLIMEY ::)
I like the 'tropical plant fetish' comment. Nice one ;D
lol
btw i've taken the signature down now because the mod pointed out they're having problems with signatures...which is fair enough and i took that as a valid reason.....but not some.....*%^%&^%&!!!
this is the signature i was using:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/wahaj17/paradisesig.jpg)
What i was trying to represent was where the old world used to be.....trees, birds animals and it's all been paved over to make high rise buildings. Not intice racial hatred!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/wahaj17/paradiseava.jpg)
::) Not knowing the Madonna song, I'd laid the blame for your picture squarely at the door of Joni Mitchell ... Big Yellow Taxi is one of my fave songs and it also works well when I think of allotments and developers ...
Isn't it astonishing how people can come to peculiar conclusions of their own as far as art is concerned? ;) :D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel, a boutique,
And a swinging hot spot.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum.
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Hey, farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T., now!
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Late last night I heard the screen door slam.
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Unless it's some kind of wind-up, some of those people really need help!
I suppose that if the Internet has turned the world into a Global Village, we have to put up with some Global Village Idiots
What a pillock, that's all I have to say about him... ::)
I LOVE the word 'pillock' ;D
Quote from: triffid on November 29, 2006, 11:17:20
::) Not knowing the Madonna song, I'd laid the blame for your picture squarely at the door of Joni Mitchell ... Big Yellow Taxi is one of my fave songs and it also works well when I think of allotments and developers ...
Isn't it astonishing how people can come to peculiar conclusions of their own as far as art is concerned? ;) :D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel, a boutique,
And a swinging hot spot.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum.
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Hey, farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T., now!
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Late last night I heard the screen door slam.
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
i love that song too :) but yea.....that was sort of the general idea. thank you!
Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on November 29, 2006, 11:56:46
I suppose that if the Internet has turned the world into a Global Village, we have to put up with some Global Village Idiots
;D
Thanks peeps.....i knew i wasn't loosing my mind.
Oooo I love postings like that, makes me larf! Some people indeed. tut.
I like pillock to! A word I just don't use enough..... ;D ;D ;D
I see he has also posted on your prickly pear thread. That made interesting reading as I was a lucky recipient of a pad also. Mine is well planted and rooting like crrrrrzy!
:o Just seen the thread Wahaj what was that all about? pillock's good also like didlo and plonker but Del boy sort of killed it.
Flippin eck Waj....see what happens when a nice boy like you leaves the safety of Lotties4 and goes wandering off into the jungle ::) ;) ;D
Hey trif, thanks for putting up the words of the Joni Mitchell song 8) Bloody Sains'brys did just that....knocked down our Mecca, our Paradise, The Scene of Many Crimes ;), our Fabuloso Pub, and extended their parking facilities....never forgiven them for that....b****rds :'(
Good grief, some people need to get a life ... let's hope he doesn't find us over here.
Cyber thug comes to mind here Wahaj, that bloke has serious problems....what a pity he targeted you.He was out to get you for something. What a rotten lot they were for not defending you!
sad about that, wahaj
still, we're not all wierdos, as you can see from this forum,
some people are too quick to jump without thinking :(
have a hug from us :D
Quote from: Emagggie on November 29, 2006, 20:23:40
Cyber thug comes to mind here Wahaj, that bloke has serious problems....what a pity he targeted you.He was out to get you for something. What a rotten lot they were for not defending you!
one guy PMd to say don't listen to him cause he's a jerk and he's done it before. which is nice enough.....but i dunno....
me reckons i go for the nice rainbow signature. surely that can't offend anyone lol.
you shouldn't hqave to chage wht you're doing but unfortunately in this murky world, there's always the nutters >:(
Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on November 29, 2006, 17:44:31
I see he has also posted on your prickly pear thread. That made interesting reading as I was a lucky recipient of a pad also. Mine is well planted and rooting like crrrrrzy!
i've potted it the right way up now and it has roots hanging off one side lol. hopefully it'll be ok.
Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on November 29, 2006, 18:42:51
Flippin eck Waj....see what happens when a nice boy like you leaves the safety of Lotties4 and goes wandering off into the jungle ::) ;) ;D
Hey trif, thanks for putting up the words of the Joni Mitchell song 8) Bloody Sains'brys did just that....knocked down our Mecca, our Paradise, The Scene of Many Crimes ;), our Fabuloso Pub, and extended their parking facilities....never forgiven them for that....b****rds :'(
it was the candy i swear. well....banana shaped candy lol.
