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bubblesmcgrath said:
Thing is....Stanley...there are times when your posts are interesting and then all of a sudden you just go off on people. I doubt you did that to the folk you met briefly on your travels.

Your tales are certainly entertaining at times ...whether true or not.
Personally, I don't really know what your truth is.....I suspect it is difficult, at times harsh and uncomfortable and short of It's portrayal. I think you are someone who is attempting to make the best of your situation and there is nothing wrong with that. After all, who of us might want the cold light of day over the flights of imagination...especially when we have experienced the harsh side of life.

Your writing reminds me of the Mark Twain quote ....."truth is not hard to kill, and that a lie well told is immortal."..only your truth keeps on appearing and the lie is not told well enough for it to be a better story.

For what it's worth, I enjoyed most of the thread and your "adventures". I would imagine that the people you meet briefly along your journey get to see the cheery Stanley who entertains them and regales them with happy stories of his travels...and why not? There's enough reality and misery in many lives and who wants to hear about that? But....We have been along with you from day 1 so it's not as simple as telling us stuff and expecting us to not see through some of the fabrication. Remember.... not everyone appreciates or wants that.

Can you understand that many here see your blog as rather surreal? In fact your drawings are the complete antithesis of the blog. They are extremely accurate and not a line is out of place....and except for the absence of life in any form, they probablyl represent what your journey has been in a "truer" way than your blog.

I suspect that you wrote the blog to entertain....and the absolute truth was very far from your thoughts because your imagination takes over. You may have subconsciously sought to try to make it all sound happy and entertaining...after all, again I'll ask...who wants reality?

I do hope that your foot doesn't get more painful.....and that you make enough money to see a doctor and get it sorted.
If your journeys are truly as real as you believe, and who am I to judge your perception despite some inconsistencies, then you've had a good summer...
Don't be too upset that people here don't appreciate the surreal. But at some stage, do accept that we see you...for real...and may well be the only ones who do see you.

Good luck to you; Stanley. You're an entertaining and at times surreal artist.
Might I suggest a name change for the thread? Something along the lines of "Reality is over-rated ..... long live the surreal."
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You patronising little piece of shit :)
 
Saul Goodman said:
Emails of support? :D

I think the thread has gone the way it has because of the outrageous lies implausible tales you've been telling.
Your foot is "just about working" and you're in agony but you're managing to walk 50 clicks a day with a 25kg backpack? If that is true, then you should get in touch with a television company, because you make Bear Grylls seem like a rank amateur.

I don't understand why you can't just post the truth. I'm sure you have an interesting enough life that people will still read your blog, but you're starting to sound like Jay Cartwright from The Inbetweeners.
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You know what is unbelievable to me? I just can't understand why you people think I am lying. This is my reality. It is my life. It is my norm.

I have not lied a single time in this thread (or, ever on U75 for that matter).
 
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Back to living off the land. One of my neighbours just brought two big carrier bags of pommegranites and a carrier bag of almonds . I suspect it's a sort of exchange for me letting him take the carob from some trees that overhang and lending him a rake , giving him a beer. Tbh it's not a fair exchange , I said it wasn't necessary but he insisted. I'll get him a coffee or a beer during the week.
 
I've never ignored a thread on any forum, but I think this is the best course of action here.
I got a bit angry when I read about the Downs syndrome girl (and other things). I let it cloud my judgement and it made me despise Stanley. But for the sake of peace and blood pressure, I think it's time I bowed out.
I may believe that Stanley is spinning yarns, but I don't want to be part of anything that may be considered abuse, regardless of whether or not it seems justifiable.

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^^^ This is the only option that makes sense to me. Plan B involves ignoring all of Stan's posts, but that's a last resort.

Good luck on your travels, Stan. I wish you all the happiness you're asserting.
 
I think I'm going to ignore the thread myself after I reach Tavira. Really struggling to understand what went on here. Other than FezTwattyNumbers opening fucking lie, I can't see any reason for all the outrage. I have never found the courage to read my own blog, so doubt I will ever read through this - it is grim as fuck in parts.

