langy
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Yep but in some ways it makes sense, as time goes on it doesnt. Difficult to explain exactly.
I bet it would of been ok if it had been a sponsor
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I bet it would of been ok if it had been a sponsor
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At the risk of this turning into a halfords tools thread, I recommend their ratchet spanners because I've personally used them in a heavy industrial setting for 10 years and they've been great.That does seem strange, I see certain members constantly promoting certain suppliers - Stacey processing springs to mind. I don't know what r tech is, I assume it's a welder of which I am not. If i have a piece of kit which fits someone's needs and budget I don't hesitate to recommend. I don't approve of site sponsors neither. I don't know the full story or the background but it does seem strange a mod contacting you especially if you have no affiliation. We have loads of machine mart fan boys on here constantly recommending Clarke products. Must be more to this than meets the eye? Same with Halfords stuff which really confuses me as most people wouldn't touch the stuff but loads of threads recommending it for some reason. If i want a magic tree, go to Halfords, but tools
I paid 30 quid for the set, and I also have a set of facom ones which I paid 70 quid for (when I say I mean work). They are a bit nicer finished, but that's about it. If I was paying my own money out of my own pocket I'd get the halfords ones. If that makes me a "fanboy" as you call it then so be it - but I'd be fanboy with £40 in my pocket.
Equally if I had a bad experience I'd report that as well, it's just that I havent. And judging by many other people's comments on these threads a lot of other people also like them, so they get recommended.
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not wishing to be pedantic but should this read complained?
That does seem strange, I see certain members constantly promoting certain suppliers - Stacey processing springs to mind. I don't know what r tech is, I assume it's a welder of which I am not. If i have a piece of kit which fits someone's needs and budget I don't hesitate to recommend. I don't approve of site sponsors neither. I don't know the full story or the background but it does seem strange a mod contacting you especially if you have no affiliation. We have loads of machine mart fan boys on here constantly recommending Clarke products. Must be more to this than meets the eye? Same with Halfords stuff which really confuses me as most people wouldn't touch the stuff but loads of threads recommending it for some reason. If i want a magic tree, go to Halfords, but tools
normspanners doesnt like this
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HA"If everyone likes you, you are doing something wrong"
I wish my missus had a like button
Hum well if I remember correctly she did ( but we won't go into that) (funny thats what she said too)
Coz it saves her saying she likes summat coz she doesnt say it very often!!
Thats what I was saying when i said it kind of makes sense. I guess I would be miffed if I thought someone was being paid to push another company. BUT I always speak as I find and would rather leave than be not true to myself. Sponsors help keep the site going but by the same logic we would all be recommending their kit. (good or bad) It might actually be great to be fair, l but I purchased mine based on my own investigations and research on google etc etc I think the questions i was asked by mods were reasonable .I bet it would of been ok if it had been a sponsor
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No dislike button
That's 'cos it's far more soothing to be an argumentative, grouchy tosspot and put ones opinion across in response directly, rather than just disliking something.
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Nah I think she had it removed, I'm sure she had a hystericalrectomyShe does have a "like" button
and when they did that, her sense of humour escaped out of the same hole.
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Sounds familiar, I've spent half the day rebuilding the bridges she pulled down. Hopefully I'll be going for a night out to Clitheroe after all my efforts
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I've often suggested HID has her bottom lip removed and a sense of humor implanted, but she never takes me up on it.
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Mine weighed the steel in --------
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I make mine from concrete, nowt to weigh in and bloody hard to burn. If she manages to ignite it it will go bang
