I have these nigerian friends....

[Bobbie En Tejas]

6 Part of this bid was to include evidence of pledges from individuals and businesses from within the community (both in cash and in kind ) looking to achieve a minimum target of £50k. The prime reason for the pledges was to gauge the HUNGER of the community to host the project (this is a prerequisite for any involvement by the SI - they won't work in a community that doesn't show both a hunger and a need for their support)

I have these nigerian friends....

[Govangirl]

I have these nigerian friends....

My cheque is in the post Bobbie!

[LO]

I have these nigerian friends....

My cheque is in the post Bobbie!

Utterly hilarious......

I've just remembered why I stopped posting on here.

Goodbye!

[£3.73]

I have these nigerian friends....

My cheque is in the post Bobbie!

send it to me, I'll send you back 3 Bulgarians, 10 Ukaranians & a Romanian .... honest I will

... and there's more, this one time only offer just gets better ! (it does? ..woooo !!!)

... if it arrives before Monday 1st post, I'll throw in a slicer dicer at no extra cost ... it slices it dices

... now that's a bargain !!!

[Mo*]

I have these nigerian friends....

My cheque is in the post Bobbie!

Utterly hilarious......

I've just remembered why I stopped posting on here.

Goodbye!

LO. Thank you very much for the details and background explanation.

Bobbie and Govangirl. This section is called Local News And Issues. Not House of Fun. This thread is of serious concern to the people who live here. Your silly comments have pushed away a committed helpful person. The least you can do is apologise.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

I'm not apologizing. It was half tongue-in-cheek, but seems like an overly defensive response to 5 words said in jest. If that is the response to 5 words, what would the response be to the hard questions about the investment?

[LANDROVER ROGER]

"UKARANIAN".....Is that a Chinese banjo player? Or a part anagram of A NUKE IRAN?

[Ship called Dignity]

Certainly still one of the problems which exist on the forum is serious threads about local issues going off topic and pushing people away who could make a valuable contribution.

It is the same with the beach clean thread. Having spent years trying to encourage people to post on here about local events and news etc it pushes the very people away.

PS - No-one is saying we can't have fun but there are specific areas for that. eg - here

[Bobbie En Tejas]

My remark wasn't about fun, although it was making a point in a humorous way.

Hopefully all those individuals who contributed to $100,000 are comfortable that their money was well invested, and hopefully no community money went in without the community having a say about it.

Maybe I'm cynical, but if it smells like a scam to me, it smells like a scam to other people. It may not be a scam, and I am sure the people who invested were given the opportunity to asked all the hard questions before feeling sure that it was a good investment.

I would be interested to know if the many businesses that have been started are home businesses in which you get people under you to invest, or if they are real businesses with doors that people walk into, that hire community people.

I'm not trying to stir. I'm asking questions that probably more people are asking, and if not, then everyone is happy and no need to throw tomatoes at me. Btw, if anyone has ever been to west Texas, miles of miles of nothing but miles and miles, you will know if they could make a thriving community there, they can probably do it anywhere.

[Ship called Dignity]

My remark wasn't about fun, although it was making a point in a humorous way.

Hopefully all those individuals who contributed to $100,000 are comfortable that their money was well invested, and hopefully no community money went in without the community having a say about it.

Maybe I'm cynical, but if it smells like a scam to me, it smells like a scam to other people. It may not be a scam, and I am sure the people who invested were given the opportunity to asked all the hard questions before feeling sure that it was a good investment.

I would be interested to know if the many businesses that have been started are home businesses in which you get people under you to invest, or if they are real businesses with doors that people walk into, that hire community people.

I'm not trying to stir. I'm asking questions that probably more people are asking, and if not, then everyone is happy and no need to throw tomatoes at me. Btw, if anyone has ever been to west Texas, miles of miles of nothing but miles and miles, you will know if they could make a thriving community there, they can probably do it anywhere.

I would imagine that is up to the locals to ask Bobbie.

Like all projects there will be cynics but I certainly wouldn't question the integrity of the people involved - especially all those giving up so much time for free. I've been asked a few times to go along to OK events and perhaps I should have to post news on here about it.

It seems to be a trait of people in Kintyre, that we wish things to fail - seems your time on here has allowed us to rub off on you.

I wish everyone involved in OK all the very best.

Right who is next for the forum bashing?

[LANDROVER ROGER]

I am usually a soft target.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

I would imagine that is up to the locals to ask Bobbie.

Like all projects there will be cynics but I certainly wouldn't question the integrity of the people involved - especially all those giving up so much time for free. I've been asked a few times to go along to OK events and perhaps I should have to post news on here about it.

It seems to be a trait of people in Kintyre, that we wish things to fail - seems your time on here has allowed us to rub off on you.

I wish everyone involved in OK all the very best.

Right who is next for the forum bashing?

Ship, I didn't question the integrity of any of the people in Kintyre. As a matter of fact, I would think that they had the best interest of Kintyre in mind. That doesn't mean that I wasn't questioning the organization that is looking for a deprived community to invest $100,000 to prove their interest.

If you think that I want anything to fail, you have never read any of my posts. Hell, I even want my ex to do well, what does that tell you?

If asking questions is equivalent to wishing failure on something, then I apologize.

[Ship called Dignity]

Didn't think you wished it to fail but you did say it smells like a scam which I think is unfair to all of those who have spent time on this project.

PS - It was £50,000 - we deal in pounds here.

[4th gen Suthen']

sometimes I am astounded at the direction threads take.

[Malky]

As far as I was aware, the £50,000 was in pledges - I didn't think that any money had actually changed hands. I may be wrong tho.

Malky