We couldn't help but think about that when reading some of the recent things on this thread. All very disappointing to see. This is a diary read and liked by a lot of players - it would be a huge shame for it to stop.
Some players clearly do not know the first thing about respect at the poker table. Maybe they should think a bit more before pressing 'Add Post' or hitting the Enter key when talking in the chat box.
If you're going to insult players/use vulgar language/make petty threats, then eventually you're going to get banned. If it happens more than once, you're likely going to stay that way permanently. The community on this site is largely very positive. We intend to keep it that way.
I regret my comments and offer a public apology to Jac. Strange things happen when ego and money gets involved. As for this being as one sided as it seems I disagree. But wish to draw a line under it.
The community is great and one of the main reasons I play here.
Jac35 you are one of the outstanding contributors to the community. Your diary is a must read. You are a sensitive person, which means you care about people and about what people think. On the whole that is good thing, try not to let the negatives get to you though. You make money playing here - cashed in a WSOP this year, plenty of positives.
Work/life/play balance is also important so enjoy your time outt, I wish you all the best and hope for our sakes you return to the community, refreshed and unhassled.
Credit also to Hendrick, Tuney, Tash and Sam for speaking up for our Jac.
+1 to the Sky Poker comment above - I have tried to post in accordance with the Thumperian principle, although if one person is being negative/down right nasty to a friend then you can't expect friends to ignore it.
I do hope that some positive action is taken by Sky Poker to back up the above comment.
You see them everywhere you go on the internet: anonymous users with nothing to say but rude, off-topic, or annoying comments designed to make you angry. The only cure is to just stop caring, and while that's easier said than done, these tips should help you overcome their spell.
Don't Feed the Trolls
They're Not Worth the Energy
Learn to Laugh at the Situation
How to Respond When You Get Locked In
Learn to Separate Constructive Criticism from Trolling
It takes a bit of practice and conditioning, but the main goal is to just stop giving a cra.p about what other people think—especially those that have nothing useful to offer.
Hi Paul, have a great holiday mate, often time away from a situation can put things in perspective and spending quality time with the family sounds a great way to do this.
What did you have done in hospital?
I dip in and out of your diary from time to time and gather its something to do with your teeth. I can sympathise if thats the case, just had an op to have all wisdom teeth and 1 more at top removed a fortnight ago, not pleasant. Also found it affected me for a lot longer than i anticipated.
Hope your healing up ok anyhow, again some time out from the daily grind prob best thing for that too.
Im sure you will return feeling a new man and a 100x better.
Hi Paul, along with a great deal of other folk I have been an avid reader of your wonderful thread. I hope that you spend some quality time with your family and come back feeling refreshed.
It must be really difficult coping with your hospital issue on a daily basis, I feel for you and hope you get some sort of resolve to the issue soon.
Other people on here have put it much better than I can but I wanted to post my good wishes to a kind caring bloke who has been a great help to me.
As for the events leading up to this I liken it to hooliganism on the terraces, don't let them win my good man or they destroy all what is good in the game, all that will be left is a barren wasteland full of bitterness.
We have in general a great community here and you have been a massive contributor to that and i hope when you return you continue your splendid stories. Tom.
oioi, Grumpy Jac moans it in in the Punta Cana affair.
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Well done you.
Hope your health has improved, also that Penny is managing, too, it must be quite a strain for her, all things considered. Oh, & if young Harry is keeping you awake all night, wp him.
Now get your backside in gear, & get this diary back on track, you have a forum full of fans.
PS I wish you all the best. enjoy your holiday, have some quality family time. and gl with the hospital. Posted by GELDY
As a long time reader, i totally agree with the above statement. A break and a rest will do you the power of good, and post about your holidays and lifestlye stuff or any holes in 1 in your next bloggage when refreshed.
oioi, Grumpy Jac moans it in in the Punta Cana affair. 7 JAC35 10025 £285 Well done you. Hope your health has improved, also that Penny is managing, too, it must be quite a strain for her, all things considered. Oh, & if young Harry is keeping you awake all night, wp him. Now get your backside in gear, & get this diary back on track, you have a forum full of fans. Posted by Tikay10
He will be back on them tables soon he love's battling with me to much to leave!!
Firstly, thanks to everyone for the nice messages. Just a one off post this. I'll post more when I start playing again.
We arrived back late last night. Holiday was fantastic. We played 5 different courses and all were good with Palmares being the pick of the bunch. Comfortably in the top 5 that I've ever played.
Health was pretty good. Managed to play every day. Having buggies was definitely a big help. First day the forecast was that it was the end of the world. Certainly it seemed that way as we had breakfast with fat people covering a plate with chips and then them giving their fat kids the same. People like all inclusives and if we can make ourselves sick then so much the better. Never seen so much food consumed.
We really thought that the course would be closed but fortunately it was open and ten minutes before we teed off the rain stopped and the sun came out. Glorious weather all round and we played pretty well. We were joined by a lovely couple couple from Uddersfield. They were a bit like the Bromleys. Posh, but with a fun accent.
Tuesday was the end of the world. Well, for 9 holes anyway. My expensive waterproofs decided that the weren't that waterproof after all. It finally stopped raining on the 8th and I bought a new wardrobe from the pro shop and changed into it. Was well worth it. Back 9 was dry and Vale de Lobo Ocean course was something special.
