Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Which CC member do you think you'd like to meet?
- Thread starter CanucksTraveller
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- Location
- London
not a great user of emoticons (if that's what they are called) but pretty sure there isn't one for that.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Having met plenty on various CC rides....
No
No
I rode with a chap on an audax who was most surprised that I didn't know who he was. He was *insert user name here* from YACF. I knew the site (many audaxers do) but had no recollection of him.
I do now wonder how many people I rode/spoke with, back in the day, that where on one of the cycling sites. I suspect I've crossed paths with some on here - though obviously not recently. Anyone do Windsor-Chester-Windsor in 2014? (Just searching and, yes, I have met someone once on here! And I remember having a good chat with them too!)
I do now wonder how many people I rode/spoke with, back in the day, that where on one of the cycling sites. I suspect I've crossed paths with some on here - though obviously not recently. Anyone do Windsor-Chester-Windsor in 2014? (Just searching and, yes, I have met someone once on here! And I remember having a good chat with them too!)
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I shall be discreet!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well, I was extremely glad to meet you for the first time... 😢Having met plenty on various CC rides....
No
Mind you, that might have been because I was cycling down to stay with my family in the Midlands that day and you insisted on carrying my heavy rucksack up the big Holme Moss and Snake Pass climbs for me!
- Location
- London
I do remember an old London cycling buddy/acquaintance - not sure where he is now, was italian - who had both a forum (not this one) and fresh air london cycling group presence.
I well remember him talking about one guy and saying he was:
a: really really absolutely crazy/angry/argumentative to be avoided at all costs.
b: seemed really reasonable and well-balanced.
One of these was the in-the-flesh face-to-face persona, the other the forum one - he was really amazed by the split.
I can't remember which was which though.
(and in case anyone is tempted to ask I can't remember who it was though I may have known one of their faces)
I well remember him talking about one guy and saying he was:
a: really really absolutely crazy/angry/argumentative to be avoided at all costs.
b: seemed really reasonable and well-balanced.
One of these was the in-the-flesh face-to-face persona, the other the forum one - he was really amazed by the split.
I can't remember which was which though.
(and in case anyone is tempted to ask I can't remember who it was though I may have known one of their faces)
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
That means all the nice calm reasoned people on here are a nightmare in real life 😂
Your sound like you may have met me!
- Location
- London
could be - some in the past have tried to excuse the online nightmares as really nice offline/nice to their mum/adored by their pets/national saints in kurdistan - being oldfashioned I never really buy this. A 'mare is a 'mare in my book, even if in sheep's clothing, wrapped in the flag or some popular cause etc.
farfromtheland
Regular AND Goofy
- Location
- London
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CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Odd isn't it. I used to be a very regular contributor on a travel forum and we'd have social get togethers in London once a month or so, to meet visitors from other cities and just to generally have beer and snacks and a nice time.
On that forum there were / are 3 real pieces of work, all three of them were sarcastic, cutting, snidey towards visitors, and at times downright hostile and rude. For a forum whose raison d'etre was to help people, they stood out. They were clearly just there to get kicks from being rude to people.
On a couple of the socials we had, two of them actually turned up, on more than one occasion. One of them was surprisingly terribly sweet in person, just a lovely and sociable guy and not like his online persona at all. The other one was quiet as a mouse and clearly had severe trouble in social situations. I half wondered if he kept his Mum's corpse in a wardrobe at home, just a weird, weird guy. Strange how some people have a very strong outspoken online persona but are really different in real life.
The third one is an occasional member here, but he's never shown up to a meet on the other forum so I have no idea what he's like in real life. I suspect he's another who is withdrawn in real life.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I'm a bit of a dick on the forum and the same in real life, so at least I'm consistent
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