Put the record straight
I thought i would write this to put the record straight. As i have had a few things said to others about me, which i find funny and in any case if they are talking about me they are leaving some other poor sod alone .
so we start off with forums, some say that the forum belongs to X,Y and Z, yes it does but without people putting comments and threads in then the forum is nothing just another web page, sure there are hundreds of members but only a limited number post. so although some of my comments are direct, they are still adding to the boards and increase the hit rate, recently we had an episode on YD where a group of people were greening each other, jay’s hit rate went up, shame the mods couldn’t keep it real. i find YD as a good source of entertainment but not very good for the diving as the regulars and mod shout down the divers that do deep dives not because they are macho but because there is more to see and more things to take home!!
South West Mafia is a fantastic site for the diving, there is a distinct diving difference and you will always get some good deep dives midweek and weekends Afric and Enterprise my favourites. The diving is treated more as a art form than just jumping in, and there are some excellent divers on there. Mr Salsette, Ash to name two but there are many more.
Backslappers well enough said i joined there so i could book on Brian’s trip and read some of the crap i suppose it’s a good site for the 20-35 meter range, i did have a laugh at the three page post in which side the torch switch goes, and the 120 meter dive video (they are using INSPO’s). as for the moderation well lets look SWM very good and as the posts are about diving and not “my cat’s left home” or I’m having a bad day Grr” bollocks it keeps it real, YD well thats moderated to death and any comment that is not liked or not in with the IT club seems to get changed, threatened with removal etc keep it up you’ll soon have all the good divers on SWM. DIRx well i don’t post on there so i cant comment, but it’s getting to look more like a training advertisement than a forum! so enough talk of the forums as they just piss me off.
People well here we have two category’s the spineless and the all talk, It’s no secret that i don’t like a few diver’s on the forums, but i find it funny that they feel the need to talk about me behind my back and not expect me to say anything, get over it or even better ring Brain at Aquanauts (bloody good dive shop and you should go there) and get him to complain for you. Have the balls to say it to me, i despise people like you. (if you are in any doubt as to who you are please ask, I’m quite forward)
To the people like Gary, Mark, MJH, Rob and Nick and there are many more thanks for your company and the diving look forward to seeing you later this year for some more banter and some excellent diving, i enjoy diving but there are times i just think Bollocks and get fed up with the digs we all have off days, if you catch me on mine be prepared for the backlash.
So onto the digs section if people do email me with comments please have the balls to use a proper email, and i took the Salsette dive down from “I learned that from this forum” (because the comments were crap and on the hot mail emails that you set up just to say something and leave,) and i won’t be posting on that particular sub forum again
so there you have it if you got this far you can understand that i don’t suffer fools and i have a thick skin you get that in the forces, If you don’t like my comments then put me on the ignore list or be constructive, and if you are reading this Sparky750 (codename TWAT) get your arse down here for some diving
Graham
