Posted by Peter Hyland on February 26, 2012 at 03:44:31 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Tarboard is working again! posted by Ed Kiser on February 25, 2012 at 08:59:34:
Hey, com'on you guys, I've done it before, and it worked then... Boy, did it ever.
I presume Ed Kiser is referring to a threat connected with the ‘Beckfoot Plumbing’ topic some years ago. When he says ‘it worked’, he means it stirred up a fairly fierce row, and his tone indicates that he found it all rather fun. As one of the protesters (under the name ‘Peter H’) I found myself in a very small minority and it was not fun. After a few years diplomatic absence from Tarboard, I have just started to post again, but I am disappointed, to say the least, to find that this unpleasant row is still being gleefully remembered. Well, people are free to post what they like, but is this really part of the “Wonderful World of Ransome” that Ed talks about? I am sorry to see Tarboard recycling old taunts and in-jokes, when it should be opening out to new contributors with new views on AR surely?