Blocking or Ignoring BM's?

[cannonball83204 78]

I pose this question as I am stymied about how to accomplish this. I have another BM that is sending me PM's that I am tired of receiving. I have tried to figure out how to put him on ignore or to block him from sending me any more messages.

 

How do I do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

CB

[Shilo 371]

Top right hand side of page next to your name click drop down box and select My Settings. Then left side select Ignore Preferences... put BM's name in box and select "messages", then save changes.

[cannonball83204 78]

Top right hand side of page next to your name click drop down box and select My Settings. Then left side select Ignore Preferences... put BM's name in box and select "messages", then save changes.

Thanks Shilo, noted and used.

 

CB

[jamie392305 764]

Better still Reggie, name him and we can all polute his inbox with messages, let's see how he likes it!!!!

[cannonball83204 78]

Nice thought Jaime, but this is a personal feud. He was an acquaintance that I met through this board and we had some things in common, such as both of us are Vietnam Vets, etc. I met him on my first trip to LOS in 2007 and we had a few drinks. It didn't take me long to understand that he is a world class whiner. He claims to have PTSD, which is entirely possible, however he uses it as an excuse for everything that goes wrong in his life. I finally got tired of listening to him and told him how I felt and that I didn't want to have anything to do with him. Out of the blue I get this message from him wanting to know why I did what I did. He is wanting someone to be his friend and I won't oblige him. I tried to explain to him via PM that I wasn't interested and rehashed why back to him. He just keeps sending me whining PM's and I got tired of it, so now he is blocked, ignored and everything else I was allowed to do to him. He's not worth the hassle and as far as I am concerned he is "Persona Non Grata"

 

CB

[bigmick 840]

Name and Shame Reggie

 

You know so many of us are always going to be on your side.

[jacko 8,762]

No don't. You have figured out how to ignore him and that should resolve your problem.

Sounds like the guy has 'issues' and it isn't air to go public... unless you feel you are protecting others.

 

I wish you would change your Avatar..... a kid keep sneaking up behind me to look at the computer, as per Forum Rule 9 I have a shoulder surfer!

[cannonball83204 78]

I have no intention or outing this guy, so get over it.

 

BTW Jacko, is that Avatar better, I have seen worse than my last one on here, so just what is your beef. Get rid of the shoulder surfer or position your computer the they can't look over your shoulder FFS!!!!!

 

CB

[MM 6,562]

I have no intention or outing this guy, so get over it.

 

BTW Jacko, is that Avatar better, I have seen worse than my last one on here, so just what is your beef. Get rid of the shoulder surfer or position your computer the they can't look over your shoulder FFS!!!!!

 

CB

Thanks for changing it in conformance with the board rules.

[cannonball83204 78]

Thanks for changing it in conformance with the board rules.

I didn't have a problem changing it, but you need to enforce the rule equally with all the BM's. No sense in having a rule if it isn't going be enforced across the board.

 

CB

[MM 6,562]

 

Thanks for changing it in conformance with the board rules.

I didn't have a problem changing it, but you need to enforce the rule equally with all the BM's. No sense in having a rule if it isn't going be enforced across the board.

 

CB

The way I generally view the forum, I don't see avatars, so if someone points It out, that's fine with me.

 

He had a valid request.

 

Anyone is welcome to use the REPORT function to alert mods to rule violations.

 

Sent from the buggy Tapatalk app for Android.

[carlew 0]

Nice thought Jaime, but this is a personal feud. He was an acquaintance that I met through this board and we had some things in common, such as both of us are Vietnam Vets, etc. I met him on my first trip to LOS in 2007 and we had a few drinks. It didn't take me long to understand that he is a world class whiner. He claims to have PTSD, which is entirely possible, however he uses it as an excuse for everything that goes wrong in his life. I finally got tired of listening to him and told him how I felt and that I didn't want to have anything to do with him. Out of the blue I get this message from him wanting to know why I did what I did. He is wanting someone to be his friend and I won't oblige him. I tried to explain to him via PM that I wasn't interested and rehashed why back to him. He just keeps sending me whining PM's and I got tired of it, so now he is blocked, ignored and everything else I was allowed to do to him. He's not worth the hassle and as far as I am concerned he is "Persona Non Grata"

 

CB

I don't know about America but just about every Aussie Vietnam vet I have met has some sort of psychological problem due to the war and they can't relate to people except other vets.

