phart Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 He was a very smart bloke indeed. Well-informed on Holyrood - I got the impression from his posts that he worked in the civil service there or summat. Haven't seen Jonny or FE post for a fair while, and what's happened to Flure? They were the sort of posters that made the TAMB a worthwhile visit for those few of us not interested in following Scotland. I must have a wrong image of elephant man in my head, cause when we were talking 9/11 he didn't have a clue, talking to him about the length of the patriot act was one of the few times i actually got frustrated (maybe that was his actual point??) on here. Adamant it was not long at all, even though the chapter list took two posts to reproduce. Maybe i just got him on the wrong subject. Or i forget everything else and just that one glaring example stands out. Jonny is doing fine, i sent him a message a while back asking if he was OK and he said everything grand just on a wee self-imposed exile, real life and all that jazz. We occasionally share youtube clips and sci-fi book recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 He was a very smart bloke indeed. Well-informed on Holyrood - I got the impression from his posts that he worked in the civil service there or summat. Haven't seen Jonny or FE post for a fair while, and what's happened to Flure? They were the sort of posters that made the TAMB a worthwhile visit for those few of us not interested in following Scotland. And since you asked FE is alive and well on FB running a lot. Probably a mid-life crisis. Flure is also alive and well on FB but way beyond a mid-life crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) I must have a wrong image of elephant man in my head, cause when we were talking 9/11 he didn't have a clue, talking to him about the length of the patriot act was one of the few times i actually got frustrated (maybe that was his actual point??) on here. Adamant it was not long at all, even though the chapter list took two posts to reproduce. Maybe i just got him on the wrong subject. Or i forget everything else and just that one glaring example stands out. Jonny is doing fine, i sent him a message a while back asking if he was OK and he said everything grand just on a wee self-imposed exile, real life and all that jazz. We occasionally share youtube clips and sci-fi book recommendations. That's good to hear; self-imposed exiles are beneficial at times - wish I could keep mine up for longer (which, coincidentally, is just what the wife said to me last night: boom tish). My memory of Elephant Man is that he rarely got involved in debates, in fact most of his posts were pithy one-liners and a bit of a waste as when he occasionally posted about devolved Holyrood he clearly knew it from the inside - civil servant or SNP adviser. Might well have been clueless about 9/11. Edited October 7, 2015 by DonnyTJS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 And since you asked FE is alive and well on FB running a lot. Probably a mid-life crisis. Flure is also alive and well on FB but way beyond a mid-life crisis. Ta Andy. I miss 'em but not enough to get a FaceBook account ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 And since you asked FE is alive and well on FB running a lot. Probably a mid-life crisis. Flure is also alive and well on FB but way beyond a mid-life crisis. FE has beaten my 10k and HM times over the last week. Horrible man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Did he state a timeframe? Aye September 19th last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Anyone think the TAMB has outlived it's purpose? Discuss........ (the demise, not my calibre) Online therapy after a Scotland game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Maybe Olas or one of the more techy Tambers can enlighten me... When I joined this board (with six`n half thousand members) you would post a thread on Anything Goes and if no one replied it would be on page two in a couple of hours. That was normal. No joke. Now when you look on AOB you have a "spread" of days... i.e. I could post a thread and be confident it would not slip off the front page for days versus 1.5 hours. The board has 80,000+(?) members now. Yet AOB is dead versus when it was 6,500 members? WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McExpat Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Does The Tamb ever send out email newsletters? If not, then that would be a good idea to attempt to reinvigorate the board and entice some old posters to revisit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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