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Post by Tony Dunkley on Apr 5, 2024 6:45:35 GMT
A nice guy by all accounts. But deceased. No, . . not just a 'nice guy', . . but a very close, very good, and much missed long-term friend, . . who loathed arseholes like you, but far too much of a gentleman ever to say so in public. |
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Post by thebfg on Apr 5, 2024 7:10:07 GMT
I never knew him personally but he always came across as very tolerant. In particular he loved being questioned receiving criticism.
We could all learn from him.
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Post by on Apr 5, 2024 7:18:22 GMT
When I bought Dulcinea from Fosdyke in Lincolnshire I rejected a pair of large orange buoys. I left them at the boatyard. Later realised I should have taken them so I checked and they were still there.
Nigel, who had a house near there, offered to get them for me and he brought them to Brentford in his car. Very decent of him. We went to the Magpie and discussed some things about Boats.
I also took him and his lovely lady friend on a Boat trip on the tideway which they enjoyed. He hadn't been out on the River for a long time. I didn't know him well enough to know he was terminally ill but there was something odd about him so I suppose that was it.
I am glad I got the orange buoys back. They are useful.
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Post by on Apr 5, 2024 7:44:23 GMT
One thing to remember is that in life one is unlikely to like everyone, share their tastes or views or agree with them.
It won't happen.
The way to deal with this is to remain polite and firm but avoid too much offence.
The use of offence towards people you dislike or disagree with is likely to cause others to reject your views and generally view you as worthless.
Nigel was always polite even in disagreement and was never personally offensive towards another poster on a public internet board.
For this he will have gained the respect of many.
To be calm and collected even if you find the other person and their views abhorrent is a valuable skill.
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Post by ianali on Apr 5, 2024 7:46:19 GMT
One thing to remember is that in life one is unlikely to like everyone, share their tastes or views or agree with them. It won't happen. The way to deal with this is to remain polite and firm but avoid too much offence. The use of offence towards people you dislike or disagree with is likely to cause others to reject your views and generally view you as worthless. Nigel was always polite even in disagreement and was never personally offensive towards another poster on a public internet board. For this he will have gained the respect of many. To be calm and collected even if you find the other person and their views abhorrent is a valuable skill. That is an excellent post. |
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Apr 5, 2024 9:36:58 GMT
One thing to remember is that in life one is unlikely to like everyone, share their tastes or views or agree with them. It won't happen. The way to deal with this is to remain polite and firm but avoid too much offence. The use of offence towards people you dislike or disagree with is likely to cause others to reject your views and generally view you as worthless. Nigel was always polite even in disagreement and was never personally offensive towards another poster on a public internet board. For this he will have gained the respect of many. To be calm and collected even if you find the other person and their views abhorrent is a valuable skill. Don't presume to advise or instruct me on how to conduct myself with regard to theunaccetable quantity of pointless off-subject crap that's directed at me, or dumped over my posts in order to obscure them, by a handful of complete arseholes, . . and that includes you, . . just one of a handful mindless idiots who've hi-jacked what's left of a once lively, entertaining, and informative internet forum that they themselves are primarily responsible for wrecking in the first place. You weren't invited to express your patronising half-baked opinions, . . keep them to yourself, . . or hawk them round the other idiots, where they'll no doubt be much better received. |
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Post by on Apr 5, 2024 9:42:02 GMT
QED
Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, meaning "that which was to be demonstrated". Literally it states "what was to be shown".[1] Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of mathematical proofs and philosophical arguments in print publications, to indicate that the proof or the argument is complete.
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Post by fi on Apr 5, 2024 9:46:01 GMT
QED Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, meaning "that which was to be demonstrated". Literally it states "what was to be shown".[1] Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of mathematical proofs and philosophical arguments in print publications, to indicate that the proof or the argument is complete. If only the argument was complete... |
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Post by on Apr 5, 2024 9:47:20 GMT
QED usefully feeds into that which is
Id quod est. Literally translated as 'That's what it is'.
Very convenient to close the topic on this educational use of Latin phrases.
Veni, vidi, volo ad navem redire.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Apr 5, 2024 17:22:35 GMT
I never knew him personally but he always came across as very tolerant. In particular he loved being questioned receiving criticism.Nigel believed, rightly, that there was potential good value in bouncing questions and arguments off intelligent thoughtful people, as it could open up previously unexplored trains of thought or arguments that may possibly be resorted to in Court by such as Christopher Stoner - C&RT and Shoosmiths slipperiest-tongued and most devious barrister. These days, the intelligent thoughtful people have largely deserted Thunderboat, . . and their intelligent, reasoned, and thoughtful arguments have departed with them. This, of course, leaves mostly those who are too stupid to see anything much beyond the ends of their own noses, . . too stupid to do other than make wholly flawed assumptions that they then shout about as if proven fact, and wholly undeniable . . and then there are those who surpass ordinary everyday stupidity, . . the ones who've made stupidity into an art form. So, what is it that the super stupids do ? Well, . . I think you already know the answer to that. They try to bury anything that they're too slow on the uptake, or just too thick to begin to understand, under as much as they possibly can of their own special brand of pointless, irrelevant, off-subject, mindless garbage. |
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Post by ianali on Apr 5, 2024 17:45:12 GMT
QED usefully feeds into that which is Id quod est. Literally translated as 'That's what it is'. Very convenient to close the topic on this educational use of Latin phrases. Veni, vidi, volo ad navem redire. I often wish I’d spent more time in school. I am in awe of some of the language used here. |
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Post by Jim on Apr 5, 2024 18:15:47 GMT
QED usefully feeds into that which is Id quod est. Literally translated as 'That's what it is'. Very convenient to close the topic on this educational use of Latin phrases. Veni, vidi, volo ad navem redire. I often wish I’d spent more time in school. I am in awe of some of the language used here. My Latin teacher only learned me one poem. Si Senor, Der dago Forte lorez inaro Demaint lorez Demis trux Fulla cowsan Ensan dux |
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Apr 5, 2024 18:52:17 GMT
By way of a simple experiment, I'm posting this (below) to see if anyone is bright enough to pick up on it, and make the connection with something else that's already posted not very far away on the forum pages, . . and will later be re-posted as a follow-up to this post :-
"In the course of the obiter dictum recorded in the transcript, HHJ Halbert went to some trouble to satisfy himself that Geoff Mayers fully understood that although his boat 'Pearl' was 'seized', lifted out of the canal near Northwich, transported by road to the Gloucester area, then impounded by C&RT's agents with the owner refused access, . . that he, Geoff Mayers, retained full unencumbered ownership and good title to the vessel, . . and that he was within his rights, and the law, to go and collect his boat at any time he wished to, reclaiming it from the C&RT agents who held it, unlawfully impounded, on C&RT's instructions.
This very useful, and difficult to argue with, item of Judicial opinion and legal guidance, was discovered by Nigel Moore and I whilst preparing a Defence to a 2014 C&RT County Court Claim for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in respect of another boat (other than 'Pearl') that this so-called Trust had in its sights, . . with the intention of stealing."
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Post by ianali on Apr 5, 2024 19:38:27 GMT
I often wish I’d spent more time in school. I am in awe of some of the language used here. My Latin teacher only learned me one poem. Si Senor, Der dago Forte lorez inaro Demaint lorez Demis trux Fulla cowsan Ensan dux More than I know Jim. |
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Post by kris on Apr 6, 2024 5:05:21 GMT
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