Mr Cockburns Threads

[bigbaddave]

Serious Question to all the other lads that are S/E on the forum...

What would you do if you were interviewing a lad for a job vacancy at your company and he gave the name 'David W Cockburn' ?

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Can you give a good argument to why we should bond filing cabinets?

 

[ruston]

Yes , the electric kettle has welded itself to it and burst the whisky bottle.

 

[richy3333]

We can't let him stay just because hes amusing us for the wrong reasons- the same rules apply to all members he was warned and chose to ignore it!

I don't know, many people keep pets to amuse themselves. We could have dressed him up in those cute little doggie outfits

 

[Silly Sausage]

Alright i see the legality point of view but isn't it in the interest of the admin' to weed out what is nothing more than a troll, it was his view or not at all i even specified 2 regulation areas that flawed his argument but he chose only to respond to the posts that hadn't cornered him, he was getting abusive and insulting in his manor and that is why i believe he was issued a ban not because of his views....

We can't let him stay just because hes amusing us for the wrong reasons- the same rules apply to all members he was warned and chose to ignore it!

I agree with what you say there, but the thing is, he's self publishing these books that the 'unsuspecting' (shall we say) person will take as the truth.
If, as someone said earlier, let him into the Arms, they maybe there's a slim (use of the word in its most extreme form to the absolute limit) chance, that we could enlighten him to reality?

But I'm a cup is half full person.

 

[Des 56]

We could have dressed him up in those cute little

He could very well be listening to his favourite tune as we speak
Napoleon XIV: 'They're coming to take me away' - YouTube

 

[trev]

but the thing is, he's self publishing these books that the 'unsuspecting' (shall we say) person will take as the truth.

That's not the thing imo mate, his "books" are only going to be bought by people wanting a technical insight into bonding and ADS. IE people like us and any half way decent spark is going to read them and realise they're only any good for when you've ran out of bog roll. If he gives a layman advice on here then they could take it as "well a qualified electrician told me this so it must be right"
If I had a choice between losing any of you guys for a while or losing him till 2014 then it's sorry Dave. He's dangerous, he's a clown, and worst of all he realises neither of those two facts.
We're well shot of him. If my dog was a stupid as Mr Cockburn I'd shoot the ****er myself.

 

[Silly Sausage]

No no no Trev.
A novice trainee or DIY Fred might read those books and believe every word!
How many people take what they read on Wikipedia as the gospel truth? That's just stuff that anyone can post any garbage they want.
Anyone with a single brain cell of electrical knowledge knows its balls.
By banning him from every forum just unleashes him on the world.

Anyway, he's good value for a stupid argument on a cold, drizzly Mancunian afternoon.

Bring back Prof Cock!

 

[Geordie Spark]

That's not the thing imo mate, his "books" are only going to be bought by people wanting a technical insight into bonding and ADS. IE people like us and any half way decent spark is going to read them and realise they're only any good for when you've ran out of bog roll. If he gives a layman advice on here then they could take it as "well a qualified electrician told me this so it must be right"
If I had a choice between losing any of you guys for a while or losing him till 2014 then it's sorry Dave. He's dangerous, he's a clown, and worst of all he realises neither of those two facts.
We're well shot of him. If my dog was a stupid as Mr Cockburn I'd shoot the ****er myself.

Is your dog a spark or does it just write books about sparking?

 

[trev]

A novice or trainee might accept it as the truth but would that person not discuss it with his training mentor? I'd certainly hope so, what your post did raise the spectre of was an ignorant Electrical Trainee so yeah, I'll accept it mate but it still remains that anyone can vanity publish any old shyte they want to and if someone takes it on board then questions have to be asked of them.
I mean, have you read the bible?

 

[ruston]

Well Archy ,thats two forums he's been banned from that I know of , and wont get access to another that I am a member of. So if he keeps this rate up he wont have a platform anyway.

 

[trev]

Is your dog a spark or does it just write books about sparking?

Just trainging him up at the minute mate, he always said he wanted to be a roofer.
At least that's what I thought he was telling me, we'd be out for a walk and he tell me there was a roof.