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Johnny Hamman
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:25 pm |
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Evening all,
My goodness, I haven't been here in ages, and when I poke my nose in, the fur seems flying. You getting gatvol now, Alan? How are you, by the way? I see Julian is also lurking about somewhere, and Mike is off in a huff somewhere, and lo and behold, my old friend Paul Bryant-Quin too. How are you too, Paul...changed your email address? You do not seem to be getting my mails, so I stopped sending them.
The weather is a bit off the chart in Dundee, but what the hell, the clients are still rolling in, we are not complaining and the old tour guiding thing still goes on.
Whatsup, gents?
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_________________ Johannes N. (Johnny) Hamman (KZN 0897)
Treasurer of the KZN Tour Guide Association Battlefields Region
History's Walk Battlefield Tours
Dundee
KZN
"Where Past and Present comes together..."
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Colin Fielding
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:34 am |
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I would like to add my thoughts to this worrying situation.
Having attended nearly all of the excellent Rob Caskie lectures in recent years, the level of interest generated never diminishes amongst the audience. 'Where can we find out more' is a persistent question asked. Is there a more informative site than this one I ask myself, I don't know of it if there is. If I had R11.54 (correct at time of writing) for every time I gave people this website address I would be flying first class to SA in January, not with undesirables like Aspinshaw, Jones and Cluff !! ( ha ha).
Although being the great grandson of John Williams/Fielding VC, I was not rocked to sleep as a baby to the strains of Men Of Harlech, so having appeared late on the scene to all this wonderful history, I need an accessible and reliable source in my quest to catch up! (will also need an accessible and reliable sauce at Fugitives Drift Lodge in January !!!!).
Seriously though, this is an excellent site, long may it continue... PLEASE !!
Best regards to all, Col Fielding
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Neil Aspinshaw
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:41 am |
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Alan
I have posted in the welcome also, but please reconsider. If the wounded parties have stepped back, then as other contributors have put, let it fade off, wipe off the thread and start it afresh.
What Colin wrote says it all, myself and Colin have become firm friends, through this site, and its been fantastic to put other faces to names over the years, I met John Young for the first time at RD this year, Bill has never ceased to make me look forward to his xmas cards, and thats what this forum should be about.
Please don't do it
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Peter
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Location: Hertford, UK |
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:53 pm |
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Hello all,
Well, what a mess this all is. Since Alan moved to Wales, he's been running the site all by himself, and if the truth be known, for much much longer before. His passion has kept this thing going for the 9 years we've been running.
There are many of you who recognise this, but there do seem to be some of you who seem to insist on taking things too far, not taking a deep breath, and souring the site for all. I'm not personally interested in the who's, the why's and the wherefore's. It really is pretty childish, and petty, don't you think? Does it REALLY matter that much??
I think the site is a resource, a trading post and a stop off to chat. It's not for fighting. It never was, and if you need to be told this, you're not welcome.
I'm going to talk some more to Alan, and we'll make a decision one way or the other about the forum. It needs support, it needs people to take responsibility and I'm looking actively for people to step forward and to be counted.
It's sadly not the first time that we've tried our best to steer the site out of troubled waters that people seem insistent on steering us into, and I can fully appreciate why Alan feels enough is enough. There have been warnings about precisely this happening in the past..
I'm also truly not in the least bit interested in any concept of "competition" or other sites. It really is not, and never has been, about that. To be honest, we have better things to do, and good luck to anyone who chooses to setup a site, and it can only add to the community. It's a shame that people are trying to create animosity - Neither Alan nor I feel any, and wont anytime soon. We're happy with RDVC, and happy that others find it useful.
It's heartening to see so many positive posts, and it is absolutely true that 99% of people are giving something back. I'm sorry for the rest that 1% are the loudest right now.
We'll be posting again soon, but please let's talk about where the site should be going, and how we move forward.
Peter
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