VetChugger Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Recent times have provided lots of opportunity for thought and pondering. I have done more than my share during my period of house arrest. One thing that keeps coming back to me over all these years of ever changing and fractured forums. I suspect some long servers may draw a breath, swear or even choke on their cornflakes! Who was/is "Ramjet"??? I long thought it must be the alter ego oof another forum poster but never really managed to make my mind up. I don't doubt that many will consider Ramjet to have been an early example of an internet troll. I found him/her quite entertaining but the question remains! Who was/is this being?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimbiIV Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I don't know but was the only one I put on my ignore list. Was barred a long time ago. paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Barred from where? .Org? That's the only place I ever came across him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSurveyor Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 22 minutes ago, VetChugger said: I found him/her quite entertaining but the question remains! Who was/is this being?? The Stig's online persona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Will the real Ramjet please stand up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I am spartacus! But not Ramjet, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 minute ago, OldBerkshireBoy said: Will the real Ramjet please stand up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Vaughan said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I think he appeared on here but was banned. He had a fair run on the now defunct NBO He was a wind up merchant but I found him quite amusing. I don't think he was ever offensive, just a bit off the wall. I don't think he knew anything about the Broads. I think sometimes a ' character' can actually be good for a Forum, a bit of light relief never comes amiss. Look at the lamented Roya. Another great character. Although the present situation is very serious and folks need to discuss it, the likes of Roya and Ramjet can provide most blessed relief old pea. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodwose Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I thought he was a squirrel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 This probably wont work....... ramjet gaga.mht Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 .....this was his aviator...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTED Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I remember Ramjet well, he was an incredible wind up merchant and as long as it wasn’t you that he dropped on, it was hilarious. I did hear once that he came from Croydon but not sure if that’s right. He was a regular on the NBN quiz night but I think he got his marching orders when he upset too many people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 strange, must be before my time as i havent heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, grendel said: strange, must be before my time as i havent heard of him. You would have remembered him if you'd come across him..... It would have been a good few years ago. The page I was trying to post a link to was back in 2007 but I think he was still active for a while after that. he did indeed imply he came from Croydon and I think he claimed to have a restaurant. Reedham and Weep was one of his lines. he did upset some folk but as I said, I think it was just his off the wall humour. I always enjoyed reading his waffle, he could be very funny sometimes. He never upset me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VetChugger Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Very much as I remember him Howard, you are quite right, harmless but could be a merciless windup merchant! Always made me smile which was really the thinking behind me posting this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesa Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Just googled this individual, sounds quite amusing although maybe after a while .............. Ramjet said: Hello I am just liker to say goodbye to our most favoured complaint woman mod , Jill-R, over the years she haved been a large old stone for us to clutch on to in a flood , , she will be saderly missed as a moderator of complaints. She leaved a message on mine answer it phone saying she haved to leave as she was in hers nineties, a good age to pull out i feel (Sorry i am just listend to it again and she was actual in hers nighties , making some hot coco)Many of you haved presume the -R is stand for Ramjet, you are most probable correct as we did have geography Any old way my pointer is be , there is now a gap in the Mod wall and i will , purely as a favour to Brian the Snail, fill this crevice if reqwire , I come with large experients and am be already a mod on many other Broads web sites included .org . All of those in favour of me becomed the complaint mod say I , and those who is wishing to blacked balls me say Nay , Angel or devils , you decided Large Regards Ramjet not a imposter , but a funnyest poster 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 hours ago, charlesa said: Just googled this individual, sounds quite amusing although maybe after a while .............. Definitely after a while............. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trambo Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 hours ago, charlesa said: Ramjet said: Hello I am just liker to say goodbye to our most favoured complaint woman mod , Jill-R, over the years she haved been a large old stone for us to clutch on to in a flood Well, he was at least a good judge of character . Thanks for reminding me of a genuinely lovely person. Fred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgregg Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Ramjet was a legend on here in the early days and it was generally considered that he was indeed someone's alter-ego. The story went that he was from Croydon and ran a restaurant with his family, but server logs showed us a slightly different tale. I don't know how long it has been since he left us, but clearly it's a while as a lot of prolific posters don't remember him. I still sometimes find myself jokingly calling other early forumites a 'large old cheeking Charles' which was one of Ramjet's favourite phrases. And yes, JillR was a fantastic person and sorely missed. She loved the Broads (and NBN) and was often a calming and sensible influence on the mod team. Ironically, I was on a boat on the Broads when I got the message from one of Jill's daughters to say that she'd died. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VetChugger Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Thanks for digging that gem out Charles! I enjoyed the reminder of the wobbly wit Ramjet produced. Makes me want to seek out more! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 He was great . Very effective at winding up one or two who appeared puffed up by visions of their own importance. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnygeoff Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Old Rammy………... I wonder if he married the postmistress, at the post office next door...…. He was, in my opinion a real giggle, calling Jill, jillypeas and somehow I was Donegal Geoff. He actually sold T shirts with a pic of his avatar on and Ramjet Rules underneath, He sent me one for my birthday, which I had a photo of me wearing it and posted it on here, I believe also that Sue and Hank,(sue was Tuder Rose ) who started the NBO had one as well. A real character of the olden days of this great forum, he was marmite, but I loved him. Wherever you are or whoever you are Rammy, stay safe. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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