CasperNZ,
Greetings. Good to hear from you, and that you have realised our mutual connection.
I have to say that I admire what Mr BlackBird has contributed re IAM (and continues
to contribute), as well as other Observers such as yourself. Well done and please
keep up the good work.
I have to admit that I was initially annoyed by you-know-who, simply because of:
-That person's injection of misleading or plain incorrect content into certain threads
on riding (regardless of their reason for doing so);
-Their ignorance and blatant criticism of NZ motorcycle riding schools.
For new riders, it is sometimes hard to get their hands on good reliable material re
certain aspects of riding (e.g. riding lines; corner entry speed; braking technique).
At least riding schools are now more available and better resourced and organised
than when I started riding.
New riders aren't helped by people (such as you-know-who) behaving in the way that
they do. Whether you-know-who does it for fun or from ignorance, it still makes no
difference.
I'm sure that you-know-who would disavow any personal responsibility if a new rider
followed their advice (?) and suffered injury. In fact, you-know-who seems to have
a distinct lack of willingness to accept any personal responsibility (even for their
own up-skilling).
After reading the reply to my initial postings on OAB's thread, I simply concluded
that you-know-who was trolling. It makes no matter whether I am right or wrong.
I probably should not have "fed the troll". While there was certainly a degree of
fun in writing up the "Learning All The Time" threads (and I did receive some good
feedback), I recognise trying to use humour to modify you-know-who's behaviour
ultimately has not been very effective.
So I'm going to take the same course of action as Mr BlackBird and put you-know-who
on Ignore (as well as cease feeding them).
Please realise that irrespective of the outcome, I won't stop smiling nor laughing
at people like you-know-who.
All for now.
Viking01.
PS. Best wishes, and as always, Safe Riding (and watch out for those damn dogs).
PPS. A small degree of literary licence was applied in the writing of the "Learning
All The Time" threads. The occasional 'fact' might have been manipulated slightly in
the pursuit of a good story.
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