They were treated harshly when they came back home. Called murderers and spat at in the street etc by hippies and do gooders It really affected them.

[cannonball83204 78]

I don't know about America but just about every Aussie Vietnam vet I have met has some sort of psychological problem due to the war and they can't relate to people except other vets.

They were treated harshly when they came back home. Called murderers and spat at in the street etc by hippies and do gooders It really affected them.

The same is true of the Vietnam Vets in America and I am one of them. I understand that many have problems, but the majority of the ones I know don't whine about every little thing that goes against them in their lives. The guy I am talking about uses it as an excuse. Needless to say we have never been more than acquaintances. We could have been friends as we have several things in common, but his attitude and the way he continually blamed his condition for the way his life was just got to me after a while and I had to get away from him. I hadn't seen or heard from him in over 5 years when out of the blue he wants to rekindle a friendship that we never had. I know for a fact (because we have a mutual friend) that he hasn't changed one stinking bit, so I know I would still have a problem with his constant whining.

 

It's just sad that vets don't get the care they need from the governments that send us in harm's way. It could be much better if the politicians gave a flying fuck about anything but themselves.

 

CB

Edited April 9, 2013 by cannonball83204

[Sinistersinner 223]

It's just sad that vets don't get the care they need from the governments that send us in harm's way. It could be much better if the politicians gave a flying fuck about anything but themselves.

 

CB

Absolutely....... There are very few charities I am a part of, but the Wounded Warrior Project is one I contribute to monthly....

 

Thank you for your service.

[MM 6,562]

Absolutely....... There are very few charities I am a part of, but the Wounded Warrior Project is one I contribute to monthly....

 

Thank you for your service.

 

It seems we have one BM who is getting absolutely top rate treatment from the VA.

[VPI78 11,474]

It seems we have one BM who is getting absolutely top rate treatment from the VA.

I heard of a guy like that; but he was educated at Cambridge and dined with Kissinger and Andropov

[yorta2 684]

We (Vets) may have a few idiosycrasies that others don't always recognise, but we aren't all fuckwits. It's good you blocked this one - I have a similar "friend" who used to do the same stuff to me, and (occasionally) still does through other networks. I've learnt to ignore him.

[cannonball83204 78]

Now this particular fuckwit is harassing a very good friend of mine through their Facebook connection. He has unfriended him now, but he asked my friend why I didn't like him? That's how stupid he is as I explained it all in my PM's to him on here before I put him on ignore, etc. The guy just doesn't have a clue about the reality of life and doesn't know how to take a hint. Spelled it out to him 5 years ago and he just will not let it go. Oh well, I don't have to read anymore of his idiocy, so he can just do what he wants as long as he leaves me the fuck alone.

[bratpack 91]

Unless the fun goes, i have no problem with silly comments aimed at me, i react in a similar way.

[nkped 1,208]

It seems we have one BM who is getting absolutely top rate treatment from the VA.

Had a cousin who was a WWII vet and who has now gone to his reward. Wonderful guy, but to call things as they were, he was an old drunk. He never suggested it had anything to do with his service, but in that generation he never would have claimed it was. He did have a number of more conventional medical problems and he was always very satisfied with the medical care he got from the VA.

[jacko 8,762]

I have no intention or outing this guy, so get over it.

 

BTW Jacko, is that Avatar better, I have seen worse than my last one on here, so just what is your beef. Get rid of the shoulder surfer or position your computer the they can't look over your shoulder FFS!!!!!

