wrote:

"Mike Garner-Superlative" and "Font Of All Knowledge" are just two more
of Gareth's alternative personalities. I have a feeling we'll meet some
more of them before the end of the Christmas holidays.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself. Give Gareth enough
bandwidth, and he'll talk himself into a padded cell.

You might not be familiar with the 'fettled casting' incident on
uk.rec.models.engineering a couple of years or so ago.

An amazing thread, concerning a casting bought at a show, which at
some point was fettled.

The complianant - no prizes! - exhibited a strange approach to
Customer Relations, allegedly faulty goods, returns policies, consumer
law, etc, but also kept changing his name in the thread. The reasons
can only be guessed at, but one result is to avoid kill filters.

The day's expenses were £25 petrol, £8-50 entry, £126 for the kit; 7
hours driving for the round trip.

However, in the end the 7.5 lb casting wound up in the dustbin, as the
OP couldn't be bothered to take it to the PO to send it off for a
refund. And this is the guy who complained of a University employee
wasting taxpayers money by sending an email three minutes after cop,
and which therefore must have been written during works time. The VC
appears to have told him to combine sex and travel (or words to that
effect).

The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a


from
Aero Spike

Spike wrote:

The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a



Lol, that was great! How inept can you get? I especially liked:

"You are mind-boggling in your sheer and utter moronic stupidity - even
a ten year old kid knows to take his gameboy back to the shop if it
doesn't work. "

A prefect analysis of Gareth Evans, if ever I saw one!

Copied to Blackgates for their amusement.
--
huLLy
Tel: 07976 123278
ICQ 136-987-925

"huLLy" wrote in message
...
Spike wrote:

The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a

Oh dear, he has a serious reality problem (but we all know that). The thread
was that amusing its been posted to several radio forums, complete with his
contact information.

huLLy wrote:

Spike wrote:

The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a


Lol, that was great! How inept can you get?


That wasn't the only thread on the topic. Try the opening post of this
thread; it's an incisive poem (how appropriate!) written by Stephen
Howard:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/53171b7f44a1bf3f/38e9b519f1b62f0b?lnk=st&q=%22or+did+he+just+****+i t%22+group%3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=1&hl=e n#38e9b519f1b62f0b

Enjoy!


from
Aero Spike

"Spike" wrote in message
...

huLLy wrote:

Spike wrote:

The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a


Lol, that was great! How inept can you get?


That wasn't the only thread on the topic. Try the opening post of this
thread; it's an incisive poem (how appropriate!) written by Stephen
Howard:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/53171b7f44a1bf3f/38e9b519f1b62f0b?lnk=st&q=%22or+did+he+just+****+i t%22+group%3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=1&hl=e n#38e9b519f1b62f0b

Enjoy!


from
Aero Spike
ROTFLMAO..to quote from the poem "Airy of Bean, his knees all a quiver" now
that proves he was a choirboy.

on 27/12/2005 09:52 Spike said the following:
wrote:


"Mike Garner-Superlative" and "Font Of All Knowledge" are just two more
of Gareth's alternative personalities. I have a feeling we'll meet some
more of them before the end of the Christmas holidays.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself. Give Gareth enough
bandwidth, and he'll talk himself into a padded cell.


You might not be familiar with the 'fettled casting' incident on
uk.rec.models.engineering a couple of years or so ago.

An amazing thread, concerning a casting bought at a show, which at
some point was fettled.

The complianant - no prizes! - exhibited a strange approach to
Customer Relations, allegedly faulty goods, returns policies, consumer
law, etc, but also kept changing his name in the thread. The reasons
can only be guessed at, but one result is to avoid kill filters.

The day's expenses were £25 petrol, £8-50 entry, £126 for the kit; 7
hours driving for the round trip.

