h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Tanzen

Firstly - I need to apologise to you for leaving a very rude message in a conversation you were in.

There is a good reason for this. (but obviously nothing to do with you)

I feel I need to explain what was going on here......


Lil Old Me is my mum and I introduced her to h2g2 to give her something to do with her time whilst she is/was trying to give up smoking...

She was having a ball of a time and really enjoying the whole concept of hootoo.

Unfortunately, a mis-understanding took place in which a researcher accused my mum of stalking him. This is not and was not the case, and seeing that posting he made to you really made me mad. I mean, what is a daughter supposed to do? sit back and watch it happen? Granted, I may have over-reacted to the whole problem, but I've been in hospital 3 times in as many weeks and perhaps am feeling a little "touchy" over the whole affair.

This researcher has also told quite a few other researchers about this and also told them my mums hootoo name, which I feel was totally uncalled for.

An independent ACE was involved and she could see no reason as to why Liquid Warrier would think such a thing, but as he has, and there is nothing that can be done to rectify this. He started up a new researcher ID so I ACE'd him as a way of trying to sort things out and open up communication with him into getting this solved...unfortunately, he didn't take me up on my offer.....this is, of course, his perogative.

I am at a total loss in what to do next, as he is saying he was the "victim" in all this, whereas, I of course, think he instigated the problem.

I hold my hands up in the fact that you have nothing at all to do with this, but perhaps you can understand the reasoning for me leaving this message with you.









PS - next time you chat to Wazzow, can you ask him to give me a bell at work? For some reason my mobile is playing up and I can't text him



PPS - thanks for listening.

Hi Vicki

I must admit I am a little confused that so many people have gotten me involved in this...you would be the fourth person to mention me in this "situation" in the last week or so...

...I'm not accusing anyone of anything...the point that I'm trying to make is that one person said one thing to me once (which in all honesty I didn't really put that much importance into) and now it just feels as though it's become a major point of contention with me ...I don't know how I became the bad guy in this whole mess when I don't even know how I dot involved...

Having said all that *sigh*...I can totally understand what you're saying...I mean, my Mum wanders in from time to time and as soon as she came in there was someone calling her names (because she tried to come to my defense after they called me names ) so I can definitely appreciate why you would get upset about it.

I wish I could help you out with some sort of advice...but I really dont know what to do...as I said, I'm still at a loss as to how I became involved in this...

...but I've seen you Mum, I think, in the songline conversations thread...I hope you don't think I've treated her any differently to any of the others in there...she's always been polite to me, and I'd like to say I've been the same

PS - I will also pass on your message to Wazz

Tanzen

Sorry chuck....you weren't supposed to have become involved.....I was leaving this message to appologise for leaving the rude on in a conversation you were in

I'm putting it down to just one of those things now.....

I'm glad you could see why I reacted the way I did...we're terribly defensive when it comes to our own aren't we.

At the end of the day, you had done nothing wrong and I just wanted to say sorry again and thank you.





PS - waz must have been watching - he rang me yesterday!