Magazine Feature Query

[Skippernick]

[quote author=nick crisp link=topic=11356.msg121875#msg121875 date=1390126005]
Just a mo Paul, is that "Maniacs" bit just a typo then? Not to be overly suspicious, but anyone offering to help needs to make sure that this is indeed that Mark Williams and not a scammer - after all, anyone can type a few words on a forum. And apologies if you're genuine markysimon, but I'm sure you can understand, and sure if you're genuine, you'll be able to prove yourself.

Well to Nick and any other doubting Thomases (or Nicks), I dunno what I have to do to prove I am the M. Williams who started Bike (and Which Bike? and MotorCycle International and Used & Classic Bike Guide for what it's worth)  , but M/cycle Maniacs was not a misspelling but a longstanding, slightly affectionate and now not very funny bowdlerism of Mechanics used by all and sundry over the years. Berk, and M/cycle Spite were other, similar exaggerations also beloved of boring old hacks such as moi, and why anyone would want to try and scam your excellent forum I can't imagine.  :\


I have however now had a couple of genuine offers of help for which many thanks. Credit to the forum will, as I mentioned yesterday, appear in the resulting piece. 


Onwards and sideways, then – MW
[/quote]


oh don't start on all the Nicks  :lol