However, in the end the 7.5 lb casting wound up in the dustbin, as the
OP couldn't be bothered to take it to the PO to send it off for a
refund. And this is the guy who complained of a University employee
wasting taxpayers money by sending an email three minutes after cop,
and which therefore must have been written during works time. The VC
appears to have told him to combine sex and travel (or words to that
effect).

The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a


from
Aero Spike
A gem I remember from that incident was his statement that 'any Company
that operates a Returns Department admits to selling shoddy goods'!
You couldn't make it up!
--
;-)
73 de Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI - mine's a pint.
http://turner-smith.co.uk

Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI wrote:

on 27/12/2005 09:52 Spike said the following:

The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a


A gem I remember from that incident was his statement that 'any Company
that operates a Returns Department admits to selling shoddy goods'!

You couldn't make it up!

ROFL!

Unfortunately, Frank, someone *did* make it up....as they went along,
I guess!

from
Aero Spike

Spike wrote:
The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a


from
Aero Spike

Absolutely hysterical, but I don't believe Gareth wrote any of that,
and here's why. In his regular drivelXXXXX sorry FAQ, he always writes:
"Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who are interested in the
science of radio wave propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing tradition of
providing a source of engineers who are born naturals."

But the person who so publicly demonstrated his stupidity in that
thread stated from the outset: "Incidentally, it was not I who pointed
out the error, but a qualified engineer who was also thinking of buying
one"

Gareth, as we all know, is a "real radio ham", so why would he need to
get the opinion of a qualified engineer?

Must've been somebody else, Shirley?

73
Mike G4KFK

wrote:


Spike wrote:
The fettled casting incident can be found here; pour yourself a scotch
or three and enjoy the tortured logic:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.models.engineering/browse_thread/thread/ac866c5299fcd1aa/0cbfa48834da1d4a?lnk=st&q=blackgates+casting+group %3Auk.rec.models.engineering&rnum=2&hl=en#0cbfa488 34da1d4a


Absolutely hysterical, but I don't believe Gareth wrote any of that,
and here's why. In his regular drivelXXXXX sorry FAQ, he always writes:
"Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who are interested in the
science of radio wave propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing tradition of
providing a source of engineers who are born naturals."

But the person who so publicly demonstrated his stupidity in that
thread stated from the outset: "Incidentally, it was not I who pointed
out the error, but a qualified engineer who was also thinking of buying
one"

Gareth, as we all know, is a "real radio ham", so why would he need to
get the opinion of a qualified engineer?

Could it be that he was out of his depth, and needed advice from
someone with experience? His approach to the FT-101E neutralising
problem was similar in that he got rid of the offending article. Come
to that, we haven't heard much about the FT-707 project either - but
at least he did ask for help with that, even if the replies were said
to have been lost due to one of his ISP failures.

from
Aero Spike

Gareth, as we all know, is a "real radio ham", so why would he need to
get the opinion of a qualified engineer?

Could it be that he was out of his depth, and needed advice from
someone with experience? His approach to the FT-101E neutralising
problem was similar in that he got rid of the offending article. Come
to that, we haven't heard much about the FT-707 project either - but
at least he did ask for help with that, even if the replies were said
to have been lost due to one of his ISP failures.

from
Aero Spike

Its quite amusing how some of the fraternity in here who have a Full Licence
think they can repair a radio. A lot can yes but there's also a lot of
Amateurs who hold full licences who, for one reason or another, can't fix
their radio. Be it shaky hands or impaired vision, no real skill with a
soldering iron or simply not wanting to bother and let someone else repair
it for them. Not all Full Amateurs can fix their radios even though they
will tell you they can.
There are plenty of search results on google or Yahoo or probably any other
search engine you would care to name that would reveal appropriate
information be it CB or Amateur for the repairman. Its a shame they just
can't ask for help and everyone join in in a helpful discussion which is how
it should be.

Regards,
Graham
--
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Radio is only a Hobby. Don't let it rule your life...

73/51 - Graham, 26-Golf Charlie-19