"Iain Churches" wrote

Thinking back, there have been very few people
indeed on this group who were "active in audio",
by that I mean actuallty building things,amps and
speakers, and making evaluations and comparisons.


ISTM that there are quite a lot of people here who build things.
In recent months the group has had requests for help with all sorts of
problems that various posters have had with construction projects. Maybe
these aren't all "amps & speakers", but there is a lot more to audio than
those two particular items. Recently we've even had someone building a
valve-based audio mixer, does that not count as being "active in audio" in
your book?

As for "making evaluations and comparisons", doing that in a meaningful way
is not something that is really within the province of the amateur
enthusiast. But of course we have Jim Lesurf here, who far and away the most
active and expert in this respect of those currently on URA.

Andy was one, and Keith another. Both got very
rough and treatment.

In the time I've been here Keith has dished out far more "rough treatment"
to others than he has received himself.


IIRC most of the shouting down was done by the
remarkably short-lived Pinkie/Arny double act,
Vinyl Grinder and Monkey, as they were known.


I've been here quite a while, but maybe not long enough to remember that
one. In recent weeks, though, we've had the Keith/Bill double act who have
egged each other on to come up with newer and ever more offensive nicknames
for those they choose to regard as being their "enemies". In the short time
he's been here Bill has become one of URA's most prolific posters, yet the
vast majority of his posts have been either gratuitous insults, or pointless
"me too" comments. I'm surprised that, whilst you are so keen to complain
about the "shouting down" that happened in the distant past you have been
silent about Bill's current highly negative influence on URA. What hold does
he have over you? Or are worried that if you comment on his crass behaviour
he'll add you to his list of people to insult?

David.