My New wheels have arrived :)

original guvnor said:
It might sound callous but for me charity begins at home.

There are already way too many people in this world and it doesn't matter how much money you chuck at Africa it will still be corrupt, war-ravaged and these same issues will crop up again and again and again.

If you try and intervene you get accused of imperialism/colonialism.

I'd rather my charity money goes to help people suffering hardship as a result of a natural disaster (ie Japan/Boxing day tsunami's, Haiti earthquake etc).

I've lost all sympathy with Africa I'm afraid. It's time they sorted their own s*** out.
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Well said, I was begining to think I was the only one who felt like that.

I also believe there are people out there that go out of their way to take offence at anything, Honestly to come on to a thread about wheels and start spouting pish and taking peoples comments COMPLETELY out of context and feel the need to post a link about african poverty is just ,, well SAD.
 
From alloy wheel opinions to poverty and corruption. Wow.

Navid you are a decent and helpful chap on this forum. Post up the pictures of the wheels but understand people don't have the same taste. If somebody tells you they don't like them, respect them for being truthful with you. This is surely better than a forum full of arse kissers or shrinking violets afraid to speak their mind?!.

Boogle - It isn't 100% clear what you were trying to say, but I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. Ridgydidge was simply trying to say there are more important things to worry about than somebody saying they don't like your wheels. He wasn’t trying to say someone was indirectly contributing to the starving masses of Africa as you seemed to be implying?
 
rookie975 said:
Boogle - It isn't 100% clear what you were trying to say, but I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. Ridgydidge was simply trying to say there are more important things to worry about than somebody saying they don't like your wheels. He wasn’t trying to say someone was indirectly contributing to the starving masses of Africa as you seemed to be implying?
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Edit: Basically I'm saying 'who gives a crap if people are anal or not. You can focus on giving to charity for your starving children, but this link <link> shows that may be just as destructive. If you can't win either way and you aren't trying to sort out the problem in your free time anyway - why care so much about what other people spend their free time on?'

Forums are difficult - you can't get the meaning of what people are saying fully without seeing expressions and hearing tone.

I think we all still have our legs are still breathing, so this discussion can't be too hazardous for your health. Unless navid isn't posting because it is? Now there's a comment I hope doesn't come back to haunt me....
 
Let's hope Navid returns to the fold soon. He's an excellent contributor and has really gone above and beyond the call of duty to help other contributors out.

If he didn't know beforehand let's hope he knows now that nothing here is meant in malice and is (nearly always) intended to be constructive, as Richard's promise to fill an E86 full of drink is testimony to.
 
Agree, navid, come back :thumbsup:

original guvnor said:
Richard's promise to fill an E86 full of drink is testimony to.
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In the context of the society of this forum, this is a real positive contribution which I for one can't wait to see. Finally The Roof Makes Sense :lol:
 
andysat said:
This thread is heavy going!-would still like to see the wheels tho :)
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I saw the wheels and they are these:
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Not as good a picture as Navids though
 
Is that it!?! Disappointing. Not sure quite what I expected to see - perhaps some silver and gold rims with a picture of Alan Carr's face on them.
 
QUOTE - Boogle - It isn't 100% clear what you were trying to say, but I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. Ridgydidge was simply trying to say there are more important things to worry about than somebody saying they don't like your wheels. He wasn’t trying to say someone was indirectly contributing to the starving masses of Africa as you seemed to be implying? QUOTE

Correct. Thank you. Sanity prevails...



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What a fantastic thread , Iv just caught up , From piising of Navid to peeps starving in Africa , Its like a social science class . :thumbsup:
 
original guvnor said:
It's high time for this thread to go off in another random direction now! Any ideas?
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OK, challenge accepted. Mugabe appointed as the UN's envoy for tourism. Seriously, WTF!

Discuss...


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RidgyDidge said:
original guvnor said:
It's high time for this thread to go off in another random direction now! Any ideas?
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OK, challenge accepted. Mugabe appointed as the UN's envoy for tourism. Seriously, WTF!

Discuss...
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Bureaucrats hey, what were they thinking..... its about time we could send them to prison for being stupid
 
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