User talk:Hiobazard

Thank you for your input

Thanks for your input on the Shipping Forecast article - and I'm not just saying that because you agreed with me! :D Egg Centric 21:07, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

• I was just visiting after enjoying your input at ANI too. Wanting to know you better, I started browsing this talk page as your user page doesn't say much. It was interesting to learn that you seem to be an American who listens to the Shipping Forecast, which makes you a very rare bird, I fancy. FYI, that's my kind of article as it heads the List of longest-running radio programmes, which I started.

While I'm sailing by, I should compliment you on your account name which has a nice ring to it. Mine is more prosaic so I livened it up with the dragon. See here for some reasons why.

Andrew🐉(talk) 10:07, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello, dragon...Ha! I see what you did there! My wife is proudly Scottish, likely of those who were such a thorn in the side of the Romans. Also, my grandfather was a ham, so I listened to a lot of BBC programming when I was a young and beautiful redneck in the south. I, of course, heard Stephen Fry's parody, later. This reignited my fondness for the Shipping Forecast, and then interest in learning about BBC history.

FWIW, I am not a fan of Sanger, or the anti-woke crusaders who treat WP as some combination of mountain to be climbed, service to be privatized, and mouthpiece to be wrangled; but, I very much dislike the practically instantaneous demonization of those who rationally and calmly question some of the more dogmatic modern norms which have taken hold here. There's a balance to be found; I like to think that I help with that. Hiobazard (talk/contribs) 14:27, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Like a toddler...

...your comments brought a few tears to my eyes. Thank you for your kind and accurately summarizing words. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:21, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

I hope the tears are metaphorical. Given the bizarre bifurcation in western society, I think the angst drips down into WP stuff without proper consideration. Most of us are trying to be helpful unpaid volunteers here...strife will happen. But I want it to be like rugby. Play hard, then trade jerseys and go have a pint. Hiobazard (talk/contribs) 06:04, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

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Quirky username huh....

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		Now that's an interesting username. A good pun indeed. The first time I saw it, I was like, "I ain't trippin', I hope." 😅 BhikhariInformer‬ 📮 (Ping me or else I won't see it) 05:41, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

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