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As of midnight "flip flop" Ben "pitchfork" Turney will be editing this website as I am on leave for the next six to nine months. Let me explain.
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Mooboy
Best of luck.
mammyoko
Clarkson has suggested we start a petition.
Best wishes Tom. It’s been a joy logging onto Share Prophets every day to see what shenanigans you’ve been exposing. You’ve saved a lot of people a lot of money over the years so hope to see you back here in the future.
Jason
Some things are more important even than exposing AIM scoundrels ~ you’re doing totally the right thing, you can’t recover lost time that could/should have been spent with family when it really mattered.
DUCK AND DIVE
Clearly the right decision and I wish you well.
As for the new site editing arrangement, standards should improve greatly. The only pieces strewn with errors were yours.
Tom Winnifrith
D&D
Perhaps that is because I was the 2nd pair of eyes on other folks work, there was no second pair on mine. But it is such kind words which make me think all the more that my decision is the right one. Very glad not to have to deal with nasty folk like you for a good while
T
wildrides
May your remaining days spent with Dad and Step Mum be truely blessed . Your output will be missed greatly by many and we shall look forward to your return in what ever form that might take . You might be a famous fiction author by then, who knows !
Cheers ………… its been a very memorable journey of yours , and a privilege to have been be able to observe it from afar ( with the occasion comment ;-)
Smudgedan
All the best Tom. Enjoy and savour every minute of the precious Time with your father.
turbograndad
All the best to you and your family Tom, and there will always be baddies for the sheriff and his possy to go after.
Geoff H.
Nothing last for ever so we should appreciate what we have had. I will miss your daily bearcasts and knowledgeable insights. Also your many demonstrations of moral courage. A rare quality. All the very Best to you and yours.
J P Spaghetti
I echo pretty much all of the above and wish you all well. Under the circumstances, taking a back seat is absolutely the right thing to do – time is indeed too precious and, unlike most financial losses at the hands of the unscrupulous, cannot be recovered.
Itsthefeds
Tom,
Enjoy your sabbatical. Your articles are incisive, and a pleasure to read. I don’t imagine it is easy dealing with bucket loads of BS from the shitehawks, but that you do it, is really appreciated.
I hope have a great break and many wide-ranging conversations with your father.
Itsthefeds
wildrides
Oh …….. forgot to mention the quality insults and swearing that I have enjoyed greatly . At times I have laughed like a drain …….. even when made the target . So refreshingly non PC and comedic at times .
Most of my trading is done in my kitchen on a batch of lappies . As you may imagine visitors of many descriptions cross our threshold into our kitchen , just as in most households. However in doing so many have been inadvertently exposing themselves to your “Bear Casts” being played at the time . It is a universal truth that all hearing them have cracked a smile or laughed like a drain . Even a prim and proper religious lady friend of my wife was observed to stifle a titter . Quite remarkable .
cheers
Equals4
Enjoy your sabbatical Tom. What a great place to do it and a unique moment in time for Greece. Enjoy the scenery and Greek way of life and your parents.
A
Tom,
I applaud your decision. I recently lost my father. I live abroad and commitments here prevented a prolonged period of time with him when we knew his fate. I envy your opportunity. Having one’s own children gives us insight into the sacrifices one’s parents make for us, and that typically happens far too late in life. Your fondness for your own father clearly comes across in the podcasts. What a strange age we live in when we feel a bond to a person that we have never met and who talks to us about the relatively trivial dealings of the stock market, but I suspect you have become part of many of our lives. Tom, you are a rare man of integrity and I wish you and your father well in what will be a diificult time. I look forward to having you back when the time is right.
A
Barford
Daddy and Son time, nothing else matters so hope your time however long is special.
Czech Mate (AKA Janos)
Best wishes Tom – it sounds like you’ve got your priorities right. Take care.
Husbex
Best wishes Tom! One question, apart from you probably being incredibly occupied with uncovering more recent frauds, why are many of those Worthington Group articles still withdrawn – given the injunction was lifted? So many just say “The contents of this article have had to be withdrawn – on a temporary basis because of an interim injunction granted to Mr Aiden Earley.”
Marvin
Best of luck Tom.
I only came across your site recently having stumbled into Afren at 90p. Thank Christ for that. I ended up making a couple of grand. The way you take on the scum is like a breath of fresh air and, as I’ve said before, anyone who doesn’t check out this site before investing in an AIM company needs a yellow van.
Keep your hand in.
Marvin
Rob H Trader
Sad to see another good man fall, but the lying, cheating, thieving B’Sterds have the upper hand, always have and always will have…!! So now all the crap and threats and pressure passes over to Ben eh… I wonder how long he can hold out? My guess is this will become a very different website, very quickly (no offence meant Ben, but very few are cut from the same cloth as Tom…)
Harry
Good luck Tom – family is more important than anything. Also you will benefit from less of this corrupt exposure. Burnout is no good to you or anyone else. I hope you will still keep us all updated with your life at the hovel & other personal and interesting matters as they arise on your blog. Cheers mate.
CPPH
Enjoy it Tom, you’ve earn’t it. Best wishes.
Intern
Thanks and make the most of this time Tom. Very well deserved rest. As Husbex said though, why are a number of the Worthington articles and emails you published still redacted if the injunction is lifted and Earley and Ware were proved to be in the wrong? Thought you were proved 100 percent right and legitimately able to publish everything??????? Get the info back up there! Wishing you and your father all the best.
TW Note DA was asked to reload. He did not. He will do so today I hope - thank you for best wishesPaul Scott
Hi Tom,
I’d like to add my best wishes for your semi-sabbatical. You’ve certainly earned a break, and family comes first, as others have said.
I’m glad the bearcasts will continue, I thoroughly enjoy your unique take on things, and often had a good chuckle at something extreme or inappropriate in a bearcast! So 3-4 per week will be enough to give me my fix!!!
Best Wishes, Paul.
Jock
Sad to see the fraudsters have worn you down Tom, they have sadly won again. Shareprophets had the potential to clean up AIM once and for all.
Thanks for all your work and best wishes.
Jock
Tom Winnifrith
Hi
Thanks for all the kind messages. On various points:
1. I am sure Nigel & Ben will keep up the good fight.
2. I am not quitting. Will aim to do 3-4 bearcasts a week and the odd piece when I feel the urge. Have a few www problems in Greece so cannot guarantee anything this week but back in UK on Friday and will be up to speed then.
3. I do need a break. Am looking forward to my father helping me learn Greek and work on the novel. But am sure that I will be itching to get back to full time work after a few weeks. But there are other priorities.
T
alcira16247
Tom
You’ve done a remarkable job creating ShareProphets. A great achievement. You have the right to feel very proud. I feel sure Ben and Nigel will continue and strengthen on the foundations you’ve laid.
Your articles and bearcasts have become a daily fix and I’m going to miss them.
I look forward to reading your fictional best seller in the near future.
Finally, all very best wishes to your Dad, a man of immense knowledge and integrity.