 

CB

Yes thanks. My computer is on a desk, against a wall, in a corner and kids are sneaky!

[BigDUSA 71]

It seems we have one BM who is getting absolutely top rate treatment from the VA.

Absolutely, positively top rate treatment from the VA. My father taught me to treat people with dignity and respect. Walk in with a friendly attitude and you will be surprised how things tend to go your way. This has worked well all through my life.

[highflier 3]

My side of the story

Since I knew CB was on this forum, I thought I would try to reconnect with him, after he sent me this email to me back in Pattaya at that time. I wanted to straighten out any bad feelings, and if he still felt that way, then I could put closure to it.

I try to see the best in people and know that we sometimes say things in haste. That was all I was trying to do. At first he didn’t know who I was. I then clarified why with a PM to him and he did not reply. Now, I would rather have a reply, even to tell me to take a hike than nothing at all and CB didn’t. I admit, I did message him a couple of times so I could get an answer. It wasn’t until he unloaded on me this PTSD thing, that I contacted our mutual friend, to get some answers. All our mutual friend told me was CB was strong willed and a very opinionated individual. The problem was he couldn’t tell me about why CB said I was “whining”. It wasn’t until CB stated here his communication with our mutual friend, that I am still the same. The only time I mentioned to Steve about PTSD was that I told him I was experiencing some things that I didn’t know why and whether that was any cause for them. I realize now that was a mistake to trust him about something he has no understanding of. That was clearly my fault, and on this, my first trip, my emotions at that time were vulnerable and I wanted somebody to confide in. I was having problems with my girlfriend, whose niece, was his girlfriend at the time, and shared this with him. When I asked our mutual friend for answers, he unfriended me on FB.

I want to apologize to CB, it wasn’t my intent to cause you to come to this point, and regret that you thought it necessary to post it on this forum.

[cannonball83204 78]

ok, apology accepted, but I stand by my feelings about you. However, you are mistaken in your recollection of only telling Steve about your PTSD as you told me about it on more than one occasion. It didn't take me long to realize that you used it for an excuse for everything was wasn't going right in your life. I told you in the past to seek help from the VA, whether you did or not I don't know.

 

As for Steve unfriending you on FB, that was his choice and the fact that he and I are like brothers we choose to confide a lot of our lives to each other. You have been a topic of conversation for years. I guess you finally broke the camel's back when you tried to get information from him that you already had.

 

Apparently you forgot about some of the conversations you and I had in Secret's back in '08, when we were there at the same time, as you told me so much about how your life sucks. Since I try and surround myself with friends that have a positive outlook on life I decided that I didn't want you as a friend. You kept whining to the point that I just had to stay totally away from you when we were both in Pattaya lest I let your attitude ruin my holiday and no one, especially you will ever do that to me.

 

If we ever find ourselves in LOS at the same time again, please do us both a favor and stay away from me. If I see you, I will ignore you, so don't confront me in any way, shape or form. Don't say hi and just turn around and go in another direction.

 

If you are thinking I hate you, I don't, I just despise you.

 

I tried to keep your identity out of this forum, but you just can't let it go, so if you get some flack from some of my friends on here, you only have yourself to blame.

 

As I've told you before, get to the VA and get some help, you need it and the government owes it to you.

 

CB

Edited April 11, 2013 by cannonball83204

[highflier 3]

I regret now for saying anything about an apology, just for you to read it and that be the end of it. I wasn't asking for any more contact from you, only to share my side of the story. I certainly didn't need any rehashing of what has already been said. It is you evidently who cannot let this go, as this was my way of sharing to others here my side, nothing more. As to how anyone else takes it, that is up to them. If I was incorrect about my memory, maybe, but not to the extent you say. I said it was a mistake for me to share anything with anyone who doesn't understand, and being a Veteran who obviously has no clue to what I went thru and the repercussion of it. You said it yourself in an email to me. What bothers me most is you should have told me face to face, including our mutual friend, instead of letting it go this far. I can see now that you are incapable of that.