Quote from: wahaj on November 29, 2006, 20:33:25
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.ean even though some people are nice on there....the environment sLike i happened to mentioned the fact that i'm gay in that thread to prove my point....but now i'm being asked to go on a drink with people in london just because they're gay and so am i. I mean it's nice to ask.....but i just don't like that sort "gays sticking together" kinda thing in gay bars. it's just not my cuppa tea. But then i don't wanna be a kill joy and say no.
Then stay out in cyberspace, and tell them (nicely) why.
'Yeah, cause all straight people get along really well with each other, don't they?
;)
And don't worry about the toxic bigot escaping and turning up here -- can you imagine how long he'd last?
Ask Supersprout if she has a recipe for pillock passata.
(I can see it now: "press one large pillock through the passata machine...")
;D
Quote from: triffid on November 29, 2006, 20:56:27
'Yeah, cause all straight people get along really well with each other, don't they?
;)
And don't worry about the toxic bigot escaping the Oasis from hell and turning up here -- can you imagine how long he'd last?
Ask Supersprout if she has a recipe for pillock passata.
(I can see it now: "press one large pillock through the passata machine...")
;D
ouch!
Hi guys
I am from the UK Oasis and post under the same name on that board.
We are aware of your forum over here and I have looked in from time to time.
As regards to the mis-understanding on our board I would just like to say just recently we have had to ban 2 members which is un- precedented in our history as only one other person has ever been banned.
This has made us recently a little jumpy especially with new members, new members are readily accepted though, we have members all over the world posting on our board and the wealth of information is vast and everyone here is more than welcome to join in though you will probably be put off now.
I would just like to say that Nigel was a little quick off the mark with you Wahaj but in todays world sometimes these things happen and I can also see the "Twin towers " and the wording "Your paradise is not for me" written underneath but obviously you are the genuine article having found and read the articles on this board.
I can also assure you Nigel is no pillock or any of the other words used in this thread and he and many others who know of this forum are probably reading this very thread this is just advice to choose your words carefully so as not to in flame the situation further.
Nigel is a very important nurseryman who imports palms from throughout the world and can be a very helpful person to know and I regard him as a very good friend.
Though I cannot apologise for bad vibes on the Oasis as I am not a moderator just a frequent poster I would still like to see others posting over on our board.
The snowy pics coming in from Canada at the moment are astounding........check them out.
Just to show I am the genuine article here is my garden here in Leics not too far from yourself Wahaj
http://www.pbase.com/theukoasis/kevs_garden (http://www.pbase.com/theukoasis/kevs_garden)
If I am out of order with this info I apologise but felt I needed to place the other side of the argument a little................ :)
Cheers Kev
Don't know what was going on there, don't want to, but you have my sympathy; that didn't feel nice at all. Despite what the guy said, it's not Opuntia subulata. That's one of the primitive ones with a cylindrical 'trunk' and not-so-vestigial leaves. You've got one of the pad species, but I don't know which one. At least it doesn't seem to have the really wicked spines of some Opuntias. The guy who said that this is the dormant season was quite right, but many Opuntias are virtually indestructible so you may get away with it. The danger is that it may well decide to rot rather than root. Get some compost and mix lots of grit into it, so it's really well-drained, plant it on edge, and water extremely carefully until you see new growth, if you do. Keep it indoors, in a cool place, and hope.
Quote from: Kev Spence on November 29, 2006, 22:12:07
Hi guys
I am from the UK Oasis and post under the same name on that board.
We are aware of your forum over here and I have looked in from time to time.
As regards to the mis-understanding on our board I would just like to say just recently we have had to ban 2 members which is un- precedented in our history as only one other person has ever been banned.
This has made us recently a little jumpy especially with new members, new members are readily accepted though, we have members all over the world posting on our board and the wealth of information is vast and everyone here is more than welcome to join in though you will probably be put off now.
I would just like to say that Nigel was a little quick off the mark with you Wahaj but in todays world sometimes these things happen and I can also see the "Twin towers " and the wording "Your paradise is not for me" written underneath but obviously you are the genuine article having found and read the articles on this board.
I can also assure you Nigel is no pillock or any of the other words used in this thread and he and many others who know of this forum are probably reading this very thread this is just advice to choose your words carefully so as not to in flame the situation further.
Nigel is a very important nurseryman who imports palms from throughout the world and can be a very helpful person to know and I regard him as a very good friend.
Though I cannot apologise for bad vibes on the Oasis as I am not a moderator just a frequent poster I would still like to see others posting over on our board.
The snowy pics coming in from Canada at the moment are astounding........check them out.
