Tell Me Something............Anything!

[Joe]

Where did that happen - here? If so please link to it.

Marco.

It was on pfm, many years ago. I doubt it's still in the archives, as TonyL prunes the audio section regularly. Mick Parry and some other bloke were on the brink of an arranged fight in Birmingham arising from a heated discussion about cables, tlll they were laughed out of the idea by most pfm'ers.

[Pigmy Pony]

It was on pfm, many years ago. I doubt it's still in the archives, as TonyL prunes the audio section regularly. Mick Parry and some other bloke were on the brink of an arranged fight in Birmingham arising from a heated discussion about cables, tlll they were laughed out of the idea by most pfm'ers.

Ah, but the thing with t'internet, with its potential for catfish - these "blokes" may actually be women. I may be too, for all you know

[Beobloke]

Ha! You may have missed some of the earlier inter-forum warfare, when supposedly 'harmless eccentrics' exchanged death threats over the all-important issue of whether cable A was better than cable B. (Though to be fair, I don't think any actual violence ensued, and if it had, it'd probably only have amounted to handbags at dawn).

Yes, forums and real life are usually very different, as Sniff Petrol succinctly explained it...

https://sniffpetrol.com/2014/06/19/f...than-expected/

[Oddball]

Yes, forums and real life are usually very different, as Sniff Petrol succinctly explained it...

https://sniffpetrol.com/2014/06/19/f...than-expected/

Love it !!! It reminds me of CB meet ups we had years ago (The Agriculture industry uses them a lot , CB radios that is !!) some of the noisy ones on there were like mice in a social situation and it always seemed like people were standing around naked (metaphorically )

[Macca]

It was on pfm, many years ago. I doubt it's still in the archives, as TonyL prunes the audio section regularly. Mick Parry and some other bloke were on the brink of an arranged fight in Birmingham arising from a heated discussion about cables, tlll they were laughed out of the idea by most pfm'ers.

The fight would not be about cables though but about people disrespecting each other. You see a fair few comments on forums where that line is crossed. There's been a couple of occasions when I have thought 'If you'd spoken like that to me face to face you'd be on the ground looking up'. But of course they are safe behind their keyboards.

[Beobloke]

There's been a couple of occasions when I have thought 'If you'd spoken like that to me face to face you'd be on the ground looking up'. But of course they are safe behind their keyboards.

This is absolutely true. Personally, I would never saying anything on a forum that I wouldn’t be prepared to say to the same person face to face, but it seems that not al people operate this way!

[walpurgis]

Ah, but the thing with t'internet, with its potential for catfish - these "blokes" may actually be women. I may be too, for all you know

Well if you are, I'm not dating anything that looks like your avatar!

[walpurgis]

Yes, forums and real life are usually very different, as Sniff Petrol succinctly explained it...

https://sniffpetrol.com/2014/06/19/f...than-expected/

Yes. Likely a lot of truth there.

I don't think I fit the category. What you don't see is what you get here!

[Joe]

The fight would not be about cables though but about people disrespecting each other. You see a fair few comments on forums where that line is crossed. There's been a couple of occasions when I have thought 'If you'd spoken like that to me face to face you'd be on the ground looking up'. But of course they are safe behind their keyboards.

How it usually goes:

Bloke A: I've just bought this fantastic new [whatever]. It transformed the sound of my system.

Bloke B: I don't believe a [whatever] could make that much difference.

Bloke A: You calling me a liar?

Bloke B: No, just a delusional half-wit.

[continues for several pages until threadlock]

[Pigmy Pony]

Well if you are, I'm not dating anything that looks like your avatar!

I'm hoping Marco will give me a nicer avatar next time, as my social life is now in the toilet. Ooh. that didn't come out right - I mean it's taken a nose dive