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> >Hello Tom! > >I don't know you either and I haven't kept 'abreast' >of all that's gone on on this forum. But, yes, that >would have been me at Wembley! Was it really all those >years ago? My! I feel old. Steve Stalwart ('Scally' as >I called him) used to be a very very close friend of >mine. I shall never forget the time we travelled up to >an old airfield in Lincoln together to get a >second-hand rear idle wheel for an old bulldozer we >used to use on the farm. The guy who owned the >airfield was called Nelson Green and the runway was >full of old bulldozers as far as the eye could see - >and yet he know EVERY one of them! What a character! > >Steve and I had many great times together...including >the time when the apple drink he was making started to >ferment and turn into cider: how we laughed!! Sad that >he should have warned you against me; I still remember >him with great fondness - as I do MANY of my old >friends. >I have always tried to speak what I believe to be >truth plainly and straightforwardly. I have led a very >full and active life and the only reason I don't watch >more TV than I do is because I don't get the time. >I've resolved on many occasions to let my opposition >to the JA fade into the background so that I can do >other things - like my Greenpeace work; and watching >more TV and going to see Luton play more often; but >then something stirs me up again and, as I wipe away >the sad tear from my eye, I feel the need to 'keep >going'. >I ask my children and wife for their advice, and they >tell me that I must do what I think is right. So here >I am!! > >If you ever speak to Scally, please remind him of the >good times we had together: it was HIM who taught me >how to strip a tractor engine down and put it back >together. Mind you, he was built like an Ox and had a >temper to match! Ask him about the time he nearly set >the workshop on fire when he threw petrol onto the old >oil burner in anger at the fact that it wouldn't light >up. Talk about an explosion!! > >Take care, Tom. Please don't be too harsh on Peter. He >is a wonderful friend whose heart is very definitely >in the right place. Isn't that what's most important? >In actual fact, all he wants is for someone to argue >back at him with the same strength of force. Maybe he >doesn't understand that this can be off putting for >some. I'll see what I can sort out! > >Warmest regards! > >John > > >>How refreshing it it to see someone trying to be a >>peacemaker. >> >>I know Peter will take my comments as a dig but it's >>nothing I haven't said before. His manner online does >>nothing but stifle real discussion. >> >>I have seen many JA and ex-JA members come on here >>and, in the end, be subject to hounding and downright >>intellectual verbal abuse. >> >>My time in the JA has been much discussed here and, >>although I accept they are/were far from perfect >>wither during my time or now I would say on balance >>they have been a positive influence on my life. >>Unfortunately at times that has not been >>sensationalist enough, to the point of effectively >>being referred to as disingenuous. >> >>Anyway, I tend to just lurk here now and see what >>folks are saying. It's a shame though that, in my five >>or so years looking on here, some folk are no firther >>forward and everything seems so cyclic. Life's a >>journey - the experiences we encounter make us what we >>are. People may wrong us but surely we should use that >>to push us forward? That's been my approach. >> >>I doubt this comment will be taken with any regard >>however, any onlooker coming on here and just seeing >>folks bitching amongst themselves is hardly inviting. >>Similarly, any folks from the JA are just likely to >>refrain from commenting. >> >>Without wishing to be personal - Peter should calm >>down and take some time away from this forum, the >>amount of debate that has been stifled is there to see >>in the archives >> >>John, I don't know you - I think I saw you once >>outside Wembley handing out leaflets in 1990/91 it >>could have been and was warned off from speaking to >>you by my old shepherd Steve Stalwart. Although I >>disagree with much of what is on JEANNI I commend you >>on your level headed comments. >> >>-- Tom
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