Just to show I am the genuine article here is my garden here in Leics not too far from yourself Wahaj
http://www.pbase.com/theukoasis/kevs_garden (http://www.pbase.com/theukoasis/kevs_garden)
If I am out of order with this info I apologise but felt I needed to place the other side of the argument a little................ :)
Cheers Kev
i wasn't critisizing the board at all....far from it. as i said there are some really nice people on there.....and some people have PMd and have been very helpful.
as regards to Nigel....to be very honest i don't care whether the situation gets out of hands...because in my opinion it already has. And to be very honest i couldn't give a rotten banana if nigel was the plantsman for the buckingham palace. I have no interest in his knowledge or what he can offer...because as far as i'm concerned he is just a vindictive little, racist man. Needless to say i wont be buying any palms off him.
And EVEN if he had misunderstood my signature to start with....even after explaining intensively about the contents of my signature he still didn't speak to me like a human and refused to post on the forums if i wasn't "dealt" with.
What did bother me was how a lot of people sat on the fence with the subject on the forum. I don't know whether or not he's a "trusted" member or because of the fact that he can give discounts on palms.....i dunno.....but the needless abuse i had to put up with went pretty much un-noticed.
As i already explained in this thread that those aren't the trade towers, they look nothing like the trade towers, one's shorter than the other. It depicts my thoughts on paving over paradise. No I wonder.....if i didn't have a muslim name as my ID...would i have picked on?
again i appreciate kev that you're trying to solve matters and build bridges.....but as far as i'm concerned i'm not saying any community's better than another, i just think that i very much doubt that sort of behaviour would have gone un-noticed here.
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on November 29, 2006, 23:03:39
Don't know what was going on there, don't want to, but you have my sympathy; that didn't feel nice at all. Despite what the guy said, it's not Opuntia subulata. That's one of the primitive ones with a cylindrical 'trunk' and not-so-vestigial leaves. You've got one of the pad species, but I don't know which one. At least it doesn't seem to have the really wicked spines of some Opuntias. The guy who said that this is the dormant season was quite right, but many Opuntias are virtually indestructible so you may get away with it. The danger is that it may well decide to rot rather than root. Get some compost and mix lots of grit into it, so it's really well-drained, plant it on edge, and water extremely carefully until you see new growth, if you do. Keep it indoors, in a cool place, and hope.
thanks rob...i've put it the right way up now and hopefully it should root soon. i mean it took 2 days to root as it is lol.
Just put the tool on ignore and leave him there. People with such closed minds don't deserve any spotlight whatsoever.
Edit: At the risk of sounding like a dictator, Wahaj, it might be worth locking or at the very least, keeping a close eye on this thread because the last thing you (and we) want is for a row to erupt with peeps from another forum? Just my tuppence worth, hope I don't offend?
Sam
Quote from: Yellow Petals on November 29, 2006, 23:44:23
Just put the tool on ignore and leave him there. People with such closed minds don't deserve any spotlight whatsoever.
Edit: At the risk of sounding like a dictator, Wahaj, it might be worth locking or at the very least, keeping a close eye on this thread because the last thing you (and we) want is for a row to erupt with peeps from another forum? Just my tuppence worth, hope I don't offend?
Sam
no i understand what you mean me lovely. i didn't mean to cause some sort of rift between communities....i only really wanted to vent to my friends about one person that treated me like crap.
but i do understand how it might reflect badly on UKOasis...and that weren't my intentions at all.....i do ppologise if that's what's happened. I think it's a fantastic board that has some very nice people.
You never know, Wahaj, if Nigel is any kind of gentleman he will probably post you an apology on UK Oasis. ;)
All just goes to show how subjective art, and the interpretation of art, can be :-[ I hope that Nige and others will now accept your explanation of the true meaning you were portraying Waj and lay this distasteful subject to rest.
Talking about interpretations, anyone want to try the on-line Rorschach (ink blot)Test?
http://www.stupidstuff.org/main/rorschach1.htm
;D
Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on November 30, 2006, 08:18:43
All just goes to show how subjective art, and the interpretation of art, can be :-[ I hope that Nige and others will now accept your explanation of the true meaning you were portraying Waj and lay this distasteful subject to rest.
Talking about interpretations, anyone want to try the on-line Rorschach (ink blot)Test?
http://www.stupidstuff.org/main/rorschach1.htm
;D
lol it told me a i'm a nut job that hates his mother and father. nice!
Told me the same thing Wahaj, we must be related! ;D
Off the main thread I know but I like the word Wassock (?) never had ocassion to put it to type before!
;D
as in 'yer gurt wazzock'?
fab saying ;D