Rebecca de Winter

Some very good questions. I will answer as best I can from my POV - and let me emphasize to all, including those who think I am a sanctimonious bore, that this is MY point of view and these are MY opinions. I am not projecting on anyone else. All others may chime in as they see fit. For many women, myself included, the type of "fondness" you have displayed toward Richard O'Sullivan is embarassing. It comes across as an adolescent crush. Most of us have fought to be taken seriously in a man's world, whether it be in or out of corporations and other organizations, and we perceive that kind of obsession as pandering to the lowest common denominator of what it is to be female. I am of the position that there is no man worthy of worship. I suspect that many of the other women on the DL share that position. Hero worship coming from a 14 year old is one thing. A grown woman spouting like that same 14 year old is quite another. Would I slam the door in Alec Baldwin's face if he showed up on my porch? Hell, no, but I'm also not going to spend any time obsessing about him. As far as believing you are not what you appear to be, the history of the DL is full of instances of one or another member assuming a persona to yank the chain of other members. I would prefer to believe you are someone pretending because I really don't want to believe that an otherwise intelligent woman would post some of the things you have posted, but whatever is, is. Lastly, but certainly not least, there is the position that the DL is not a Richard O'Sullivan fan club. I want to know when to put him on a deadpool entry, not what some obsessed fan wants to do to him when she sneaks into Brinsworth House - especially since I've seen a recent picture of him. I suspect some people were totally disgusted by the drivel that was posted when you first came along - I know I was. I also think there was some perception that you had hijacked the thread for a while, and that tends to be resented in an online message board. Do I believe you are what you appear to be? No, but I've been wrong before. One thing I am certain of is that whether or not you are LCR/RdW, you put forth a romantic view of the world that is bound to landslide into hidebound cynics like me. The DL is full of both types - Banshees is most definitely a romantic, while Windsor is most definitely a cynic - and I have noticed that the DL members you have had run ins with have been, for the most part, the cynics. We all have our fans and our non-fans, and there are cliques in DL. In that it is very much like a women's circle, but it isn't a matriarchy. Most of the admin/mods are men. I think that you will find that the women who don't respond positively to you are put off by your one track obsession with Richard O'Sullivan. I will say, though, that you have good taste in movies. So if, as you say, you don't believe I am what or who I appear to be, what makes you think I'm not a 14 year old girl obsessed with Richard O'Sullivan??? I could very easily be just that. But I think my 15 year old son might have a little trouble dealing with that concept. I know you don't really think that. It strikes me as kind of sad that you have become so cynical that you find my devotion to Mr. O'Sullivan embarrassing and nauseating - I can just imagine Alec Baldwin coming by your house and saying, "Hi, I'm Alec Baldwin." and you saying,"Whatever." - as if....it's not so much the devotion you find nauseating, is it, it's more the fact that I chose to write it down where people could read it. As for hijacking the RO'S thread - some people actually liked reading the posts, and said so. So you set yourself "above" the rest of the female population - repression can be a dangerous thing. I'm sure all the DLers could keep a team of shrinks in business for a hundred years or more. Despite all the many reasons I have to truly hate men, I can't ever do that - I love them, and sometimes I say so online. Happens I think that Mr. O is special, that's fine if noone else does. Not my fault if google directs his followers here. As for "sneaking into BH", I'm not insane, nor am I in England. I wrote him one long letter, and have sent two emails - you will not want to hear that he is doing well, but he is. Believe what you will, it matters not to me, I was just curious because TH and Banshees seemed so very anxious for me to join one of your "live chats' and answer my accusers - but since I was not accused to my face, and did not know who was accusing me, I felt this to be pointless, especially in the face of the utterly ridiculous assumptions apparently being made. I saw the "clicks" long ago, I am not a fool, but one could miss them if one didn't go back and read all the endless posts from years ago. As for women having to fight for recognition in a man's world, noone knows more about that than I do - I don't wish to bore anyone with my life story, but suffice it to say that I have spent many a long year fighting not only for that, but for much much more. This is escapism for most people - surely you know that. I don't want to fight with anyone constantly - any "run ins" occurred because a couple of DLers chose to be offensive to me, I merely answered them back. I'm very sorry that the "Kevin Smith" thread was locked and the last few posts were deleted - he was New Zealand's finest and deserved better than that. Anyhoo, glad that one woman on DL credits me with some intelligence, however reluctantly acknowledged. Thanks for your reply, CA.

Can't you see the steam coming out of my ears?????? STOP NOW. I definitely can't handle you (no pun intended) being nice - it just isn't you!!! How dare you laugh at me, you little.....what's the word?....can't think I'm so bloody...oh, no, I can't believe what effect you are having on me right now, young fella me lad....oooohhhhhh...I didn't realise that I actually DID miss you....now how bloody sad is that? Nauseating in the extreme.... Only one explanation for your outrageous behaviour - you are drunk, very drunk....so, I forgive you.....this time....

