CAPITAL LETTERS kerfuffle

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CAPITAL LETTERS kerfuffle

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HI EVERY ONE SORRY BUT I AM NEW TO THIS I HAVE A GOVERNOR WHICH WAS IN A BIT OF A SORRY STATE SO I STRIPPED IT DOWN - NOT THE ACTUAL WORKINGS JUST THE CASE AND BITS WOULD LIKE SOME PHOTOS OF THE INSIDE SO I CAN SEE WHERE THE BITS GO SO IF ANY ONE CAN HELP ME I WOULD BE GRATEFUL THANK YOU ONEARM.
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i note your use of capitals in your post......better watch out as some members go "ape" when you do this.....i am from mongolia so it doesn't bother me but you will soon be attackedby uk members if you continue to use caps.......roger
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Hello onearm I'm sorry you weren't greeted more politely to the forum.
Let me say welcome to Pennymachines and generally speaking our members are helpful and keen to assist newcomers.

As we say to everyone who presents your kind of question ..... !TWWP!

Curiously we had a very similar request from a newcomer last weekend who was writing on behalf of his friend, is this related?

'The Governor by Jennings' info required

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to badpenny........i dont know this new member but do find it funny that he is also unaware of the use of caps....i also welcome him to this great cpoin-op site.....roger
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Roger .....

Originally I asked you why you were shouting. Nobody went ape, it was a gentle hint, which you decided to become bloody minded about. You were then answered by several other members ( not all UK) who tried to politely explain to you what the issue was.
You deliberately continued out of mischief to type with your CAPS LOCK on except of course for your ID.
And now you're continuing it. You're not adding to the hobby nor the OP's question, in fact you're not being helpful or entertaining (except yourself).

I suspect your problem is nothing to do with this site, me, capital letters or indeed anything else you've had to say, I wouldn't be surprised if it was something to do with the original thread this started on. JTP referred sarcastically to a political member in the USA which was what you really wanted to have a go at.
However as a Slot machine forum has nothing to do with either politics or religion you did the right thing by not going there. However at this rate there are going to be some who would prefer you to go somewhere else if you don't grow up.

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Welcome onearm,
A great first machine The Governor. This model was my first too since I moved to upsidedownland.
They're easy to work on - like Mills High Tops, but mine's never had so much as a coin jam.
Buy the Jennings manual perhaps and tinker away. Whilst they're complex, there's a simplicity to the mechs also.
Best regs,
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Thanks BP - saved me writing time. I for one would prefer roger went elsewhere, most of his posts are either digs at various members or just plain pointless. And it seems he doesn't think much of the information we do bring up anyway, such as that "Watling" greyhound racer.....I vote roger the goat!
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I go along with badpenny's and Gameswat's feelings about Roger's posts on this Forum. They are characterised by digs at other members, their contributions and the forum itself and contain no useful information. They are totally alien to the spirit of the forum with its useful information and gentle humour.
I think this stems from Roger's inability to accept that fact that contributions to the Forum demonstrated quite conclusively that the Greyhound Racer was a British machine and not a Watling one.
If you can't drop your hostile 'sore loser' attitude to this Forum Roger, then go elsewhere.
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WELL SAID BOB.Oh sorry for shouting, I was beginning to think slider had returned to the forum.
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Was thinking this was ending up like another Slider situation.....wonder if this should be put to bed before it gets worse......as you must surely know the more response that is provided against what someone has done, whether right or wrong, the greater the retaliation as humans don't like being put into a corner..... !!BANGBANG!!
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We appear to have consensus opinion from our international membership so: -
The issue is now closed, however to lock the thread would be unfair to the newcomer who asked a question.

Let's now concentrate on the topics in question.

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OK - I've copied and relabelled this thread and pruned the original one because of the diversion which spilled over from this thread.

I'm going to buck the trend here by disagreeing with my esteemed moderator and other respected members and friends who object to Roger's contributions. He instigated a worthwhile discussion about a rare British game and was good enough to email me artwork from it. I believe he has a genuine interest and involvement in vintage slots which probably pre-dates my own and I've enjoyed his posts. If I'd sent him a clear message about capitals, instead of making pointed remarks, I think the "cultural misunderstanding" (as Roger put it) could have been avoided. I fully accept his suggestion that, as a member of "the younger generation", I'm "much too sensitive in this matter". Nevertheless, I'd much rather read comments in capitals or textspeak than watch tumbleweed drifting across the screen.

Let's face it, most of us are reaching that difficult 'Grumpy Old Man' age, so if we want this community to thrive, we really need to cut each other some slack and welcome the fact that we don't always see eye to eye.
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I for one have never ignored the fact that we are all different it's what makes the world go round.
I also have never doubted roger's interest and support in the hobby or this site.

There will always be protocols and habits which don't make sense. I for example can not for the life of me understand why we have traffic lights half way round a roundabout!!! One or the other but not both for heaven's sake. However I don't go on about it endlessly.
Once it was pointed out to me that was the way, then so be it.

I do think that a challenge was in order when a newcomer was rudely responded to following his opening post. I would have thought it hilarious if roger had welcomed him, offered him some advice and then closed with "........ oh and by the way, you might want to avoid blah blah...."
That would have been poetic justice for us all.
Merely wading in like that was for me the time to call it a day.

Seems Mr P we're going to have to disagree on this one, shame, but hardly the end of the world, after all it's the fact that we are all different that makes the world go round.

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Re: CAPITAL LETTERS kerfuffle....capital letters

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thanks mr. P for your perceptive posting on capital letters.........i had no idea of the worldwide controversy about this subject.....I learned to type in the army in WW 2 and everything was done in caps........apparently, this is insulting to some people in today's world of internet communications ( i still use stamps)......on reflection, i regret my comments on the new member's post....they should have been added to the "pig in the poke" post which simply pointed out that i am not alone in my lack of knowledge of todays internet protocol.....roger
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Great. As I said, the Caps Lock was not a biggie, but seems to have opened up other little issues which I hope we can all agree to leave alone now.
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Reading back through previous threads, I'd love to see Roger's image of the background of the motorcycle racing game .....is it anywhere on the forum? I'd love to get my hands on one of those!
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If Roger is happy for me to do so, I'll post the image in Resources.
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Post away....... Roger.
P.S. never heard the word kerfuffle before...
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I think it's a brown ale brewed somewhere in Coventry but I could be wrong. Love to see the picture, many thanks.
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Here it is. Quite simplistic, but it matches the remnants of artwork on the games I restored.
Thanks to BBC comedy, Little Britain, the wonderful 'kerfuffle' word is enjoying a renaissance.
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