Boys "First Time"

Re: Boys \"First Time\"

Does a bit of light hearted banter REALLY hurt?

If when you sail you insist that your crew pay full attention to everything going on around them and enjoy their sail in deathly silence speaking only when spoken to, then maybe I can see your point.

BUT

If as most of us do, we are deadly serious about safety afloat, but still have a laugh and a giggle whilst enjoying our sailing, where is the harm?

I could understand if your comment was along the lines of "how many more times is this joke going to be posted here"!!
 
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Nothing wrong with putting the post in a different place (i won't use proper, as this as a subjective opinion).... but Scuttlebutt has traditionally been an eclectic mix of boaty and non boaty threads...

As for taking the forum over by a group of posters with high post counts..... it is the active posters that make this such a lively and vibrant place to be, rather than a clique... there is absolutely no evidence of cliquiness at all.... and new posters are welcomed with open arms, with a hope that they will become regulars.... in fact quite a few of the current regular posters are still quite new, and as such have low overall post counts..... there are a large number of forums out on the internet that don't benefit from the high activity levels seen on this forum, and as such they are stale and arid places where questions asked often take days or even weeks to be answered, if at all, and certainly don't have the breadth of experience that exists here.... I looked at one owners forum this morning, and despite having over 1,000 registered users, there are still posts on the home page from 2006...

So... yes, in a perfect world there would be a place for everything, and no variance from the 'theme', but that would make it dull, and ultimately cause its demise... all IMHO of course
 
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Well put.
I may copy that to a notepad and use it myself (without attributing it to you of course) on another occasion. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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One other observation..... join any social grouping, online or offline, and as a new member make your position one of antidisestablishmentarianism, and you'll soon find yourself on the outside, not the inside..... fact of life....

And full marks to me, for using that word in context twice now on this forum /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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It would be more impressive if you'd used a longer word (such as floccinaucinihilipilification) a couple of times........ so no gold star for you I'm afraid.

Good effort though! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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others ? there seems to be only one that doesn't like a bit of a giggle in here , maybe doesn't realise that some of us don't pop in the lounge too often these days , but I think this is about the longest running thread for an old joke ever , I think we have a record /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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Rather unnecessary I feel. And also out of character for someone who is normally an excellent contributor to the forums. I thought he put his case in a reasonable way.
 
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the point is that 'the lounge' is the intended forum for non-boaty views, jokes etc. If the other fora become cluttered up then it becomes increasingly difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff when looking for serious comments/advice etc regarding boaty issues. Otherwise the forum becomes simply the preserve of a few 'in-crowd' with increasing irrelevence to its intended function, and the increasing exclusion of others. That's the point, I suppose!

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I enjoyed the joke but tend to agree with your point of view. I enjoy Claymore very much for example butsometimes often have no idea what he is talking about as it has an in-crowd element, which is ok but the post is not labled as non boaty. Fine if you are very regular but very annoying when time is limited and you wish to enjoy a sailing forum. This is true for many posts. This DEFINITELY puts people off these forums and we all miss out.

This is only a personal view but I think the lounge and Scuttlebutt should stay as one like it used to be when this forum first started about nine years ago. BUT............
any post that is not saily or boaty should have (NB) after it's title to indicate that it is something else. This worked very well in the past. Then the cliquey boys, jokes and whatever can all be accommodated. Freedom of choice can then reign. I know the facility already exists in the check boxes but it simply does not work. It would take time to get going again but the regulars could soon make it happen.
 
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I've been a member of the YBW fora practically since day one. Even when it was still in a completely different format. Does that make me 'one of the in-crowd'?

Even though I have never met any of the other members I have gotten used to most of their foibles, have a good idea of who is grumpy, who is uptight, whose advice is worth heeding and who is best ignored. I also have a good idea of whom to take seriously and whom to take with a sackful of salt.

Best of all, I have a good idea of who has a sense of humour and who, most definitely, has not.

I have crossed (s)words with some; I shall, very likely, do so again with many, but certainly not with a few others.

I am certain that I have likewise been 'classified' by the other members.

You see, these fora are like meeting places: virtual pubs, if one is a drinker. Club rooms, if you will. One wanders around into or out of the various 'rooms' meeting a variety of people. Some are likeable while some are detestable. I am a sailing person, yet I still go round all the 'rooms', even the ones for power boats (which I do not care for) and the one for classic boats (for which I have a great admiration).

If I see something that interests me I 'listen' and sometimes I butt in with my half-euro-worth.

If, on the other hand, I see something that I don't like, I just pass on to the next. See something that has been done to death? e.g. anchors, batteries, antifouling, rip-off-country-of-your-choice? A joke that was old when I was still at school? Next please!

Try doing the same. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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What? What?

If you have followed my postings you will know that I always answer these vigilante postings in the same way.

The moderators are there to do the pruning for us.

His case may have been put well from his point of view but I can't improve on Magnacarter's response. The forums as they are, are by far and away the liveliest and most educational we have available. We don't need to police them any more than the light touch the moderators exert.
 
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When you say that you enjoy the forum , I take it that means mainly reading which unfortunately would result in a dead forum if everyone used the read only option . Yes , I do tend to have more to say than some , and yes , a large quantity of my posts are not boaty , but if all anyone talked about was serious boaty stuff I don't think you'd enjoy the forum quite as much . However , when I do do a boaty post it's usually interesting or helpful , or it is to some anyway /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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thankfully it's spread over about ten forums now Tom , imagine what it'd be like if it was only in here /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
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...make your position one of antidisestablishmentarianism, and you'll soon find yourself on the outside, not the inside..... fact of life....


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I have never knowingly experienced someone being excluded from social grouping on the basis of their views on the level of involment that the Church has in the state and society, be they disestablishmentist or antidisestablishmentist. Perhpas this would be different if I were in more churchy circles. I have very real disagreements with colleagues about whether or not education should be secular but even there, it has not ended friendships.
 
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