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[AntoninoRusso123]

Hi, Im new to this site and so far I have encountered people who are rude and verging on bullying, I had placed a Ray Mears Woodlore knife up for sale, but have since removed it due to negative replys, I have had my honesty disputed and my profession abused. To get my qualifications I had to spend four years at university whilst working as well. What is wrong with being an archaeologist, be honest and tell me that when you were young you didnt want to be Indiana jones. I did so I did somthing about it, now I'm the Doctor!

This site was meant to be about people who shared an interest for bushcraft, regardless of their backgrounds, but with the exception of a few members I have had nothing but ridicule and doubt.

What is wrong with you people, you dont know me, you are not in a position to judge me, how many of you are single fathers who are trying to raise is three year old, work and actually have a life!!!!!!!!!!!

All that I wanted was to meet people that shared an interest outside of my field of work, is that such a crime

 

[delta1]

Hi, Im new to this site and so far I have encountered people who are rude and verging on bullying, I had placed a Ray Mears Woodlore knife up for sale, but have since removed it due to negative replys, I have had my honesty disputed and my profession abused. To get my qualifications I had to spend four years at university whilst working as well. What is wrong with being an archaeologist, be honest and tell me that when you were young you didnt want to be Indiana jones. I did so I did somthing about it, now I'm the Doctor!

This site was meant to be about people who shared an interest for bushcraft, regardless of their backgrounds, but with the exception of a few members I have had nothing but ridicule and doubt.

What is wrong with you people, you dont know me, you are not in a position to judge me, how many of you are single fathers who are trying to raise is three year old, work and actually have a life!!!!!!!!!!!

All that I wanted was to meet people that shared an interest outside of my field of work, is that such a crime

Hey Dont take it personly these sites are all the same. I know im on afew! Just give as good as you get. So anyone want a bitch???
Atb Delta1

 

[hiho]

hello and welcome to the forum Antonino

 

[freespin]

Chill out pal,
welcome aboard, there are lots of great folk on this forum............ they will be along soon.

Maybe your first post of 'selling a Woolore knife' wasnt the best start............ enough said.

Relax, take part and enjoy the site.
Regards freespin

 

[AntoninoRusso123]

Cheers,
Just didnt know if the site was full of a bunch of what, then I get a few sensible replys,

 

[AntoninoRusso123]

My main reason for joining this site is that Im off to Norway Next summer and Im looking for a few likeminded people to come along

 

[JonathanD]

Hey Antonio, welcome aboard. Really don't take that personally, I'm sure you can understand that many spammers join up here purely to sell items and as soon as they have done that, then they are off never to be seen again. Sometimes people who join are very questionable and the main aim is to deprive people of their hard earned cash permanently and the members were just looking out for one another just in case you were indeed one of the dodgy geezers. The sale of a Woodlore as your first post at a very low price just started alarm bells ringing, that's all. You wouldn't expect a new Ebay member to successfully sell a Ferrari at a very low price on their first sale, and this is the same thing.

There should really be a rule to stop people from selling in the classifieds unless they have 100+ posts, then it would give the community and the individual the time to get to know each other and build up trust. No offece was really intended to you personally Antonio, so please do not take it as such, it just would have been better for everyone if you had made this introduction first.

In all seriousness, welcome to BCUK and stick around, you will make some good friends and sell your Woodlore (for a much higher price).

 

[Matthew.Passmore]

There are alot of very friendly, very knowledgeable on this site,
just look trough the threads, there have been times when someone has posted wanting to get into Bushcraft but not had any money and people have lined up the give then tools for free.

Give it a chance, maybe come to the Moot or a local gathering and meet people face to face.

Matt.

 

[eraaij]

Welcome to the forum. Relax - it is all about trust, like previous previous poster said. Keep that Woollite knife for a while longer, buy a Mora to do the actual cutting with - and put it up again after some posts when people know who you are.

-Emile

 

[Shewie]

Welcome to the forum fella, don't take it the wrong way about folk being suspicious of your first post, spammers are all to common on here.

Settle in and enjoy the banter

 

[MartinK9]

Hello and welcome to the Forum

 

[AntoninoRusso123]

Cheers, by the way the first time out on ebay I mad £180 in one sale.