On Friday we joined up with a German. We deliberated on which language to use to communicate and in the end plumped for English. We taught Ralph a couple of new words. He knew all the swear ones but 'bobble' and 'narrow' weren't part of his vocabulary. Still, at least he tried. He loved 'bobble'. It reminded me of Blackadder and the Germans not having a word for 'fluffy'
Had hardly any internet for the whole week. Could only get it occasionally in reception. How did we ever live with the Internet? Actually it was probably a blessing. Didn't think about poker at all really other than when the tubby genius sent me the hh of his latest bad beat.
Was on a bunch of antibiotics and so couldn't drink for most of the week. To be honest from experience it's not much fun when the people you're with don't drink. You get tanked up and they seem boring and you just look like a bit of a knob to them.
We found a table tennis table and that was great. We both used to play quite a lot. Didn't look good at first but it worked out well. They had bats but no balls. We walked up the street more in hope that in expectation of finding a shop that would sell balls. Bingo! First one.
We were the only people on site to have a table tennis ball. The table was ours.
The place we stayed was adequate I guess. Fine for us but not really a place I'd like to take the family.
Being me it couldn't all be good! Developed toothache over the last couple of days. Really painful on way home. Looked In the mirror and my gums looked scary. Whacked some Bonjela on and it's easing. Don't particularly fancy another trip to the dentists.
Driving went ok. I'm used to a car that is an auto and puts lights and handbrakes on for you. Here i had gears and left hand drive. Only slight mishap was leaving a course on a quiet country lane and after about half a mile having to avoid some idiot driving on the wrong side of the road.
Off for Sunday dinner now. Will do my best to remember to eat on my left side of mouth.
Mighty Rams are being mighty again. Last Sunday it was a case of best laid plans. Match was at 13.15 and we flew at 15.50. Ok, we'll get there early and watch the game. Every bar had **** rugby on.
Hello Firstly, thanks to everyone for the nice messages. Just a one off post this. I'll post more when I start playing again. We arrived back late last night. Holiday was fantastic. We played 5 different courses and all were good with Palmares being the pick of the bunch. Comfortably in the top 5 that I've ever played. Health was pretty good. Managed to play every day. Having buggies was definitely a big help. First day the forecast was that it was the end of the world. Certainly it seemed that way as we had breakfast with fat people covering a plate with chips and then them giving their fat kids the same. People like all inclusives and if we can make ourselves sick then so much the better. Never seen so much food consumed. We really thought that the course would be closed but fortunately it was open and ten minutes before we teed off the rain stopped and the sun came out. Glorious weather all round and we played pretty well. We were joined by a lovely couple couple from Uddersfield. They were a bit like the Bromleys. Posh, but with a fun accent. Tuesday was the end of the world. Well, for 9 holes anyway. My expensive waterproofs decided that the weren't that waterproof after all. It finally stopped raining on the 8th and I bought a new wardrobe from the pro shop and changed into it. Was well worth it. Back 9 was dry and Vale de Lobo Ocean course was something special. On Friday we joined up with a German. We deliberated on which language to use to communicate and in the end plumped for English. We taught Ralph a couple of new words. He knew all the swear ones but 'bobble' and 'narrow' weren't part of his vocabulary. Still, at least he tried. He loved 'bobble'. It reminded me of Blackadder and the Germans not having a word for 'fluffy' Had hardly any internet for the whole week. Could only get it occasionally in reception. How did we ever live with the Internet? Actually it was probably a blessing. Didn't think about poker at all really other than when the tubby genius sent me the hh of his latest bad beat. Was on a bunch of antibiotics and so couldn't drink for most of the week. To be honest from experience it's not much fun when the people you're with don't drink. You get tanked up and they seem boring and you just look like a bit of a knob to them. We found a table tennis table and that was great. We both used to play quite a lot. Didn't look good at first but it worked out well. They had bats but no balls. We walked up the street more in hope that in expectation of finding a shop that would sell balls. Bingo! First one. We were the only people on site to have a table tennis ball. The table was ours. The place we stayed was adequate I guess. Fine for us but not really a place I'd like to take the family. Being me it couldn't all be good! Developed toothache over the last couple of days. Really painful on way home. Looked In the mirror and my gums looked scary. Whacked some Bonjela on and it's easing. Don't particularly fancy another trip to the dentists. Driving went ok. I'm used to a car that is an auto and puts lights and handbrakes on for you. Here i had gears and left hand drive. Only slight mishap was leaving a course on a quiet country lane and after about half a mile having to avoid some idiot driving on the wrong side of the road. Off for Sunday dinner now. Will do my best to remember to eat on my left side of mouth. Mighty Rams are being mighty again. Last Sunday it was a case of best laid plans. Match was at 13.15 and we flew at 15.50. Ok, we'll get there early and watch the game. Every bar had **** rugby on. See you all soon. Posted by Jac35
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Don't Feed the Trolls
They're Not Worth the Energy
Learn to Laugh at the Situation
How to Respond When You Get Locked In
Learn to Separate Constructive Criticism from Trolling
What did you have done in hospital?
I dip in and out of your diary from time to time and gather its something to do with your teeth. I can sympathise if thats the case, just had an op to have all wisdom teeth and 1 more at top removed a fortnight ago, not pleasant. Also found it affected me for a lot longer than i anticipated.
Hope your healing up ok anyhow, again some time out from the daily grind prob best thing for that too.
Im sure you will return feeling a new man and a 100x better.
All the best,
James
oioi, Grumpy Jac moans it in in the Punta Cana affair.
Hope your health has improved, also that Penny is managing, too, it must be quite a strain for her, all things considered. Oh, & if young Harry is keeping you awake all night, wp him.
Now get your backside in gear, & get this diary back on track, you have a forum full of fans.
He will be back on them tables soon he love's battling with me to much to leave!!
Friends of Paul may want to read this thread, HERE