[Moderator David@stives]

I was a member first, then got asked to moderate.

Not to sit in the corner and keep my gob shut, I am just like you if I have something to say then I say it.

Being a moderator is just helping the forum run ok, ie deleting swearing etc, nothing more, nothing special

[James Leet]

Who was the guy who invented the Hybrid Carbon/Alluminium pole, I think it was a guy called Stuart, threw all his money into it.

biggest disaster pole in history

Think as a moderator you should keep quiet and just do your job " moderate "

Not when a ' trial ' pole is on offer  : too much to lose

[Moderator David@stives]

James


You are getting silly now, if i wanted a trial pole, I probably could phone any supplier and get one on trial

As mentioned earlier, I tested one of Alex's 60 ft poles, then I ended up buying it.

I never asked Alex, He offered, I have trialed many products even the Vikan pad, direct for Vikan

You dont get the poles free when you trial them, sometimes you have the opportunity to buy them at the end of the trial period.

If I was that Interested and as deceitful as you think I am, I would of just phoned Steve in private without coming on the forum.

Do you honestly think I am that stupid, or that dishonest?

[Joey Heinz]

Lots of strange people on here.

[Tom White]

Trial pole for mods?  Where's mine?  

Anyone can be a mod, we're just here out of the goodness of our hearts to try and keep the forum a nice place to be.  We generally delete swearwords and member's accounts who threaten other members; that kind of stuff.

It does not - repeat not - mean we can't join in debates and voice opinions; we're members of the forum too.  Mike Boxhall and Co are the management, however they give no direction to us; just the mod buttons; and we use our own intelligence to moderate.

Also, if you have an point - debate it as robustly as you like - however trying to undermine someone because they're a mod smacks of a weakness of argument; you may as well say Dave is talking knickers because his hair is just like the stuff I have under my armpits (it is btw).

[Stephen Fox]

Foxman?? Really? Oh man.....

Good constructive reply.

Oh dear.  Day two - so far dodgy clamps, a teeny bit fragile and comes complete with a knackered brush. Cant wait till the end of the week!

Feel sorry for Alex, this pole has been hyped up far too much before it's even been used.

Time to feel sorry for The Fox I guess.

Maybe learn from HOW Alex dealt with issues.

Thanks for this Sunshine! Wow that was a long time ago.

[James Leet]

James


You are getting silly now, if i wanted a trial pole, I probably could phone any supplier and get one on trial

Is that in your capacity as ' unbiased forum moderator or the owner of a national window cleaning company ' ?

[Joey Heinz]

 I I I I I I I I I I ..... ( sound of some moderators)

[SunShineCleaning]

Deleted Stephen. Sorry I thought it ironic.

[Moderator David@stives]

James

I answered your post in my reply earlier

Last I am going to say on the subject

[Joey Heinz]

And maybe me me me me ££££££. Me me

[Tom White]

And maybe me me me me ££££££. Me me

You remind me of this turkey, for some reason:

[ben M]

And maybe me me me me ££££££. Me me

You remind me of this turkey, for some reason:

[Joey Heinz]

And maybe me me me me ££££££. Me me

You remind me of this turkey, for some reason:

You mean I remind you of a vulva?

[Joey Heinz]

That's very moving.

[Tom White]

@Joey, no, you remind me of that turkey.  Any inference you impute upon that picture is a creation of your own mind.  You're probably right though.

Maybe you ought to reduce the amount of alcohol you drink before bashing on that keyboard with your forehead dobber?

In the interests of potentially hurt feelings, I'm going to lock this post till the morning.  Any complaints, send 'em to Mike.

[AuRavelling79]

I think that the quality of moderating in the facelift/slx discussions is rather poor.

[Moderator David@stives]

Hi Gold

So do I, but I do get drawn in sometimes, part of me being human and not robotic.

I cant delete anything in these posts, because of being drawn in, If I moderate and delete anything, it will be seen as me being biased, i have seen it before where I try to moderate a post which I am involved, normally it leads to a verbal riot.

Its damned if you do and damned if you dont.

But saying that its all healthy discussion anyway, with a few personal attacks aimed at myself and Steve, but I think we are man enough to take it.

Other mods are allowed to delete though and i am sure they will if someone steps over the mark

[Tom White]

Not nice Lee, have a little think, choose your words more carefully

Spastic is not a nasty word, has it been blocked on here? No it has not, so i am free to use it, that was the best way to describe it. people are so easily offended these days because of PC.

I personally don't think that you should keep on using that word, with the baggage it carries if it upsets a forum member.  Yeh, there used to be a charity called the Spastic Society, but with playground bullying the word now carries negative connotations.  

I'll ask you kindly not to use it again in the context you have.

Thanks.

[Tom White]

I think that the quality of moderating in the facelift/slx discussions is rather poor.

I think it's rather poor that you had the chance to be a moderator, refused to go the whole hog (only do holiday cover or some such twaddle), and then complain about the standard of moderation!

Why don't you volunteer and lead by example, rather than whining on the sidelines?