Happy New Year, To each and everyone of you! Options

[Honeycomb Jack]

Happy new year everyone! Here's hoping 2011 brings lots of APE-activity and bundles of APE-related music and merch!

And a special happy new year to Andy and all the APE artists (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Love and peace


We twa hae run about the braes,
and pu'd the gowans fine ;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit,
sin auld lang syne.

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[miles aweigh]

Happy New Year to ALL (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Mare]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

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[Blushift]

Happy New Year Jack, and to everyone!

[donavan]

To be honest by the law of averages some of us are going to have a rubbish 2011. So wishing everyone a happy new year seems a bit silly. It's a bit like wishing everyone good luck before the national lottery draw. Most people are going to have no luck at all. So what's the point?

Anyway, Happy New Year to you all.

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[Mare]

To be honest by the law of averages some of us are going to have a rubbish 2011. So wishing everyone a happy new year seems a bit silly. It's a bit like wishing everyone good luck before the national lottery draw. Most people are going to have no luck at all. So what's the point?

Anyway, Happy New Year to you all.

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Donavan, you big silly! I can still wish everyone a dumptruck load of happiness! Whether it comes to pass is another thing, I quite realize that!

[Suzi]

Donavan, you big silly! I can still wish everyone a dumptruck load of happiness! Whether it comes to pass is another thing, I quite realize that!

Donavan.... Your year will be what you make of it !!!!

Now, who pissed in your corn flakes this morning Sweet Prince? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

And like Mare, I do wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year !!!!! Even a dumptruck load of it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[donavan]

Donavan.... Your year will be what you make of it !!!!................non-thinking bullshit

Now, who pissed in your corn flakes this morning Sweet Prince?...........as above


See what I mean? Probably not..............



But have a good one anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This post has been edited by donavan: Jan 2 2011, 12:02 AM

[Jeff Truzzi]

Donavan.... Your year will be what you make of it !!!!................non-thinking bullshit

Now, who pissed in your corn flakes this morning Sweet Prince?...........as above


See what I mean? Probably not..............



But have a good one anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Shit on your friends trying to lift your spirits - way to go, numb nuts.

Let me give you what you want:
Have a fucking miserable New Year, Don.

Me? I'm gonna fire up the barbecue, put on a tri-tip, have a great family meal,
and then visit on line with my many friends from all around this beautiful world -
and we're gonna have a Great AND Happy New Year!
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[nightotter]

Donavan.... Your year will be what you make of it !!!!................non-thinking bullshit

Now, who pissed in your corn flakes this morning Sweet Prince?...........as above


See what I mean? Probably not..............



But have a good one anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I love Don's posts. You can read them once, wait a little while, and then read them again for something new. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Happy New Year to those of you destined to have a good new year. The rest of you (don?), better luck next year.

This post has been edited by nightotter: Jan 2 2011, 02:03 AM

[Andrew Swainson]

A Happy New Year to everyone who posts here...

...even Don - you miserable git! At least you're consistent (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[Honeycomb Jack]

Blumming XTCBackporchers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/angry.gif)

Can't you post anything without

1) antagonising people and

2) resorting to four-letter words?

Its a Happy New Year thread, for heaven's sake. If donavan thinks its a bit silly, then so what? I don't think it warrants the replies of asking if someone has pee'd on his cornflakes, and then being told to eff-off, and then being called a miserable git. Crikey, if he's had a bad new year (and christmas and new year are the times where the Samaritans are at their busiest) then those replies are going to make him feel a whole lot better, aren't they?

To me it seems like you XTCBP'rs delight in having little digs at people who don't have the exact same mindset as yourselves, and when they have a credible dig back, or try to open up a reasonable debate, you all run off giving the impression that you're group hug or whatever or stick your heads in the sand until the boogey-man goes away, when in reality you run off to the XTCbackporch (whether it be on Facebook or the other one), witter about the devil perpetrator of evil (whoever it may be, take your pick of one of three) and give them such a character assassination which if it happened in a social or work-type environment, would amount to bullying, especially given the amount of people who willingly jump in with a knife when these things happen.

And I know for a fact that there have been persons here who, when they've had the nerve to agree or 'play' with Duck Soup or myself, have been told in no uncertain terms not to, by PM.

Can you (XTCBackporchers) lot at least be a little more tolerant of people having differing views on this here forum in 2011?

You are becoming a total embarrassment to APE and the memory of XTC. Its about time you lot at the XTC backporch and the Facebook back porch cleaned your acts up. Maybe this could be your resolution for 2011?

Happy New Year again, whoever and wherever you are. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[favoritething]

when they've had the nerve to agree or 'play' with Duck Soup or myself

Oh, I didn't realize that this forum existed just to "play" with you two, or others who just want to stir the pot!

I mean, if that's what you want to do here, then feel free, but not everyone has fun with it. Tolerance goes both ways, and so do the four-letter words, from what I've seen!

And I hope everyone has a happy new year, whether or not they have any power to make it so.

[Honeycomb Jack]

Oh, I didn't realize that this forum existed just to "play" with you two, or others who just want to stir the pot!

It doesn't, and you know it. Another example of the sly, Backporch digging that goes on.

Happy new year to you, too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Jeff Truzzi]

Blumming XTCBackporchers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/angry.gif)

Can't you post anything without

1) antagonising people and

2) resorting to four-letter words?