And what the hell is so funny???????? You're supposed to "fight" with me. remember???? It's your "raison d'etre". so to speak!!!! Don't start being nice now, I don't think I could hack it..... it's sooo nice to hear from you, honey, after sooo long....I missed you sooo much.....*cough*

I don't think there were too many people who didn't catch on. Most couldn't be bothered. I marvel as to why people who despise me so much would even bother to notice, CA....while I am talking to you, maybe you would be so kind as to enlighten me - I realise that DL is not for the fanit-hearted, but why, when other women have joined DL, have they been welcomed and treated in a friendly way by the women on DL, was I, on the other hand, treated with contempt (by the women, the men were all very friendly) and bitchiness pretty much from the start? When did it become a crime to be fond of a celebrity? I don't set out to offend people, but I do fight back if they do it to me. Two people saw fit to inform me that all you women believed that I was a man pretending to be a woman - why would you even think that? Because I can and do speak the Queen's english well? - that would be like assuming a man was gay because he kept his home tidy. Why would seemingly intelligent women waste their time on such pointless speculation? If I was a man I would have made world history by being the first man to give birth to a child. As for wanting to be Boudicca, as Mr. Hopkins seems to think I do, WTH? Is DL some kind of matriarchy - did I miss that? So Banshees was nice to me and it pissed someone off - deal with it. He's just a nice kid....and jealousy is a curse. I thank the people on DL who were, and still are, friendly to me - it's nice. As for the men who no longer speak to me - grow a pair.

Definitely the BEST Sherlock there ever was, agreed.....poor man suffered from manic-depression (now called "bi-polar") - it was too sad to watch him decline after his wife passed away....his will to live died when she did....isn't that the most romantic thing ever?

A mere girl half your age? Oh, the shame of it all, Professor.....

Yes, it's confession time - it was me, as you guessed, Professor, you clever thing you....long story short, I had to change my email address due to a new ADSL connection, and DL was for some reason preventing me from posting under my "old" user name with the new email address, so I became Rebecca - problem solved. Then I noticed that my old name was working again, but some people seemed to like Rebecca better so I decided to keep her around, at least for a bit longer. Anyway, it was nice that one particular DLer didn't catch on (no prizes for guessing who), so didn't fight with me anymore, but Star Crossed seemed to think that I was another bloke pretending to be a woman, and one who apparently needed a thesaurus to speak the Queen's english....poor misguided sod thinks that he's the only person in the world who read English at Cambridge... Sorry for the minor deception - nice that Lady C was missed though.... Cheers.....LCR aka Rebecca de Winter.

Welcome back Lady C, you've missed a bit of fun off and on, Pinochet dead, some ranters dropping by.. Yes, so I see....don't think anyone's going to miss Pinochet.....and ranters are really good fun, aren't they? So I guess there's no news on the RO'S front? Noone's busted into BH or anything?

Clarissa!! Have you really been away? Or have you been operating under a nom de plume? You're too sharp by half, Professor, but that would be for me to know and you to find out....so, are you planning to drop by La Wyatt's mansion with a Christmas gift this year?

I'M BACK..... So, where the hell is everybody? Too pooped to parp, or is that too pissed to post? How's Mr. O doing?

Never having had the pleasure and knowing little about this amazing construction, tell me, it doesn't leak does it? Only a little bit, when you sneeze And here's me thinking you were too young to be suffering from that problem....

The best way to cross the Channel is "gin-soaked" - that way you don't give a rat's arse how much the boat is going up and down..... I was driving so that was out of the question. Next time I travel over La Manche in winter I'm going by the Tunnel. Never having had the pleasure and knowing little about this amazing construction, tell me, it doesn't leak does it?

There are, there are.....you just have to know WHERE to look for them....

The best way to cross the Channel is "gin-soaked" - that way you don't give a rat's arse how much the boat is going up and down.....

But, I notice, you didn't knock back enhancing your performance to satisfy your woman completely.... Please explain....I must be more dense than usual today...

Never mind, cheer yourself up with this.... Top of the Pops Cheers, MIB, that DID make me smile!

Can't seem to get "in the mood' this year... haven't sent a card.... haven't wrapped a present.... it's not like anyone will actually notice that I haven't died or anything...

I met Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop years ago - he attended all the "aristos" at a private hospital where I used to work...helluve nice bloke...

Ha ha ha!! I particularly "love" all the spam which promise various devices and treatments to enlarge my penis and enhance my performance so I can satisfy my woman completely.... Very amusing since I don't have a penis..... Hate spam? Change your email address....it works like a charm...

The pic in the Robert Ross gallery is the same one posted by Vinegar Tits some weeks ago on the Richard O'Sullivan thread.....

Ah, very good, Hein, very good indeed! I hesitate to say too much about Mr. Warne, not wishing to incur the wrath of my Aussie compatriots, however as a man he leaves much to be desired, but as a cricketer he is indeed one of our greats.

Good God, man, do you really think he is the stuff knights are made of? Perhaps that should be "nights"?

Absolutely! I agree wholeheartedly! "King Kong" was a really decent re-make, or it would have been if not for the mis-casting of JB - he looked more like a "mad professor" than a determined film-maker...

To be fair, you make much better wine from those sour grapes than we do with ours... Cheers.....I think....

I saw it at the flicks with the kids a while back. They loved it, mind you popcorn and lemonade would make the news enjoyable for them. Lucky buggers! "Ice Age" was much better than "Ice Age 2" methinks, and so say all the kids I know...