Who is 'Nick Louse'???????

StickS
StickS Posts: 1,575
edited July 2007 in The Crudcatcher
I've stuck out all sorts of changes to this forum over the years.

But, can someone tell me who on earth is 'Nick Louse' and how someone who is apparently (at least to judge by his posts) a semi-literate, foul-mothed teenager got to be a moderator of this forum? To put it mildly, the instructional posts and replies from this individual do not exactly seem to have been taken from the pages of 'How to Make Friends and Influence People' and he does a rather good job of breaking his own rules everytime he posts...

People keep telling me what a great guy John Stevenson is and how he will do a good job of running this place. Maybe so. Perhaps he can show it by telling his moderators how to talk to the members in a way that isn't alternately patronising or downright rude.



from here http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... c&start=15

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  • The Joe Show
    The Joe Show Posts: 9,413
    How dare he.

    Nick is my idol*

    *not a guarantee
    Less gears, more beers.
  • Nick is a LEGEND. You simply wouldn't understand.
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  • xc-andy
    xc-andy Posts: 174
    I am new , but he seems fine to me.
    Don't mistake directness for rudeness. And as for him being patronising..... i know about 2% of what he seems to know about bike maintenance... and even I can see some of the questions he gets asked are moronic and ill prepared.

    more positivity please :D
  • Jonny
    Jonny Posts: 4,374
    Nick is incredibly helpful. As for 'semi-literate', he's dyslexic, and as for 'foul-mouthed' (or mothed, which I laughed at), he's from Yorkshire :P

    What a shit smiley.
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  • Kitty
    Kitty Posts: 2,844
    Nick has only ever talked to me to tell me off.
  • Red Lemon
    Red Lemon Posts: 3,433
    Nick is a walking MTB encyclopedia. I doubt you will come across many people with more knowledge and experience than him.
  • eelboy
    eelboy Posts: 3,628
    nick knows his stuff and i have never seen him give any false advice. The man is a tech god to be fair. If his answers are a bit short then its most likely that the question you have asked doesnt have enough info. eg what bike the cranks you want are for, or what type of riding you do etc, otherwise it may be that the same question has been asked many times before and is on a sticky or answered somewhere else on the forum.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    teenager Pff i know i look young but F**k i am 40 this year!
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  • RobA
    RobA Posts: 151
    And its Nicklouse.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    Kitty wrote:
    Nick has only ever talked to me to tell me off.

    did i?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • St.D1ckie
    St.D1ckie Posts: 982
    Kitty wrote:
    Nick has only ever talked to me to tell me off.

    why else would anyone talk to you? :D
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  • RobA
    RobA Posts: 151
    St.D1ckie wrote:
    Kitty wrote:
    Nick has only ever talked to me to tell me off.

    why else would anyone talk to you? :D

    Harsh but true. :wink:
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  • Kitty
    Kitty Posts: 2,844
    Get a life.
  • elmotheewokking
    elmotheewokking Posts: 2,279
    Grow a thicker skin.
  • Drfabulous0
    Drfabulous0 Posts: 1,539
    Nick is a tech legend, he may seem grumpy at times but he does get asked the the same questions over and over when people could just search, most of us will just ignore those threads. I have rarely seen him be outright rude to anyone, and his advice is excellent.
    But for a long time I thought his name was Nicklouise.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    forums are great for sex changes.

    sometimes i can be kurt which at first meeting can be seen a rude.

    if i wanted to be rude.... you would know about it.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • clarkson
    clarkson Posts: 1,641
    hes not rude. just useful. you dont want to annoy him.
    I said hit the brakes not the tree!!

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  • wwjjtt
    wwjjtt Posts: 204
    i recon he's the stig!!