MarkL
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 11:27 AM |
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Lost a good Man?
Bought Which Kit mag last week to look at the Velocity build.
Did anyone see the sending off they gave for there man detail dean who seams to have left for a Rival Mag " ouch that must have
smarted".
I hope when I leave work I get a better sending off than that.
I thought he kept the mag going with his work, although he never built a kit at the cheaper end of the market.
Enjoyed the features on engines he did, but compare Mr sheen's build report of the Velocity to that of the Ultima (I am not comparing cars just
the writing).
The report of the Velocity looks like the build manual and now the cars finished it,s up for sale.
I trust the report does not stop at the build and they ran it on the road for a few weeks to get a drivers report as well.
Mark
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greggors84
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 11:33 AM |
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What sending off did they give him?
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Findlay234
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 11:56 AM |
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I know its cheeky but any chance of scanned images of the velocity article? just good enough to read the writing.......
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Brooky
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 12:41 PM |
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here you go.
 
Rescued attachment report.jpg
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TheGecko
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 01:31 PM |
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It's sad really....
If those two mags spent less time slagging each other off like a pair of petulant children and just concentrated on their content they'd be all
the better for it, particularly 'Kitcar'. I buy maybe 2 out of every 3 issues and always, without fail, there are glaring errors of
spelling and grammar, captions that don't match photos, obvious errors of fact passed of as 'wisdom', etc, etc etc.
Fools and tossers, the lot of them.
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MarkL
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 01:34 PM |
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The sending off was pretty poor for a bloke who did so much for the mag (My view as a reader)
He is a very nice chap you can ask him anything, and is a true font of all knowledge, met him on the which kit magazine stands at the shows.
You know what these kitcar mags are like for going to court, so I better not scan it.
What I was getting at is considering his profile and the work he has done in the past, it was left to the last page past the adverts to acknolwedge
him, although if I had lost a prized asset to a competitor perhaps I would'nt be shouting about it.
Left the mag at home but there was a sting in the tail about his loyalty.
You know what these kitcar mags are like for going to court, so I'd better not scan it.
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Brooky
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 01:43 PM |
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code:
You know what these kitcar mags are like for going to court, so I'd better not scan it
Doh !
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James
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 03:13 PM |
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Oh yeah, the MarkL character from the small hamlet of Manchester! 
I doubt you have much to worry about mate!
James
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 03:48 PM |
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I think I have bought 4 kit mags in 4 years.......
at the end of the day, what is company loyalty?
In my working life of 25+ years I have survived at least 4 buyouts, redunances, etc. Didnt see too much company loyalty shown to employees on those
occasions......
atb
steve
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bob
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 05:48 PM |
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Lets face it lads,if detail dean had been paid proper wonga in the 1st place he'd still be with which kit
I'm sure they wil have enough offers from people who want to be in the limelight
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Mark18
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 08:16 PM |
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I am shocked at how unprofessional kitcar were in the article posted above - publicly unreservedly and childishly lashing out not only the other mag
but at the guy who was such an asset to the magazine? "Oh well, so what?" - Even if thats your attitute, you don't go and publish it
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Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 08:21 PM |
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totally agree with you
atb
steve
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Viper
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 10:28 PM |
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Another good reason for not buying that crap
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thekafer
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| posted on 19/4/04 at 11:12 PM |
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This is the kind of thing you say to the dude face to face in a closed office. Unless of course, you think he might kick your ass,then it's best
to write it from the safety of your desk post mordum and post it in your "rag" like a little back stabbing beotch!
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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chrisg
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 06:54 PM |
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Never mind all that.
Page 125 - I'll say no more!
Cheers
Famous bloke
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Alan B
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 07:32 PM |
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Chris, from those of us in the US, thanks...
[Edited on 20/4/04 by Alan B]
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andyps
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| posted on 23/4/04 at 06:51 PM |
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I read a few different car mags and the contributors regularly change from one to the other (and often back again) with no comments made about it.
Not sure they will ever manage to tempt him back in the future if that is how they talk about him. Not a good move in any terms - especially as for
those readers who liked his articles it is pretty obvious where he can be read in future!
[Edited on 23/4/04 by andyps]
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/4/04 at 08:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by andyps
especially as for those readers who liked his articles it is pretty obvious where he can be read in future!
silly buggers should've kept schtum... employed some fool with the same name!
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andyps
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| posted on 30/4/04 at 07:34 PM |
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Just read the article he has written for the new employer. Writes in a pleasant way about the issue between the two mags and is complementary about
Which Kit. Shame they couldn't have done the same.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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