General Discussion and Whimsical Banter

caper7

Just saw someone has "Bowlhead Rip" at the bottom of their post. 
I've looked him up and not much to be found. 
Was he banned, chose to leave, or has he actually died?

BlackthornU

Zaul22 said:

Should probably also get out in front of it and clarify whether this is the correct thread for the convos about various banks good/bad security as they occasionally pop up. 

We also still don't have an ISA thread. 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/isas-tax-free-savings

masonic

caper7 said:

Just saw someone has "Bowlhead Rip" at the bottom of their post. 
I've looked him up and not much to be found. 
Was he banned, chose to leave, or has he actually died?

bowlhead99 was one of the most prolific and knowledgeable contributors this board has known. So naturally, he got targeted by others resulting in him being banned. He came back for a while as underground99, but after a while faced the same fate. One has to walk on eggshells to survive a long time here.

caper7

Thanks for answering. Are his old posts still visible on old threads? Thank goodness I had the foresight to screenshot particularly important ones. At least he isn't actually dead! 
Does he post on any other websites? 
What a shame to lose a valuable contributor. 

Bridlington1

caper7 said:

Thanks for answering. Are his old posts still visible on old threads? Thank goodness I had the foresight to screenshot particularly important ones. At least he isn't actually dead! 
Does he post on any other websites? 
What a shame to lose a valuable contributor. 

His old posts are still visible on old threads and can be found using the MSE search function. See:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search?domain=all_content&sort=-dateInserted&scope=site&authors[][value]=48834&authors[][label]=bowlhead99&source=community

dealyboy

masonic said:

caper7 said:

Just saw someone has "Bowlhead Rip" at the bottom of their post. 
I've looked him up and not much to be found. 
Was he banned, chose to leave, or has he actually died?

bowlhead99 was one of the most prolific and knowledgeable contributors this board has known. So naturally, he got targeted by others resulting in him being banned. He came back for a while as underground99, but after a while faced the same fate. One has to walk on eggshells to survive a long time here.

Indeed.

Although I'm not criticizing the mods (they have a very difficult job to do) I sometimes wonder what the [deleted] user did, we have lost so many. It seems to happen to the best of us.

ircE

Zaul22 said:

Should probably also get out in front of it and clarify whether this is the correct thread for the convos about various banks good/bad security as they occasionally pop up. 

We also still don't have an ISA thread. 

If someone has a quick question about security I don't see why they can't use this thread for that purpose. I'd rather err on the side of inclusivity.

If you're talking about Cash ISAs there is already a thread over in the ISAs sub-forum. But if you mean Stocks & Shares ISAs, I'm not sure if there would be much utility in a dedicated thread for them given it's not a simple product - which is probably why the ISAs sub-forum is full of threads about particular questions around them.

Baldeagle095 said:

Perhaps we should have a Fixed Rate Bonds thread. The rates promoted by MSE do not seem the best.

You are welcome to start one yourself if you see a gap in the market...

RG2015

Baldeagle095 said:

Perhaps we should have a Fixed Rate Bonds thread. The rates promoted by MSE do not seem the best.

There is a fixed interest savings account discussion thread.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6332491/the-top-fixed-interest-savings-discussion-area

However if you want a list of fixed rate accounts Moneyfacts is by far the best internet site.

https://moneyfactscompare.co.uk/savings-accounts/fixed-rate-bonds/?quick-links-first=false

refluxer

Baldeagle095 said:

Perhaps we should have a Fixed Rate Bonds thread. The rates promoted by MSE do not seem the best.

There is a discussion thread for fixed rate savings accounts here :  

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6332491/the-top-fixed-interest-savings-discussion-area#latest

...and you can get a comprehensive list of the the top fixed rate savers on the Moneyfacts comparison site :

https://moneyfactscompare.co.uk/savings-accounts/fixed-rate-bonds/?quick-links-first=false

refluxer

@RG2015 Wow, that's freaky ! Great minds...?!