Old 606

I first discovered 606 golf on the BBC site in 2008, probably years after most of you. As a place for sporting banter twas hard to beat. There were some memorable posters: 150tothepin, GJ the aussie stud, tigerwoodswannabe, kirkygolfer and subpar to name but a few. And some awesome discussions too.

Have any of these guys shown up around here?

Care to reminisce about the good old days?

Cant remember when I first started posting, must have been 2005 or something like that on the original BBC site. Anarchic days back then, some barnstorming arguments/debates.

the 606’ers missing in action;

drive4show
haystongolfer
The Ubiquitous Chipper (although I think this may be doon?)
LondonJonnyO
Mercurial_Maestro
reghags
Yadsendew
gaelgowfer
ladyputt
puligny
Mercurial_Maestro
JDandfries
purpleDalai_Lama
Simba
keizo
Straeh
chilli
bigkev76
shabino
Rossa
Parcel of Rogues
335BMW

Please add to this list.

Myself.
How could you forget Boa9must be 7)The major,jeff carnage,bertie beef(funny guy)vince brutal,spanish nicK(wonder if the revenue have caught him yet)Im never wrong,bentino( both still with us).there was a lad at Loughboro uni who wound everyone up and a young lady at uni also very good.
Vince and Jeff were former St Andrews students with many tales including caddying stories.One putt(ex pro woburn member)
Made my days more enjoyable.had a couple of golf days all good folk

Sorry- Boa must be 78yrs old if hes still Ok .Playing under his age regularily.

dynamark

Sounds like 606 was even better back in the day. I only started posting in November 2007, so it seems I missed some of characters listed above.

Who was the guy that was a pro in Florida?

I was fairly late to 606 (2009 I think) but recognise most of those names...whatever happened to Shabino??

Baron Squeebo von Squeebenstein (sp?) Aussie poster who was mostly drunk online and an utter legend. My favourite ever poster.

Mac I have no idea.
The emphasis was on genuine humour and tall tales.It the likes of Kwini and Drac who have elevated us to real golf discussion.
Jeff posted stuff about the Dunhill and nights out after- he played in a band around the bars in St Andrews.Spanish Nick Im sure was running a VAT scam from his office in Madrid and had to run off to Cypruss at short notice.Some of the stuff was LOL hilarious.

McLaren wrote:
Who was the guy that was a pro in Florida?

Limeyatthebeach

Digbert could tell a good tale to be fair.How did I forget Squeebo and his story about hitting balls into a tree and knocking apple onto his girlfriends head.Nice fella very supportive when I had some issues.Got the feeling he was unwell of late probably liver giving up.

I was a reader (lurker) on the old 606 but never had a BBC account - only choosing to register here as a gesture of support.

Recall someone dubbed El_Wedgo_Pitcho (for the handle if nothing else), and wasn't there a character who claimed to be Italian and had an alter-virtual ego as a woman? I forget the name(s) though.

And was there someone naming himself after Adam Scott / subsequently switching to Jason Day when moving over here?

Thats right Sky.fairly recently we also had a contributor from Dubai who posted some good stuff about the courses there.There was a fella posting from Holland whos name escapes

Sky,
Think that was the same gent who posted as GJthe Aussie Stud.

Hardly ever see RoderickSlyme any more, and venice is awol also.

Sad thing is that most of those who have departed just got sick and tired of dealing with the mods, both on 606 and on here.

Just thought of another; dewsweeper.

dynamark wrote:Thats right Sky.fairly recently we also had a contributor from Dubai who posted some good stuff about the courses there.

theeldestboy?

What happened to LondonjonnyO, wasn't he here for a while?

The banter between 150tothepin/Donny and GJ the aussie stud was priceless at times, unfortunately the former could not stay out of trouble with the mods.

Sadly for me each time the board has metamorphosed its lost something..quite often some people. Still has its moments and some good debate but I can remember looking at my screen and howling with laughter on a fairly regular basis. But then again, I was young and unmarried and child free back then.........oh how I miss those days

I wonder if there is a way to track down those who have failed to make the jump and get them onboard?