However, I am going to try and walk to Tavira from here. Not sure how much is psychological, or how much is just genuine physical tiredness, but I can barely bring myself to hobble forwards - I may even take the train! Either way, I will be in Tavira by this time tomorrow. Post a final conclusion on my Living off the Land whilst being nomadic experience, cook something magnificent, and then stay as far away from this thread as is possible when continuing to use U75. These forums can be extremely valuable at times. Generally a very nice virtual place to spend time. It is Urban75 - not just another web forum. We should all remember that and respect the place for the special reasons it is what it is.

I have to repeat; I have *NEVER been abusive to any disabled person, and I have NOT said anything here that is in anyway a lie.

No more abusive retorts from me. I'm hobbling forwards, and almost leaving Portugal. It has been brilliant for all sorts of reasons. I shall undoubtedly return. Probably sooner rather than later.

To Tavira...

*Bit of an addition - I suppose I mean NEVER knowingly been abusive to a disabled person.
 
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Stanley Edwards said:
No. I called Kabbes a dumb fuck, because he was being a dumb fuck with his snide comment. You're actually quite stupid aren't you? Sorry - it is not your fault.

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Re; sad fuck losers - read my earlier post. My references to 'fuckers', 'losers', etc, is only to those who have been arseholes to me. You for one.
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Who is being snide now?

You're really not a very nice person, are you :(
 
equationgirl said:
Who is being snide now?

You're really not a very nice person, are you :(
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Provocative, judgmental, and a passive aggressive use of emoticon. Don't think we can't see what you're doing.

Why don't you go and smell the flowers and leave Stan and his thread alone, with some grace and wisdom?
 
Tavira. Took the train :) Only €3.15 if only I had known what good value the trains in Portugal are when I had started this journey!

I think this is mostly psychological (I know I have completed my adventure). I feel totally fucked physically and emotionally. Empty of everything - totally spent. My plan was to stay here for a week and work to save cash before working in Huelva and Seville on my way back to Granada. However, I am currently thinking just make cash for a bus straight back home. My friends in Granada know what to expect, and they are all very lovely, caring and tolerant people, because that is the way I taught them to be ;)

My sense of humour here obviously went right over some readers heads. Many seem to think I am some inadequate alcoholic loser. Most seem to believe I am a deluded fantasist and liar. Others have said I am 'making the most out of bad circumstances' (or, words to that effect). As far as I am concerned none of this applies to me. I am, and always will be a very ambitious person living the way I love to live despite all the crap people give me for it. I doubt I will ever understand why some people feel so aggrieved about my choice of lifestyle - especially not on a web forum that purposes to be an alternative arena of public discussion and debate.

On the short hike I took before catching a train, I found a field of ripe corn :) I just want to catch a fish tomorrow morning, and I am going to cook something very fabulous with my last gas.

May go home tomorrow. May stay a while. I think my Spanish phone will work from here. A couple of friendly phone calls could make all the difference to my plans.
 
If you don't believe me, then simply read through this thread and look at what you have posted.

Many here need to take a good look at themselves.
 
Stanley Edwards said:
If you don't believe me, then simply read through this thread and look at what you have posted.

Many here need to take a good look at themselves.
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Look, do what you want, but stop pretending you're superior to everyone else. Look at what you've posted on this thread, you've posted some really nasty things to other posters. You're no better than anyone else on Urban.
 
equationgirl said:
Really? Suggesting you repeated get your foot checked out, that you eat sufficiently and hydrate properly is being 'a provocative piece of shit'?

Nice.
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Those were a handful a posts in over 80 that you've made here, the vast majority of which have been you picking holes or sniping at him, along with others. It's totally disingenuous of you to single out those as if they're representative of your overall output on this thread.

Bubbles' post didn't deserve his response but he's been fielding abuse and ridicule for over 100 pages now, so one can understand him misreading the odd genuine one.
 
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