Penance - A Quiz. WITH PRIZES!!!

[nomad]

Nice idea and well thought out  
 shame I've been a bit hectic and didn't notice the thread until after the closing date

[fad]

Apr 9, 2017 15:19:34 GMT nomad said:

Nice idea and well thought out  
 shame I've been a bit hectic and didn't notice the thread until after the closing date

You're only down the road. Come for a cuppa and you can stealsome cider :lol:

[voodoo57]

is that my prize??? Cider??? wow! never won anything in my life! (probably because i spent my first 49 years in the workhouse)
but hey! now i am 50, and freeeeee! where's my prize I'll clean yer kitchen sir... i will sir...

[voodoo57]

ok ok! i will stop!

[fad]

Apr 9, 2017 16:47:41 GMT voodoo57 said:

ok ok! i will stop!

Please don't I was getting wood... :lol:

Would you like me to send you some experimental recipe cider? :-)

[voodoo57]

pm sent.

[s1105117]

Ha this thread is good! I was bloody useless though, couldnt bring myself to post until i had worked out at least more than the reliant, fezza and the'once-seen-never-forgotten' multipla! Cool work ☺ i must practice my obscurer stuff knowledge of there is another!

[s1105117]

Oh btw Fad, i will drive far for cider 😊

[fad]

I should start selling in here... Retro Rides cider, in proper car flavours like Petrol and Burnt Clutch instead of my usual "elderflower" or "ginger" or that horiffic "MDK" batch that owed to a "gravitational miscalculation" came out so strong it destroyed the yeast and was undrinkable so I turned it into a damned fine vinegar...

Mind you a cider called "Can you smell petrol?" should be, by rights, well North of 15% :lol:

[surprisingskoda]

Apr 7, 2017 16:05:20 GMT fad said:

Right. So. HoTWire and I have had a chat. We've thrown our handbags at each other, and reached something of an understanding (I think).

This penance is my "giving ground" after a (well made) point that I detract more than I add to this forum, in accordance with the RR MO. I am demonstrating that I do actually have an interest in cars, and giving a wider apology to anyone I have upset by posting something "unsavoury", derailing threads or going way off topic (but not to anyone offended by things that slip through the swear filter - sorry but you can poke that one).

So your apology is not really a full apology, you still post unsavoury comments (see a few posts up) and this thread still doesn't even achieve the purpose hotwire outlined:

Now the important bit

The traditional penance on this here forum for poor posting etiquette is to post up a thread of a car or two you really like, and why you like them. Or go on a hunting mission and find us something awesome we may not have seen before.

Everyone else has started threads with pictures and discussions about old cars, so at least that's something.

[rude]

You can use this fad if you want...

[fad]

Apr 9, 2017 20:49:39 GMT rude said:

You can use this fad if you want...

Use it for what?

[fad]

Apr 9, 2017 20:30:57 GMT surprisingskoda said:

Apr 7, 2017 16:05:20 GMT fad said:

Right. So. HoTWire and I have had a chat. We've thrown our handbags at each other, and reached something of an understanding (I think).

This penance is my "giving ground" after a (well made) point that I detract more than I add to this forum, in accordance with the RR MO. I am demonstrating that I do actually have an interest in cars, and giving a wider apology to anyone I have upset by posting something "unsavoury", derailing threads or going way off topic (but not to anyone offended by things that slip through the swear filter - sorry but you can poke that one).

So your apology is not really a full apology, you still post unsavoury comments (see a few posts up) and this thread still doesn't even achieve the purpose hotwire outlined:

Now the important bit

The traditional penance on this here forum for poor posting etiquette is to post up a thread of a car or two you really like, and why you like them. Or go on a hunting mission and find us something awesome we may not have seen before.

Everyone else has started threads with pictures and discussions about old cars, so at least that's something.

Well... not really sure how to respond to that. This thread was supposed to spark discussion about vehicle asthetics through the years and how similar various cars can be, and to be a bit of fun. Pictures of old cars, with the potential to spark discussion... pretty much what you just said I am supposed to have posted. You don't like it, thats fine. There's a "report post" button I am quite sure you are familiar with.

As for full apology, its as full as its getting. Stop being a wet lettuce.

[rude]

...Starting a thread with pictures and discussion about old interesting cars and things and stuff that have old cars with stuff in and many other things, or print it off to use as loo paper... the possibilities are endless.
I didn't know what a 'penance' was until I went on this forum and then I goggled the meaning, and I'm fairly bright as a human, it's a word that has escaped me. Seems like a religious term a bit though which bothers me, I'm not religious... unless you can call sacrificing virgin lambs in a cave under a remote dark hill surrounded by fire religious?
In general and from the side lines, it's quite amusing watching a disagreement between users on a forum, a bit like a drama on the telly but only for a short time and it damages the forum ultimately then good contributors get the hump and move on.
Shame really, I've seen that happen a few times now, to good forums too.
I've been on the sour end of things when I first joined this place and it put me off for years.
The guy made a mistake which he has acknowledged, as others did and he's had a go to rectify things in a way he sees fit and that's fair game. If it happens again then there is a problem but until that happens, I don't want to be switching on in my spare time to get my daily fix of crusty metal and be reading a script from Eastenders. Put it to bed boys.

[s1105117]

Apr 10, 2017 7:10:32 GMT rude said:

...Starting a thread with pictures and discussion about old interesting cars and things and stuff that have old cars with stuff in and many other things, or print it off to use as loo paper... the possibilities are endless.
I didn't know what a 'penance' was until I went on this forum and then I goggled the meaning, and I'm fairly bright as a human, it's a word that has escaped me. Seems like a religious term a bit though which bothers me, I'm not religious... unless you can call sacrificing virgin lambs in a cave under a remote dark hill surrounded by fire religious?
In general and from the side lines, it's quite amusing watching a disagreement between users on a forum, a bit like a drama on the telly but only for a short time and it damages the forum ultimately then good contributors get the hump and move on.
Shame really, I've seen that happen a few times now, to good forums too.
I've been on the sour end of things when I first joined this place and it put me off for years.
The guy made a mistake which he has acknowledged, as others did and he's had a go to rectify things in a way he sees fit and that's fair game. If it happens again then there is a problem but until that happens, I don't want to be switching on in my spare time to get my daily fix of crusty metal and be reading a script from Eastenders. Put it to bed boys.

Cant quite trim this post down whilst sneakin on rr whilst at work. But i agree! Lets have some good stuff, this forum is my only online thing, its great, i like it a lot and i hope it stays great!

[s1105117]

This quiz thread is decent, thread that started alk the penance has been dealt with so it is now done surely. The rr bosses have spoken and we must obey! 😊 next person spouting negative thing buys a round at the gathering i say! 😊 except me obviously, j keep soending to much money on rr inspired cars! 😀

[fad]

Nah it's cool I get whats happening.

[accord83]

Well I enjoyed it, I also understand banter, maybe I'm weird. No nuns got harmed or kittens kebabed. Happy days.
Have a Honda Vamos,

[The Jackeria]

I was a bit confused by all the penance threads. Ahh well. That Van is sweet, reminds me of the little daihatsu midgets with the wheel on the front.