national charity ride from John 'O' Groats to Lands End

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[gbrand42]

Ah, now this is something you don't see very often, the delayed flounce. Usually the common flounce is taken as a snap reaction to something, however this is something of a much higher level. The OP actually took several weeks to ponder the exact style and wording of his exit flounce, and yet still managed to come across as a whinging cry-baby who didn't get the support he thought he deserved to get his holiday funded for him and had now gone crying off to mumsie for some bitty.

I salute you sir, your flounce powers are strong.
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[Rogerborg]

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[mongman]

i get the hint. you are all obviously so much better than me. I'm just a pleb who has no life and has to do charity work, and help people to make my insignificant life seem better, while you are all so perfect and amazing guys like me should fall at your feet. so very humbly sorry to have wasted the precious time you've spent responding to my pointless effort to make my insignificant life worthwhile. i'll let you go back to being awesome and i'll crawl back under my rock.

oh and keep posting your childish comments to a post that has gone so far from the original point it's lost in obscurity. I know who's better here. go enjoy your playdoh. I'm off to speak to real bikers, not kids. later asswipes
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[Rogerborg]

[mongman]

look at all those people who went on a jolly for charity. why didn't they just work more and pay out of their wages instead of asking for money? makes sense don't it?
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[mentalboy]

Shame on all you naysayers.

Look at some of the donations the OP is declaring on his FB page, if it were me getting $1385000000 million I'd probably jack work in and do it fulltime!

[FriendlyEllis]

Skydiving for charity.
Running for charity.
Movember for charity.

Lots of people do things they love or are easy for charity.

He's not asking anyone on here for money.... Just invited you along.

I'd love to do this ride with other bikers at my own cost. If friends and family say they'd give me a fiver for doing it then great.

My wife's doing the 3 Peaks for charity. She loves walking and is fit enough to do it.
I'm not going "find something you hate and struggle at otherwise I'm not sponsoring you"

Children In Need. Dozens of TV presenters doing their normal job. We don't say "Oh look at them....having a good laugh I'm not paying them ... Because lots of people did pay, to the tune of £31m.

Give the man a break*.

*clause - I know you won't give the man a break. 😜

Live and let live. 😘
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[mongman]

Cheers friendly ellis. Ok you have joined me in the firing line but the compliment and support is a massive thing for me. Thanks for sacrificing yourself to make me feel better. Hope to see you at john o groats. Owe you a pint! And they won't stop which is why i rarely use this forum and never for anything important any more.
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[Rogerborg]

Can I bring my bike round to your house so that I can win the photo-challenge "your bike and Jesus nailed to a cross"?
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[mongman]

If i was doing a photo challenge at my house yes.
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[mongman]

I just decided not to rise to antagonists who have nothing better to do than bully people who ask for help like school kids. So i'm sorting the ride for air ambulance and help for heroes, and enjoy spending time with other bikers, get some memories and new friends and make some money for charity. Say what you like, i don't care as i have more than enough support from others to let this group go.
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[mongman]

Childish tantrum. Interesting. Since i never heard of flouncing before i came here. And 98% of posts seem to be against either a: charity, b: doing anything at all for charity, or c: petty remarks i wouldn't have said i was the one being childish. The event itself is now at the route planning stage, the min speed upped to 60mph and several members have already sorted travel arrangements for it. I would post updates but seeing as everyone attacked me saying i wanted this trip funded by charity, my own expences funded by charity, or picking the 'wrong' charities i didn't see any point. Every suggestion i made got a response of 'you are an idiot who has no clue you just want a funded holiday' i gave up asking for advice. And i have listened hence the alterations. The planning has gone very well, not that anyone here cares. And if that is childish them i'll just say i posted the same on all forums and this is the only one i've had problems with.
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Still waiting for you to explain 'Air Ambulance'.

[mongman]

I chose air ambulance as being a biker they do mean the difference between life and death. I have a metal plate in my leg from an accident when i was a pillion and an air ambulance, though not needed it made me aware of how easily you can get hurt badly in a bike crash. It's also relevant to other bikers. Help for heroes is because i used to serve in the reserves before my leg injury means i can't run, or even walk far so couldn't be deployed anymore.
I don't mind banter and a joke, the army lives off it. And i'm happy to listen to and accept advice and criticism, but snide insults and plain stupid comments designed to puerly wind me up, especially while i'm terrified organising my first national event, are seriously unappreciated.
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Still waiting for you to explain 'Air Ambulance' - what charity are you donating to?

Good that you do seem to have some more reasonable reasons to support these two charities.

Doesn't mean just the concept of the name 'help for heroes' annoys me less .

Just because you got wound up doesn't mean people are doing it for that, rather than to offer their honest opinion.
Perhaps if you took the time to accept people's opinions, you'd be less terrified.

On that, that worries me. You should be confident because you've planned well.
If you're terrified, it suggests your planning is lacking.

[Clanger]

Good luck with your event. Hope it goes well for you and you raise all the money for charity as you have explained.
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[mongman]

cheers clanger. i'll be posting updates of the ride. and organising anything, small or big, has an inherent risk of something going wrong. I've learnt from all the small events I've done to aim for the best. it'll be all right on the night. still worried though. air ambulance is the air ambulance. big, usually yellow air ambulances in the uk for injured peeps that only get charity funding.
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[mongman]

so who else funds the air ambulance? pigs?
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