Is it just me ...

beamerguy

Johnersh said:

Login / Log out...Time out? Who gives? 

That is a great song Johnersh with a very special meaning

bargepole

Grumpy_chap said:

I don't know what TMOTCO means - I would have thought with your superior pedigree you would have learned not to use initials without giving the full phrase at the first time of use.

TMOTCO = The Man On The Clapham Omnibus. A legal term that has been around for 100 years or so, used to refer to the average man in the street. Which, having met Mr Dance and the Memsahib in person, I can confirm that he is certainly not.

Grumpy_chap

bargepole said:

Grumpy_chap said:

I don't know what TMOTCO means - I would have thought with your superior pedigree you would have learned not to use initials without giving the full phrase at the first time of use.

TMOTCO = The Man On The Clapham Omnibus. A legal term that has been around for 100 years or so, used to refer to the average man in the street. Which, having met Mr Dance and the Memsahib in person, I can confirm that he is certainly not.

Thank you - I am familiar with the phrase, just not as the abbreviation.  

Even Prime Ministers can get caught out with the use of abbreviations, as was David Cameron using LOL as Lots Of Love and not Laugh Out Loud.

beamerguy

Grumpy_chap said:

D_P_Dance said:

I do not consider myself equal to TMOTCO.  I am in the top 2% wealthwise, I have a master degree, and a well above average IQ.    

I don't know what TMOTCO means - I would have thought with your superior pedigree you would have learned not to use initials without giving the full phrase at the first time of use.

Regardless, the point that others are making is that, on this forum, all posters are equal and free to contribute with the best of their experience and to help others (and to not post when they do not have suitable experience or knowledge).  Generally, that does not require contributors to declare their credentials, though that can be sensible if the poster has specific experience relevant to the topic - for example a Conveyancing Solicitor commenting on the House Buying thread.  I would have thought that someone with an above average IQ would be able to understand this context from the thread taken as a whole.

Certain credentials are irrelevant to most boards, such as being in the top 2% wealthwise.  Again, something someone with above average IQ would realise.

I have not checked which board you major in on MSE but this board due to the nature of rogue traders, we get more than our fair share of dumbos playing games, When you say "Conveyancing Solicitor commenting on the House Buying thread" because it is a regulated industry, you are not going to get this problem. 
We, with regret have to deal with scammers whilst helping REAL people

Scrapit

Grumpy_chap said:

D_P_Dance said:

I do not consider myself equal to TMOTCO.  I am in the top 2% wealthwise, I have a master degree, and a well above average IQ.    

I don't know what TMOTCO means - I would have thought with your superior pedigree you would have learned not to use initials without giving the full phrase at the first time of use.

Regardless, the point that others are making is that, on this forum, all posters are equal and free to contribute with the best of their experience and to help others (and to not post when they do not have suitable experience or knowledge).  Generally, that does not require contributors to declare their credentials, though that can be sensible if the poster has specific experience relevant to the topic - for example a Conveyancing Solicitor commenting on the House Buying thread.  I would have thought that someone with an above average IQ would be able to understand this context from the thread taken as a whole.

Certain credentials are irrelevant to most boards, such as being in the top 2% wealthwise.  Again, something someone with above average IQ would realise.

Top 2% of wealth yet is on a money saving website. Go figure.

Snakes_Belly

"Top 2% of wealth yet is on a money saving website. Go figure."

What has that to do with the price of fish?

For one thing this forum is about fighting a parking claim which in many cases (including mine) is about the principle. I would have sooner given the first beggar I saw in the street £100.00 than pay it to the PPC.

Secondly very wealthy people can be frugal. Wealth does not mean that people are extravagant. The Queen reuses wrapping paper.   

Scrapit

Snakes_Belly said:

"Top 2% of wealth yet is on a money saving website. Go figure."

What has that to do with the price of fish?

For one thing this forum is about fighting a parking claim which in many cases (including mine) is about the principle. I would have sooner given the first beggar I saw in the street £100.00 than pay it to the PPC.

Secondly very wealthy people can be frugal. Wealth does not mean that people are extravagant. The Queen reuses wrapping paper.   

Seems a very odd boast. One that makes you question what is being said. Essentially, I dont believe him.

Snakes_Belly

 "Seems a very odd boast. One that makes you question what is being said. Essentially, I dont believe him."

I believe him. Owning property in London could easily take a person into that bracket. 

Where I live you can buy a four bedroom house for an amulet of cat's teeth.  

beamerguy

Snakes_Belly said:

 "Seems a very odd boast. One that makes you question what is being said. Essentially, I dont believe him."

I believe him. Owning property in London could easily take a person into that bracket. 

Where I live you can buy a four bedroom house for an amulet of cat's teeth.  

You are right to believe Sir Dance .... without giving too many secrets away, he is a nice elderly gentleman who is what is said on the tin and unlike many in his position, is happy to help whenever he can. However like all the regulars on here, he does not take fools lightly 

D_P_Dance

Thank you David. et al.

In a country where so many are mired in debt, being in the top two percent wealthwise does not mean that one is rich beyond dreams.  Over the years I have accumulated a small portfolio of modest properties.