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Old 6th Oct 2009, 06:13
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I get the same feeling from time to time but hate the notion that I am turning into a conspiracy theorist. I'm sure the explanation for the odd post removal is much simpler and comes down to swearing or possibly legal reasons.

I also understand the time that would be consumed providing explanations to all of the offending posters but there have been occasions when I simply don't understand why a post was removed.

Maybe some experimentation is required?

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Old 6th Oct 2009, 07:14
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We put our chemistry sets away a loooong time ago! But you certainly have the principle right.

Just lie back and enjoy it - it's not all bad. For you or us.
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Old 6th Oct 2009, 10:33
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You have it in one. We would not delete the whole thread, but we would most certainly delete the post and probably put him on a short term ban to remind him of his responsibilities when he signed up to PPRuNe.

Does make you wonder doan it.
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That started because some complete idiots thought it was OK to use the f word and c word
Those would be 'Falklands' and 'Christmas', I guess?

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Old 6th Oct 2009, 12:41
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Wholigan

After reading your CV, I have a serious bone to pick with you sir!
I note you worked in a nuclear shop!. If some of the lock knives in my local
outdoor shop are illegal, then I shudder to think about the stuff you sold, and the
kind of customers who visited. It kind of makes a chav with a fighting dog seem
suddenly tame
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Pity I didn't manage to nick a few or I could have sold you a couple to deal with your local chav problems mate.

And cheque's in the post BEags.
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Old 8th Oct 2009, 23:49
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I was placed in the 'sin bin' for making derogatory remarks about a certain woman's physical appearance. My remarks were no worse than many others that appear daily in other threads, in fact I think the only thing wrong with my remark is that it insulted the animal with which I compared this woman.

However, this all left me with a very bad feeling of being too harshly treated without adequate warning - the warning came with the ban!! Hence, I posted in my "hissy fit" state about a fortnight ago that I was finished with Prune - whilst I still feel agrieved, I don't feel alone as this would also appear to be happening to others.
So there we have it. I'm in the 'hissy fit' state right now.
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Old 9th Oct 2009, 00:09
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I noticed that this Forum had a 'mod' in 2003 - during the Spring Offensive of that year. I also note NOW that there is nominated Moderator.- Agree that this is not MY train set, and that Pop et al say their piece every now and then (their train set) - Are there any 'new' rules?, especially given the amount of 'sin-binned' posters who may step over the boundary with THEIR interpretation of 'Banter' ...?
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Old 9th Oct 2009, 04:03
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I think the moderation on this forum is a lot more even handed and fair compared to the JB, forum. At JB they are like children with not enough to do. Titles of threads changed, threads and posts disappearing, closing threads with no explanation, all with monotonous regularity, banning, you name it, they're at it. I don't even bother sticking my oar in there anymore.

The "stable" is the height of instability.

Yes it's their train set and they can have it.

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Old 9th Oct 2009, 06:56
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HNS, agree, I was sin binned in a diffeent forum much to the surprise of a Mod here who was present at the time.

I know why it happened and it was a people thing rather than what I had said. That mod was operating to a rigid set of rules and no deviation had been permitted.
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Old 9th Oct 2009, 10:03
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Thought that since there were two threads about mods up and running simultaneously I'd put them together.

You might also get some "new" questions and knocking methods if you peruse these old threads from 2003 and 2007.


http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ors-taste.html


http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...oderators.html

I guess not a whole lot changes over the years really.
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Old 9th Oct 2009, 12:37
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I guess not a whole lot changes over the years really.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/Wholigan/Me2.jpg

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Old 9th Oct 2009, 12:54
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Is mod knock a bit like tank slap?
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Old 9th Oct 2009, 13:44
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Unless I'm much mistaken, Gibraltar, about 1968. What's more, he looks younger now than he did then!!

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Old 9th Oct 2009, 15:54
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Chum of mine did once 'slap' a tank...

During a posting with the folk who used to creep around various parts of East Germany, some boffin wanted to know how thick the armour was on some Sovietski tankski. So they gave him a device and told him to press it against the tank, press the tit and it would take a reading.

They didn't quite tell him everything though.

Chum finally found out where one of these tanks was parked, crept out in the dead of night with the boffin's toy, pressed it against the tank and pressed the tit.

A loud 'BOOOOOIIIIINNNNG' came from the device, which was obviously some sonar system. Chum legged it sharpish and about half-a-heartbeat later the turret hatch flew open and a dazed East German tank mate peered out in terror wondering what the hell had just woken him up..... It seems their crews sleep with their horses and/or tanks!

Nothing to do with moderators, who are all very fine chaps indeed!! But whenever anyone mentions tanks, I have this image of our amateur snoop waking up the East German tankie with that bit of boffinry!

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Old 9th Oct 2009, 16:17
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Should this thread be removed for repeated swearing and repeated (intended) comments on the same subject? i.e. done to death
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Old 9th Oct 2009, 17:00
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You have a point, but we thought you might like a bit of fun.
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Colour pictures were invented.
Ooooh you are cruel R O G.

But fatter Ken!
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