Another day passes and Bill Walker is still glued to his computer. I just spent a half hour scanning most of the posts in Reeky and TxMoto and it sure looks like Bill spent damn near the entire day at his keyboard. Living up here in the frozen North maybe we have a keener appreciation of good riding weather and how valuable a commodity time is. Since as I understand it this is prime riding weather in your corner of the world can someone explain to me why a man with a ride, and the time, would waste it talking trash in a newsgroup where the only replies are ones of derision. Rest assured folks all of Bill's boasts of riding roughshod over a newsgroup are as far from the truth as his claims one of his adversaries is running some kind of chemo fraud. Bill is being led around both of these newsgroups following a trail of stinky bait and biting at each one. Hell sometimes twice. His obsession is so entrenched it is impossible for him to avoid replying to each and every post. His problem is not that he can't understand what's going on, it's that he doesn't get it and can't stop. It's like a drug to him. Bill has been busted up pretty badly by all of those who have engaged him. The others are simply ignoring him. Almost every hour he manages to piss of another one or two of the regulars resulting in more abuse being thrown at him, or being simply ignored. What he doesn't get is the only ones reading his stuff are the same ones who are dumping on him. The others he is counting on for silent support don't even bother opening his threads. Believe me folks have given him a chance and although maybe not at first, eventually he turns on them. Flame wars like this are not new for Reeky. Hell our motto is Live to Flame and Flame to Live. The most recent good one lasted two years. The main antagonist in that one was an even more prolific poster than Bill, but then one day, after two years of his posts (ranging in the hundreds per day) it stopped. The guy just stopped posting. A few weeks later I hear he collapsed and spent some time in hospital. Those exchanges were very nasty, like these, and although we never spoke of it, I am sure some, like me, felt the stress of constantly fending off dozens of people professing their hate for him took its toll. The good news he is back, less of an asshole for the most part and probably enjoying life away from his keyboard for a while. Hell he might soon escape the sandbox. The prognosis is not so good for Bill. The battle he is fighting is futile. For every post making fun of him (and there have been some dandies..lol) generates a dozen or so replies from Bill. It's the same shit, I own your ass, wormy ass, you're a criminal, I'm the sheriff etc. They are so repetitive we don't even read them anymore and might drop a one liner in from time to time to fuel the next tirade. The old boy is being led around by the nose all the while screaming to anyone who will listen "I am Winning, I am Winning". Winning what is the question. He has yet to chase anyone from the group. He has garnered no support from the regulars and there is no apparent end to his fixation. To us he is a mild annoyance we spend a few minutes a day playing with, but to him we are his daily obsession. Chomping on our bait, without hesitation is the first thing he does in the morning and the last thing he does at night. While fun for some of us to watch, I can't help but wonder what kind of toll it is taking on him. From what I hear he is not a young man any more. Basically I can spend a half hour at the keyboard laying out the stinky bait and Bill spends the better part of the day responding. Multiply that by all of the others doing exactly the same thing and you will see how easy it is to keep Bill parked in front of that screen. There is a certain satisfaction knowing despite all the venom being posted and pictures of his tiny dick, the worst thing we are doing to the old boy is controlling his life. So Bill I hope you are enjoying your stay in Reeky. I guarantee you most people there are not even opening your posts and those who are, are laughing at you. Hard to believe you think that is winning. Don Binns 84 - Virago 1000 You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck [URL]http://www3.telus.net/public/dbinns/reeky.htm[/URL] [URL]http://www3.telus.net/public/dbinns/[/URL] [URL]http://www3.telus.net/public/dbinns/banff.htm[/URL] [URL]http://www3.telus.net/public/dbinns/kananaskis.htm[/URL] [URL]http://www3.telus.net/public/dbinns/walkercalgary.htm[/URL] [URL]http://www3.telus.net/public/dbinns/calgarybrowning.htm[/URL]