Think a few people went onto the Golf Observer board, just had a look but you need a log on and cant bothered to do one.

I'll get on there and put out an appeal.

...ErniewhoEls,
newport2,
ralphjohn69,
northwalestaff,
shankintoRowz...

here's an old ballwasher! http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A41617334

Skydriver wrote:... and wasn't there a character who claimed to be Italian and had an alter-virtual ego as a woman? I forget the name(s) though.

Enzo perhaps?

Westwood and McIlroy, of course.

And Zane Scotland.

Some names from the past! Interesting list Mac.

Regarding behavior ... I've always subscribed to only posting thoughts I would say to a person face-to-face. Leads to far greater civility, and should not hamper divergent opinions.

Shotrock wrote:Some names from the past! Interesting list Mac.

Regarding behavior ... I've always subscribed to only posting thoughts I would say to a person face-to-face. Leads to far greater civility, and should not hamper divergent opinions.

Nah, thats the whole point of being a message boards, you can say what you like without the constraints of a potential dust up. I remember Big Kev who according to him was about 8 foot tall and 32 stone, mind you he also hit the ball 650 yards and regularly shot in the low 60's....allegedly. Couldnt stand the bloke and nor him me and we regularly told each other which to be fair I doubt Id have done in real life if indeed he was the reincarnation (if he's dead) of Giant Haystacks.

incontinentia wrote:...ErniewhoEls,
newport2,
ralphjohn69,
northwalestaff,
shankintoRowz...

here's an old ballwasher! http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A41617334

I'm still on here sometimes, don't post that often due to work but read when I can...........

Westwood and McIlroy couple of has beens!
That was funny when westy did the different colour shirt thing and said certain things in interviews.Good sport.No doubt put in his place by the Chubster

Michael JF was a top bloke.Artist and sculptor from S Wales.Always went to open practice days and posted pics of the players swings from his freeze frame kit.From what Digs was saying I had the pleasure of meeting a few of the old posters and nobody was anything like you would imagine from their postings.

Im gutted I missed the meet up in Kent Dyna, had a major family crisis on the Friday and couldnt make it and still regret it.
I think the point is that everyones persona can be a bit different, bigger, whatever on here. Then when you meet up everyone is a bit more reserved, less openly opinionated (personally Ive no problem with people having opinions on a debating board, surely thats what they are for) at least until they have had a few drinks Id guess.
Ive met a few guys from here and always enjoyed their company.

I asked Rory at the Quail Hollow tournament that he (later that weekend) won, and he said he wasn't playing well enough to post!

lw1 was good at sticking up for fellow golfers who were struggling a bit, Duval and Robbie Karlsson come to mind.

And limeyatthebeach was warned off 606 by the BBC's mod's when he started to reprise stories of Brian Davis when they were both amateurs - unflattering to Davis of course.

chili used to play at Carnoustie but once again fell foul of the Beeb's mod's for the most innocuous reasons. Very knowledgeable.

Kwini

How did you get to speak with rory?

I think it might have been Chili that mentioned the Tassie which was the first I'd ever heard of it. 3 years on its the 1 fixture in my golfing calendar that I look forward to more than any other.

Also...was the mad Italian not Ezio, I always thought she was a she but had several debates with D4S who thought she was a he (or a he-she!!)

I have 'lurked' around this site and the BBC one for a few years and liked LondonjonnyO, very witty.

Does anyone know where has he gone too?

Wilshere Moonraker- originally from Swindon-told the story of skidding upside down down the central reservation in his car and tales of the california forest fires a few years back.
Good news is I cannot possibly have dementia if I can recall this lot.
Any of you footy fans have a look a skys goal of the week Antony Knockeart for Leicester v Huddesfield one of the best you will see.Lovely player just hope we can keep him

HiGun wrote:I have 'lurked' around this site and the BBC one for a few years and liked LondonjonnyO, very witty.