Im trying to organise a get together at sherwood forest, to meet some of the members face to face, any takers?
Any date suggested thats ok by all.

 

[Twodogs]

Welcome mate , dont let it get you down
Twodogs

 

[Shewie]

Im trying to organise a get together at sherwood forest, to meet some of the members face to face, any takers?
Any date suggested thats ok by all.

Start a new thread in the Meet-ups section fella, probably the England Mid.

One thing I'd say though if you're planning on organising a meet then getting permission for the land would be a good place to start. Sneaky stealth nights are okay for one or two but if a crowd's turning up it might get tricky, best to keep it small. If you've already got somewhere that's great and I'm sure there'll be plenty of interest.

 

[helixpteron]

Hi, Im new to this site and so far I have encountered people who are rude and verging on bullying, I had placed a Ray Mears Woodlore knife up for sale, but have since removed it due to negative replys, I have had my honesty disputed and my profession abused. To get my qualifications I had to spend four years at university whilst working as well. What is wrong with being an archaeologist, be honest and tell me that when you were young you didnt want to be Indiana jones. I did so I did somthing about it, now I'm the Doctor!......

helixpteron:
Perhaps a voluptuous maiden, whom has always dreamed of owning this model knife, read the introduction and was instantly smitten, after all, did not Harrison Ford embody the dynamic life of an archaeologist (albeit without a RM Woodlore!) as he fought dastardly bad guys.

It may well be that the lack of replies is down to the possibility that true love is blooming, as we speak........

Alternatively, as this entire scenario is fictitious, its probably due to other reasons!

Hello Antonino,

Well intentioned, obvious humour is not abuse!

In answer to your question; "What is wrong with being an archaeologist, be honest and tell me that when you were young you didnt want to be Indiana jones."

There is nothing at all wrong with being an archaeologist, however, when the film came out, I was 22, and living with my fiancee, and I can say with absolute honesty that when I was young, I didn't want to be a fictitious character, of whose existence I was wholly unaware!

That apart, if you wanted to be Indiana Jones, how is it that...... now, you're "the Doctor!"

 

[AntoninoRusso123]

Archaeology is hard, apart from the fact that what you are researching can be 12k+ years old and what you are looking at may indeed be a pile of poo (not kidding about the Poo bit)
The constant search for funding and then the time scale that you have before Mr Builder puts another 50 houses on a piece of land the size of a tennis court, the job somtimes seems a bit stressful, thats why I'm training to be an archaeology teacher with the open uni, then someone else can do the digging and leave me to do the teaching and telling the students what a glamerous life archaeology is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[drewdunnrespect]

welcome to the forum mate like has been said before we all were just a bit suspicous (is that spelt right)

so please come and enjoy the usual good nataured banter cos there are lots to learn from on this forum and i should know i have been taught millions of things by all sorts of people on this forum.

also hope the meet is organised i would love to come but bear in mind the moot (event organised by owners of site ie tony) is in a few weeks which i am going to so if you can get there it would be great.

dates for meet i would say i could recomend dates but i work every week end and can swap when ever so theres no point in me recommending any

hope you okay and enjopy the forum

drew

 

[Toddy]

Where to start............welcome to the forum.

A first post and first thread selling a Woodlore for buttons will get a kind of, "Aye, right! " response. Sod's law that one I'm afraid, though in general this is one of the better natured sites on the net. Family friendly is the guideline on language and topics.

Meet ups are very good things, but do please be aware that there are land issues in England and Wales and we'd rather not raise any more obstructions for folks seeking permission for access.

Archaeologists ? Well there are at least a dozen of us on the site as it is. Specialising in everything from metal work, stonework, and ceramics to fibres and textiles, though most have a good knowledge of ethnobotany of the indigenous plants of the British Isles too. Where do your interests lie ?

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Sleepy Weasel]

Archaeologists? aren't those the people whose career lies in ruins?


Sorry, couldn't resist that one!

Sorry to hear that you've had a rough ride so far, but stick around, there's far more friendly people on here than there are idiots


And I'm really sorry about that joke..........

 

[g4ghb]

Welcome Mate, draw up a log....

This is really a nice place to hang out and I'm sure you will gain much and likewise will have much to depart. Give it time and we will all forget the rocky start to the path