Its a Happy New Year thread, for heaven's sake. If donavan thinks its a bit silly, then so what? I don't think it warrants the replies of asking if someone has pee'd on his cornflakes, and then being told to eff-off, and then being called a miserable git. Crikey, if he's had a bad new year (and christmas and new year are the times where the Samaritans are at their busiest) then those replies are going to make him feel a whole lot better, aren't they?

To me it seems like you XTCBP'rs delight in having little digs at people who don't have the exact same mindset as yourselves, and when they have a credible dig back, or try to open up a reasonable debate, you all run off giving the impression that you're group hug or whatever or stick your heads in the sand until the boogey-man goes away, when in reality you run off to the XTCbackporch (whether it be on Facebook or the other one), witter about the devil perpetrator of evil (whoever it may be, take your pick of one of three) and give them such a character assassination which if it happened in a social or work-type environment, would amount to bullying, especially given the amount of people who willingly jump in with a knife when these things happen.

And I know for a fact that there have been persons here who, when they've had the nerve to agree or 'play' with Duck Soup or myself, have been told in no uncertain terms not to, by PM.

Can you (XTCBackporchers) lot at least be a little more tolerant of people having differing views on this here forum in 2011?

You are becoming a total embarrassment to APE and the memory of XTC. Its about time you lot at the XTC backporch and the Facebook back porch cleaned your acts up. Maybe this could be your resolution for 2011?

Happy New Year again, whoever and wherever you are. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Well Jack, you bring up a lot of interesting points,
particularly coming from the guy that posted THIS to Lenin McCarthy (who happens to be suffering from a terminally degenerative disease)
in the "Recorded Music Is dead" thread:

Yep, you're definitely suffering from 'head up the arse' syndrome, which manifests itself in posts like this and the urge to film and subsequently post videos of yourself opening packages on YouTube.
Be sure and let me know when you get a record deal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

(For the record, LenMac is NOT a 'backporcher' - and donavan IS one.)

My points:

1) How much 'love and peace' is being expressed in the above post?

2) When did my response to donavan become about Honeycomb Jack?

3) If I (or any other 'backporcher') had asked anyone to not 'play' with you or Duck Soup. no one should have EVER posted in this thread, or ever responded positively to ANY of your posts, as MANY of my friends have. Let me name a few for you: blushift, miles aweigh, nightotter, mare, suzi, Andrew Swainson, favoritething…and that's just in THIS thread.

4) Donavan is a friend of mine. Friends often disagree. You are not a friend of mine, Jack. We often disagree, but I have treated you with nothing but respect and kid gloves as of late, and have intentionally avoided profanity.

5) If Andy Partridge did not want or allow profanity to be used here, that would be easily remedied. Andy Partridge uses profanity. Donavan uses profanity. I use profanity. Hell, even YOU use profanity (as in 'head up the arse') - you're just too chicken-shit to admit it.

My conclusions:

1) Get off your cross.

2) Physician, heal thyself.

3) It's NOT all about you, Jack. When you and Ducky were gone for awhile, even I missed you guys. (There - I admitted it. So sue me.) You're an intelligent and - very occasionally - even funny guy. (And for the record, so is Duck Soup.)

There's plenty of room on APE for all of us, and we CAN all get along. How 'bout we ALL make that our 2011 APE Forum New Years resolution?

Peace and Love are tough words to live by. Wanna give it a try?

Happy New Year - to EVERYBODY (donavan included) - and especially to you, Jack.

[favoritething]

It doesn't, and you know it. Another example of the sly, Backporch digging that goes on.

Happy new year to you, too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Thanks for playing!

[Andrew Swainson]

From where I sit there's a dilemma... do you reply to HJ's post or just leave it?

Usually there's a lot to be said for staying quiet and ignoring it... be polite, don't make waves, move on... end of! But at the same time you've been successfully shouted down by "the loudest mouth"... if you were the hysterical or paranoid type you might think you were being bullied!!!

Conversely, you can take him to task on where you think he is totally off the mark. But he can use that to cry "intolerance" all the louder thus creating an even bigger stink where previously only "he who smelt it" was aware of it.

Kitchen scales at dawn... which way do you go?

Of course either way is a win for Jack - congratulations.

Forums maybe need a patent egg-shell-ometer™ to vet all remarks before posting.

Frankly it's all very, very tiresome... can we all have some new high hobby horses for 2011?

[Honeycomb Jack]

Well Jack, you bring up a lot of interesting points,
particularly coming from the guy that posted THIS to Lenin McCarthy (who happens to be suffering from a terminally degenerative disease)

I am also suffering from a terminally degenerative disease. Will that change your opinion of me? Should we replace our signatures with information regarding the state of our health so that we can be patronised accordingly?

[Honeycomb Jack]

5) If Andy Partridge did not want or allow profanity to be used here, that would be easily remedied. Andy Partridge uses profanity. Donavan uses profanity. I use profanity. Hell, even YOU use profanity (as in 'head up the arse') - you're just too chicken-shit to admit it.

What are you then? A four-letter horseman of the APE-ocolyte (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[hummingbird]

To be honest by the law of averages some of us are going to have a rubbish 2011. So wishing everyone a happy new year seems a bit silly. It's a bit like wishing everyone good luck before the national lottery draw. Most people are going to have no luck at all. So what's the point?

Anyway, Happy New Year to you all.

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I think something would be seriously wrong if Don were actually happy each day of the new year. So more practically Don, I hope you get the right shoes on the right feet most mornings and have more sunny days than rain (if that's what you enjoy more).
Everyone else, I hope you win the lottery and have a great year !