Does anyone know where has he gone too?

LJ occasionally posts on the "other" site. Where a lot went after the big silly fall-out :-/

sorry in advance but I need to ask...whats "the big silly fall-out"?

LJ was what every forum needs,outspoken,witty,firing from the hip.
Boa wanted to fight with everyone and he was 70 plus.Used to joke about his Russian wife and the keys to the drinks cabinet.Must have bought a new driver every week.Knowledgable golfer though

Better not to mention it hi-gun, I asked the same question a while back and was warned to change the subject.

HiGun wrote:sorry in advance but I need to ask...whats "the big silly fall-out"?

Well after 606's demise most of the active posters came here. All was well for a while and we all liked the freedom (the beeb 606 site was quite PC) but tensions begun to arise re the censoring of posts and the heavy handedness or otherwise of the mods at the time. If I remember right the straw that broke the camels back was a story about a dog that had been tied to a car and dragged for miles for fun somewhere in Sussex. A heinous act indeed but for some reason the board just went loopy over sensitivities, pandering to sensitivities, outrage, character assassination, mod dictatorship, posting bans you name it, it was all thrown into the pot over a couple of days and a some people found it unacceptable, left and got their own forum set up. Some of us, less outraged by the outrage were left with feet in both camps.

Both forums together now are less busy than pre split, shame really but there you go.

Diggers wrote:...In retrospect the big silly fallout was pretty funny, all to do with mods being jealous of who did what and something Mac said about a dog.

With respect Digs, it had little to do with Mods jealousy and a lot to do with some who thought they could post anything detrimental to the forum, in the open and take personal digs at the admin w/o any comeback what-so-ever. I still have no idea why they thought this was either clever or was going to be allowed to slide - it was only ever going to have one winner. There may have been PMs as well but I wasn't privvy to any of them in my former guise.
There seems to be an assumption that mods/admin were doing all and sundry re. bans etc when those doing the assuming don't have any evidence (except say-so) to back it up. Even Davie and Mav weren't in a position to know anything at that point.

Sorry Navy, bit of a flipant comment. When I said that I was more referring to the spat between the ex golf mods who formed the new site and the admins. Just couldnt be bothered to explain myself in detail. It was Mercurio who took massive umbridge at Mac and went a bit tonto.
To say Mac isnt popular to this on the new site would be something of an understatement.

cheers JAS, sounds a bit 'handbags'

I didnt know the 'other' forum existed, just had a look and it looks exactly the same!

I'm not a big fan of getting into all the forums but really enjoy reading the Kwini and PrinceD articles and then all the posts and then little gems like this thread...well done to you all!

johnnyo was funny though!

Mercurio was/is a pompous tool. As far as I'm concerned they're welcome to him.
Water under the bridge now in any case.

HiGun wrote:

johnnyo was funny though!

In a more right wing than Hitler kind of way. (Hitler really doenst get enough mentions on the internet). If anything fatherhood has shifted him even further to the right rather than mellowed him.

I'm reluctant to comment on the big silly fall-out, because that's exactly what it was.

However, I saw "Dog-gate" as the point where things came to a head. Trouble seemed to be brewing beforehand in terms of perceived unfair treatment between posters and where the line is drawn regarding banter v abuse.

LJ actually left sometime before all that I think.

I can't recall any similar issues of late, which is a credit to the contributors and mods.

Who was the Norn Irish lad who was big west ham fan prolific poster.
Way back in the day he told us about this young Irish kid Rory something shooting 61 round Portrush bound to be a major winner.Course nobody took a blind bit of notice.
Back to golf just found out that friends son won the County Open recently 7 under for 36.Down to -1.He is 19 now but 10 years back we used to sit in the garden summers evening beers in hand while the kid hit ball after ball into a net until it got dark.Not a blade of grass left on the lawn but shows you what can happen

Bluehammer?